I was up to Minden the weekend of mar 12 and 13. The weather was great, bright sunny warm days and cold nights. I made about 2.5 gallons of syrup. The next 5 days were rainy and cold, didn't ...
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I was up to Minden the weekend of mar 12 and 13. The weather was great, bright sunny warm days and cold nights. I made about 2.5 gallons of syrup. The next 5 days were rainy and cold, didn't ...
I made about 2 gallons off my 50 taps, mostly around the March Break, weather was hit and miss, and I missed a lot of sap since, but it all turned out good this year... already looking forward to...
That'll keep you busy boiling for a while, Phil...
I haven't started tapping yet, haven't even dug out the snow to get into the property. But am hopeing to start next week ( March Break), if the weather is still cooperating... looking forward to a...
I may get another run, but I won't be up for a couple of weeks, and may be busy with other things by then ( another big boil would be nice though) we'll see...
I'm back, I made about 5.5litres between Sunday and Monday, the sap was running pretty good and the weather was great. The snow is still very deep, about 3 feet deep if I step off my trails. My...
Just wondering if anyone has had a decent run of sap in this area yet. I tried on March break, the temp was up to 4 on the Mon. and 7 on the Tuesday, but all I got was a dribble in some of the...
I haven't started in Haliburton, the end of next week looks good
I use the big heavy felt filter when bottling, it is 2 years old and has had several batches of syrup thru it, but I made perfectly clear syrup on the first try, just 3 days before, plus it was well...
I have filtered and bottled it twice now at about 190'f . its been about 2 weeks and its still cloudy , but there is no sediment on the bottoms of the jars. I'm not sure what has happened, but...
Sorry, I'm getting my units mixed up . I meant 221'f, or 9'f above boiling point of water. The syrup is thicker, but not too thick.
Made about 2gallons of syrup last week, but it came out slightly cloudy. It was filtered and bottled like I always do, but was cloudy so I heated it again, refiltered and brought back up to...