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Collected around 500 gallons so far and still boiling. There is already another 100+ sitting in the buckets, but it is warming up today and tomorrow so we will collect tomorrow evening. Thank...

We have gotten more of the light stuff this year than ever before. Glad you are seeing some, too.

We put out 200 taps 2 weeks ago. We got a nice run for several days and have processed 6 gallons of a nice light syrup. Too cold right now but we will collect another 100-150 gallons of sap on...

Yeah, its been rough this year. Normally we would be half way through our season by now. We only have 80 gallons of sap off 46 taps. Can't really even tap any more because of the cold. We will...

Welllllll, that was a waste of time. Our wonderful local weather forecasters were way off. Tapped 46 trees and then the bottom unexpectedly dropped out of the forecast. Still waiting for a good...

The 10-day forecast for our area looks spectacular for sap. We put out 46 taps yesterday and will put out another 50 or so tomorrow, with the last 50 or so later this week. We MIGHT try to hit 200...

I am building a new sugarhouse and have it to the point where I can at least have a covered boil, but it is far from complete. We tapped 150 trees last year and hope to get closer to 200 this year. ...

I have not really checked it, but if you keep the fire hot, it can boil around 25+ GPH. My pan is a 2x3. It might be for sale soon.....

I have a 2x6 with drop v-flues.

We brought it in last night and filtered everything, then my wife finished it all today just after lunch. Its a very pretty light color and the taste is fantastic. She is out collecting sap with...

Well, we are at 115 taps, all on check valves. I hope they do what they are supposed to, because we are going to hit mid-60s early next week! I hope to get another 70 tapped Sunday.

We have a total of 40 out now. I will be doing more first thing in the morning and am picking up 50 new buckets tomorrow evening. My goal is to have all the taps out by Monday. Cold spell hits for...

Only got about a dozen out last night before we had to leave for soccer. Since I work at home, I am going to put out as many as I can at lunch today - goal is to hit 50 today but we will see.

At lunch, I plan to put out about 30-35 taps along our driveway. I will hopefully be able to get the other 150 out Sunday or early next week. Excited to get started! We have a bright, sunny, 40F...

What do you guys do after the taps quit producing midway through the year? I have struggled with that for a few years now. We tap early (Jan 17 last year) to catch that great early season, but by...

It is way too early, but the weather is PERFECT over the next 10 days: 30 at night, 40 during the day. VERRRRRRY tempting.

Getting plenty of firewood gathered. Might be starting on a new sugar shack and evaporator soon, too. Anybody else doing any preparation work?

Matt M.

We pulled our taps a week ago. We only had 20 that were giving us anything, and those were the ones we tapped late. The remaining 100 or so were dry. It was a sad year for us - wayyyyy too warm. ...

I am already starting to build the pans for my new, bigger evaporator next year (3x9) and will be doing the v-flues in the sap pan for sure. Didn't get a chance to get a rate on it, but I will the...

Gathered 150 gal this morning. Some were dry, so I suspect the extreme warm weather we had has stopped some of the taps. We are going to tap another 20 trees this evening when I get off work, and...

Well, it works like a charm! We started boiling this morning. I have tried to keep the level about 3-4" above the flues, and the strength of the boil is high enough that it shoots over the 12"...

Typical press brake, but its a kinda big one.

Yep! Thats a good start. I was away at a meeting most of the day, so I didn't get to gather. But there is a bunch of sap in them. We are gathering in the morning before work/school, so I will...

Weather looks to be perfect all week for a good, strong run. Hope to get lots of high boiling rates from my new flue pan! Went out yesterday and cleaned out all the buckets so we are ready to go.

Waiting on some #%$&%&*$^ sap!!! It got really warm here, and has not been below freezing for many days. I have 2 small leaks (not really worth worrying about), but I can't seem to fix them. Its...