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Awesome story/video.... I got one 4 year old grandon and another grandchild due in September. Looking foreward to experiencing what you are now.

Thanks for all the input! One thing I seen on youtube or read about was one guy skipped the trees on the slope and just had those taps on regular 5/16 lines and let gravity flow those lines to the...

Trying to read forum threads and watch youtube videos about 3/16th lines for high vacuum. The way I take it is if you have some flat acreage of trees but then a steeper slope....it would be the best...

Was hoping for adequate sap in the bags the last 2 days but wasn't meant to be. I'm gonna pull the pin tomorrow and finish off what's in the evaporator. Holds 200 gallons of concentrate and usually...

Finished what I had left of the bags to do at noon. With temps only getting to 31 last night all taps were just not doing much. I have a feeling saturday will be just a tap and bag pulling day with...

Tuesdays 60 degree temps. Yielded a gallon a tap on bags. Have to finish collecting this morning yet then with the cooler temps I will let bags fill up (hopefully ) and do a last collection saturday....

Totally agree with the make it or break it statement for this week for us up here.... got the r.o going now to run 1400 gal. Through.... left woods at 12:30 and trees were running hard at 44...

As of now between my uncles taps (500) and what I put out (1500).... we averaged a gallon a tap since tapping early to mid March. (Obviously missed early runs in Feb.) As I collected yesterday and...

My uncle decided to collect his bags before the single digits tonight.... his woods in Price county is only a half mile from where I tap. He ended up with a gallon a tap since sunday. (525...

Agree..... trees finally are waking up a bit.... test bags at my house are dripping a drop every 2 seconds so nothing to speedy yet but the start for me it looks like. My neighbors who monitor my...

Last 2 days nothing much. I do believe the frost drove in around the tree roots with no snow and so much moisture seeping in when we had no frost... and then the week or so of frigid nights which now...

Slow yesterday by me. Thought it would be better hitting 41 degrees. Snow and sleet this morning so maybe better with low pressure??

Not sure if it's our elevation or what?? but 2 producers close to me didn't fair well this past weekend they told us. One who is on high vacuum said I didnt miss much and one who is on bags wishes he...

Missed out on the thundertorm/low pressure sap run over the weekend. Will finish tapping tomorrow and be ready by next week. Hopefully the weather will hold out with at least a couple weeks or more...

Put 2 days in on tapping last week and after hearing a few local weathermen say a cool down for this week I stopped to see what was going to happen after the weekend forecast models... looks like...

Heard from a producer friend this afternoon that not much is happening up here yet. He's been tapping the last few days and said some holes got wet but not enough to get a stream out of the mainlines...

Going to start tapping tomorrow. Hopefully by Saturday afternoon I'm done. Temps look like no cool down after Thursday so here we go.

No regrets here on not tapping. Looks like I will just watch the long range forecast and hopefully start around March 7th tapping like normal. Ended up with 8" of snow but that will settle and melt...

I would wait and see how your 34 taps do when/if we get back to a freeze thaw cycle as in a " normal " sap weather pattern. Take what you get this early tapping effort. If you guys have large trees...

What I'm hearing from other producers are some are starting to tap just now.... some are waiting. I'm waiting to see what happens and what the forecast are next week. I got everything washed and...

Also going to wait to tap. Our local weatherman is leaning toward a cool down the following weekend. Will be beautiful temps to wash every thing though. If weatherman is wrong and warm temps continue...

Alot to do this week to get ready. Mostly pressure washing all the equipment/tanks. Last year on my old calender I started tapping March 2nd and our first cook day was the 11th. I know a few friends...

Had to share this interesting end result..... after making that syrup that had a ropey texture to it yesterday...today was my day to drain out our 5x18 evaporator and finish it in a regular flat pan....

Had high hopes with the cold clear sap from yesterday but its a tad ropey.... color and taste and smell is awesome just maybe sat to long even if it had ice chunks in it. Made 40 gallons of it... if...

Mark.... not sure if u ran out of time or you have mostly reds (soft maples) but I would think your sap should make sellable syrup yet. I heard a producer far south of us quit but turned his pumps...