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    Weather forecast changes by the minute here also....

    Weather forecast changes by the minute here also. They called for 6 inches of snow here once this week and now just rain. Just need a few more nights of frost here to make a season.
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    I already passed last years total with just one...

    I already passed last years total with just one tap on one tree. I tapped 4 trees last year and never got a drop of sap. I can't make syrup anymore due to health and work but we use the sap to make...
  3. I have 4 different kinds of birch on my place and...

    I have 4 different kinds of birch on my place and have tapped them all. Never seen better then .5% sugar so far. Usually takes about 200 gallons to get a gallon or so of dark syrup my wife makes...
  4. The easyiest way I found to flare the tubing was...

    The easyiest way I found to flare the tubing was to find a piece of steel pipe that the copper tube slides into and cut it shorter then the tube the amount you want to flare and then peen it around...
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    We add beet pulp to dairy cow rations when...

    We add beet pulp to dairy cow rations when showing them at the fairs to make their tummys look rounder. There is a formula for how much to give and if you get it wrong the cow stands in the show ring...
  6. Thread: blackberries

    by KenWP
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    Did you try to freeze the seed before planting....

    Did you try to freeze the seed before planting. I found if you plant them in the fall and the cold weather makes the sprout the next spring. grape seeds seem to be the same way also.
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    This is picked up at the feed store.They are the...

    This is picked up at the feed store.They are the same ones the big guys use also.They grow so fast its weird.I kill then off between 12 to 15 pounds dressed weight.We have to cut them up as we get 4...
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    You guys get skimmed with the broilers.I get the...

    You guys get skimmed with the broilers.I get the white or the red for a $1 a piece and if I was to buy over a 100, 95 cents. Thats for males.The females are 89 cents and down to 85 cents if over a...
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    Last year we had a stupid postal strike but they...

    Last year we had a stupid postal strike but they did it rotational and the hatchery tried twice to mail my quail before they tried a different shipping method. I was told that they never covered...
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    Even Coaticook is colder then here this year and...

    Even Coaticook is colder then here this year and that is 21 Kms east of me. I am waiting for the crop report I get in the mail sometime soon. Course it's in french LOL. Good thing I have lot's of old...
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    Even my cherry trees have blossums already and it...

    Even my cherry trees have blossums already and it allways freezes in May around here.I have one fruit tree that has budded early twice before and then go froze and it took until the middle of June...
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    The fellows I know here made about half of a...

    The fellows I know here made about half of a normal year and most of it was poor guality.Take in mind that here abouts if it isn't the colour of water it's not good guality.The guy I know the best...
  13. I used to raise wild boars and crossbreds for the...

    I used to raise wild boars and crossbreds for the hunting market and a niche Japan market. You have to daily inspect all fences and if you don't have to do repairs at least once something is...
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    My pans look almost the same except with 18 tubes...

    My pans look almost the same except with 18 tubes per pan.I had to put a grate over the back pan to keep the sap in the pan and made extra 8 inch sides to the front pan and it still spits on me once...
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    Barnston has like 5 houses and 3 of them are...

    Barnston has like 5 houses and 3 of them are churches and a school. The bottling place is actually in the MD of Barnston not the town it's self. I can't imagine enough sap to keep a 20 foot pan full...
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    No syrup this year. I had health problems and to...

    No syrup this year. I had health problems and to much work and when 7pm shows up I am to tired to boil for a whole night.Also my trees never did run this year.I tapped 3 and got maybe 2 gallons of...
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    I know of a fellow who tapped 6500 trees just...

    I know of a fellow who tapped 6500 trees just before it got warm.Never got much. Some of the Quebecois tap by the date and not the weather still. Around here not many trees not showing that red tinge...
  18. Depends where your at here.The sugar maples on...

    Depends where your at here.The sugar maples on the bush by work have that reddish tinge to them now which means they will probbably throw in the towel. My trees look okay still but I am allways...
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    Got more sap today with it being so hot then I...

    Got more sap today with it being so hot then I got in the last two weeks. Weird weather.Supposed to get real cold come next sunday.
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    Would be better with the french link instead of...

    Would be better with the french link instead of the link you posted. Okay found it in the french.It is a soldered tin pan.That is why it is so cheap.L'etain means tin.
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    The guy beside the hog barn made his only syrup...

    The guy beside the hog barn made his only syrup so far back in Febuary. Trees didn't run worth a darn the two warm days we had this week. Sunday should be good. My one test tree hasn't ran yet if it...
  22. Pat tried them last year and all they did was...

    Pat tried them last year and all they did was make a god awful noise and never did much else. You have such a hard boil that surface tension dosn't really exsist.
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    Choice of a 25 year old girlfriend or maple....

    Choice of a 25 year old girlfriend or maple. Sorry but even a 30 year old would win hands down. A guy can buy two cans of syrup and have enough for pancakes for a year.
  24. Thread: Syrup Residue

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    What are you using for a filter. Could be the...

    What are you using for a filter. Could be the butter your using for a anti foamer.Others have noted they used to much and it left a film on the top of the syrup. Have heard that even the anti foamer...
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    You can't over boil it untill it gets...

    You can't over boil it untill it gets concentrated then it becomes a chore.For the first several hundred gallons it's just water. Has a nice red colour to it when you are starting out.
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