I shut the pump off this morning. Woke up to 1100 in the tank but the sap had stopped. My total for the season is 74,300 gallons on 3400 taps. Not the greatest of numbers but I’m still happy. The...
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I shut the pump off this morning. Woke up to 1100 in the tank but the sap had stopped. My total for the season is 74,300 gallons on 3400 taps. Not the greatest of numbers but I’m still happy. The...
Sap is running 125 gph and I think I will keep the pump on till tomorrow. I plan to pull spouts as soon as I shut down. I still have 200 more apple trees to prune. Lots to do this spring. Hoping to...
Woke up to 1800 gallons in the tank. It never froze in my woods last night. I suspect I will be shutting the pump off later today. No more freezing nights in my forecast. Sap is testing .9%
Spud
Saps running 300 gph and testing .9%.
Spud
I just checked the tank and I have 1750 gallons from yesterday’s run. Right now it’s 25 degrees at the house. Supposed to be full sun and 45 degrees today. Hoping for a good run.
Spud
Yesterday I got 2100 gallons and today it’s running at 250 gph. It’s going down to 27 degrees tonight and then 48 and sun tomorrow. We have three more freezing nights and then things warm up on...
My first run was Feb 9th. I’m thinking by Wednesday I will be done. If I could get another 10,000 gallons, I might be able to afford a set of Ping golf clubs. 😁
Spud
Sap started running at 10 this morning. I checked again at noon and it running 300 gph. Should run till 10 tonight and then it will freeze up. Hoping for a good weekend. Thank you everyone for...
We got around 16 inches and the trees are white. I let my kids stay home from school yesterday. Once the branches thaw we could either get a great run, or the season will be over. Usually when a...
Woke up to near no sap in the tank. The woods froze up at 11 pm last night. Getting very heavy snow now and the roads are terrible. We have about six inches of snow now, with another foot to come....
Sap really slowed down today. May wind up with 1500 gallons by morning. It’s raining now and the snow is on its way. We could be done by weekend. Today’s sap test .9%.
Spud
Thanks 220 Maple. Sap ran a trickle last night and woke up to 2100 gallons in the tank. Supposed to get 8-18 inches of snow later today and tonight. I’m hoping this recharges the trees and we go...
That’s funny Dr. Tim. You had me believing until I got to the fighter jets for our maple security.
Sap ran pretty good today. I have 1800 gallons in the tank right now and it’s running at 90 gph....
Sorry you lost vacuum for part of the day. It’s good you got some sap though. Sap slowed down for me yesterday. I got about 1500 gallons in all. Woke up this morning to 24 degrees. Should have a very...
I got 3200 gallons yesterday. The woods did not completely freeze up last night. A trickle of sap ran on the south/east side. Should have a good day today. Sap still testing just 1.1 gpt. I’m up to...
Sap is running real good today. I should get a gallon a tap today. It’s been running 400gph.
Spud
Happy Easter everyone. I was able to get another 2000 gallons yesterday and testing at 1.1%. Todays run should start a bit earlier and last longer then yesterday. Sap quality is very good. The 10 day...
Yesterday I got 2000 gallons at 1.1%. Weather looks real good for the next ten days. I’m hearing some woods are drying up. A lot of people start tapping the day after Christmas. I hope to go for...
I think sap will be running the weekend of the 13th and possibly beyond. We have freezings nights for the next 10 days with snow towards the end of next week. Today the sap should start running hard...
Woke up to another 2500 gallons in the tank. Sap running 135 gph but should increase in a few hours when the sun comes up. Going for two more weeks.
Spud
I bought a FloMec from FW Webb. About four years ago it was around $375-400. Sap is running at 160 GPH today. I was able to get the vacuum back up to 27.5 inches. Sap is still as clear as water and...
Sap is running at 150 gph as of 5 am. Rain storm on its way but sap will continue to run. Looks like I’m getting 1+ gpt each day now. Pump is running at 27 now, but during the day if the sun comes...
Sap has run very well all day. I got 6000 gallons in the last two days. My sugar went up to 1.4% so I’m making big money now😁. Weather looks outstanding for the next two weeks. I hope to get another...
Sap ran till about 10:00 pm last night. I got 3000 gallons yesterday and still testing 1.2%. We had a good hard freeze last night. Today should be a gusher, and continue for three days.
Spud
Sap is running 275 gph since about noon. Tomorrow should be a big day.
Spud