Here we are April 4, 2023 and only 25 gallons in the tank. April 4, 2022 was our first boil for the year and on April 4, 2021 we had our last boil and pulled taps for that year.
Not liking the...
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Here we are April 4, 2023 and only 25 gallons in the tank. April 4, 2022 was our first boil for the year and on April 4, 2021 we had our last boil and pulled taps for that year.
Not liking the...
Tapped the 19th with only a few wet trees with direct southern exposure. Back up to bush the 22nd to plow more wet snow. Next couple weeks looks like it should be ideal minus a couple days of 30 ish...
Lines run and walking on hard crust snow with snowshoes. Expect to tap Monday the 13th, after this snow dump, as the temps look to be favorable starting Wednesday.
First boil on 3/24/25 of ~240 gallons. Shut down again for what looks like about 5 or 6 days. Another snow squall ( up to 12+ “) heading our way starting 3/30 early morning and continuing through to...
Trees are starting to wake up. A little accumulation on 3/19 and about 60 gallons on 3/20 off around 200 taps. Nothing on 3/21 as temps did not cooperate. Wait for it they say 😂.
Packed down trails on snowshoes mapping out the lines 2nd week of March. Ran lines on 3/13 and Tapped Wednesday 3/16. All trees were dry. Forecast looks favorable.
Done!! Taps pulled, lines sanitized and tanks cleaned. Not a bad year for us with 44 gallons of syrup. Now bring on the pancakes!!!
Just boiled down 400 gallons over two days. We pre filtered out of the big tank and it did not want to go through. We then finished it off the tried filtering again with pre filter and orlon filter....
Thanks @Eric Holm for the filter tip. I will have to give it a try.
Last two days nothing running. Hoping today the flow returns to which it looks like maybe an end on April 1st according to the...
First boil on 3/9. 140 gallons in the tank with a 1.2 BRIX reading which I think is a bit low. End result was 62:1. Nothing flowing but maybe today and the next two weeks look favorable.
I still...
Fairly windy today with a decent flow with the assistance of a Shurflo 4008. Not expected to go below freezing until 5 AM so pumps will run all night. With any luck we will have our first boil down...
3/2/2021 only a few wet taps with temps reaching 45 late in the afternoon. Today 3/3 once again reaching in the 40’s after noon but with full sun since early am. May take a few days to wake the trees...
Walked out line placements on Thursday 2/25/2021 using a compass and range finder following a well mapped out plan by our brother in law. Left foot prints in about 6” of crusty snow so my crew of...
Dusting of snow today!!! Fairly decent flow still on with signs of maple buds swelling. We are up to 26 gallons of finished syrup for the year not expecting to beat our last year record of 52. Looks...
Set out with snowshoes three weeks ago to pack snow and Mark trees following our well designed maps from last year which were laid out with a compass and range finder. Yesterday , 2/28 we were able...
2019 season came to an end. Very good year. Finished at 54 Gallons
First boil for the season on 3/28 finishing on 3/29. 360 gallons of sap reduced for 30 hours to 9 gallons at approx. 12 GPH. It is not the most efficient method but a method for sure. Temperatures...
Decent flow the last 3 days. Today 3/24 not to be very warm but we will see. After that it looks like the next two weeks are holding for ideal temps. Subject to the accuracy of the models utilized by...
Well all in on 3/16/2019. 11 runs with ~250 taps on 3/16” and 3/16” drops. Weather looks to be ideal starting the 18th. Will add 12v vacuum soon.
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Was definitely a challenge with all...
Done for 2018, pulled taps and nothing but the cleanup now.
Not a great year but not a total loss.
120 taps on buckets
240 taps on 3/16 ( all on vacuum last weekend)
Finished with 14 gallons of...
Billschi. Yes but very short lived. I put a vacuum on 6 lines as An experiment and it only pulled 24 gallons from about 150 taps in 4 hrs. Giving it another shot with vacuum on all 11 lines tomorrow...
Billschi by no means are we experts either. Last year we tapped March 3rd and finished April 16th with the biggest runs the last three weeks. We tapped again the first weekend of March and here we...
Still waiting patiently. Thought we would have a couple days prior to sub freezing temps through the weekend but not producing. 15 day forecast starting on the 15th looks to be the real thing this...
Still nothing. Everything froze solid. Ice fishing is great though. :lol:
Collected 125 gallons on 3/24 and boiled down to 3.3 gallons on 3/25. Taps on buckets froze solid with not much to talk about. Sap collected was from the 3/16 lines.
Fresh snow today (6-8”) and...