This will be perfect for me. My bush is on the north side so these temps won’t bother me one bit.
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This will be perfect for me. My bush is on the north side so these temps won’t bother me one bit.
All tapped in and ready for the good run this week. Have to do a little repair on the RO since I busted a fitting the other day, but other than that I think I’m ready.
Stopped and saw...
Hunt, i have abarrel evaporator too under a 2x3 continous flow pan. I put 1" ceramic all around my barrel and then I put 1/2 bricks on top of that I can almost put my hand on the barrel when I am...
Well after tapping 57 trees this week and enduring the freeze up, I collected about 40 gallons today. I modifed my barrel arch this year and wholey smokes this thing is a rocket now!! I can keep a...
Where are you guys finding plans for these, or are you making it up as you go? I have a half pint clone on a modified barrel that is about to die, and I need to build another arch. About how much...
I am waiting it out here at my place. Starting to get things around but not looking to tap until the 14th or so at this point, kinda glad that I waited it out since we will be in a deep freeze here...
Hello from Union County! I haven't really been on here all year, just been kinda busy. Anyway, so the season has been pretty screwy here I can finally get my sap wagon in the woods, if it wasnt the...
I agree cloudy sap doesn't really mean you have to stop inless is is stinky stuff! I figured I hit a good stopping point with kitchen renovations starting and all. I have boiled some pretty cloudy...
Bad new here in the eastern part of Union County. My sap has turned coudy, I nitices the reds starting to go now the sugars are at it too. I intended this to be a quick year, i needed to burn up...
Your driveway will work as a facility as long as your evaporator is covered i.e easy up tent. you need a water sample and if you bottle in your kitchen, it needs to be CLEAN, no pets either. My guy...
I live in Lewisburg, right along your route. I had an extra until tonight....long story. If I ould have know you needed one I was at pattersons the other day and I could have relayed for you. I'm...
I have been remaining quiet this year. I tapped in last week, a month behind schedule according to my diary! I have an extremely sweet pan t=right now and I have about 5o gallons of sap stored...
I still have a couple of buckets hanging although I am not boiling any sap. I went up and checked them yesterday and the sap was cloudy, I think that the cloudyness came from dirty buckets. The...
I hate to say it, I'm pulling out:( Life has offically got in the way, my kids have something everyday of the week except Wednsdays, and on Sundays we have church stuff. That along with I accepted...
Filtered and bottled 2 gallons and one pint total tonight, that is what I drew off the lil half pint last night in a little over 5 hours start to finish, that included a little slowdown in the middle...
I have no idea what I'm boiling right now, this stuff is amazing!!! I had some really sweet stuff in the evaporator when I shut down the other day, but this sap I'm putting in now is blowing through...
Wow Full buckets everywhere!!!!! I have 150 gallons to get rid of, Thats no small tast for the little halfpint. I nee to boil this stuff off come hell or high water im out of storage and the trees...
may your tank runeth over!
I have a couple of trees that always give me "dark sap" and I always think "Im not tapping that tree next year" but it never fails I tap that same tree every year!
Today was a first for me. I stopped at home just a little before lunch and thought I would check to see how some of my better trees were, and I had full buckets. So, it was off to the john deere...
Bottled up my syrup from last night. I made 1 gallon, that is pretty good for the first boil of the year, if i do say so for my self. My pan is very sweet, soo as soon as these trees decide to turn...
12:30 and Im still at it WHERE IS EVERYONE??? Having a great time I even had one draw off so far, kinda by mistake, let the pand get a little low and had to open the feed tan a bit so it pushed some...
I collected today with the two sap haules (my 6 year old and my 4 year old) we got about 15 gallons from 50 trees and they were still running. I'm boiling as we speak, I had about 100 gallons to...
Well, I didn't get any ral bliling in today except to boils some pan cleaner in a test boil in the renovated rig, the good news it all went well and I have a nice clean pan to start with. I waled...
I may actually get boils something tomrrow. this cold weather crap has to stop, although this slow start has let me get things around and clear my schedule so i can get ready.