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Pulled the taps on the remaining trees on March 30 in the Thumb. Older taps were not producing at all. The few additional Sugar Maples gave us about 30 gallons of sap. Hydrometer read 2%, but only...

Late Run in the Thumb. The sugar maples we tapped last week all sent our buckets over flowing. Ended up with 1 gallon of syrup. Sap was 2%. This was our first boil in nearly 3 - 1/2 weeks. Sap was...

I'll let you know on Thursday when we check our taps. We are in The Thumb. We'll see. I'm going to ride this out till the last bud opens.

Pulled my silvers yesterday in the Thumb area. Very little in all buckets, and what I did get was a little could but tasted ok. Tapped 5 new sugar maples. Sugar Maple buds were still tight. Sap was...

No boiling today in the Thumb. Our silvers were completely open this past week. Sugar Maples were still tight as of Thursday, but no sap due to the temperature. Temperatures expected to go below...

Our buds on the sugar maples were still pretty tight in the thumb. I'm hoping they hold out the next two weeks with these temps.

You have sugar maples or silvers? I'm in the Thumb also and as of Sunday the sugar maples were still pretty tight. Hoping for another week or two.

I've noticed a couple of my silvers that were gushers last year, were struggling this year. Sap was flowing, but we weren't getting as much as before. Sugars on the other had are doing very well.

The Thumb Region. Boiled 40 gallons (with RO) and made 1 gallon of syrup. Sap was testing at 2%. Still have about 15 gallons to boil tomorrow. Trees were running all day. Silver maples were just...

I'm just taking it day by day at this point. Trying to squeeze out every last drop I can. I am in the Thumb. Trees still look good, but night-time temps are struggling to get below freezing the next...

I've been exploring the discussions around Growing Degree Days (GDD) for Maple Trees. Ohio State University has a GDD calculator based on location and how many GDD days there are for Maple Trees....

Great Boil on Saturday. We collected 50 gallons. A lot of frozen sap. (we only collect on Wednesdays and Saturdays). First time using our RO Bucket RB5. What a difference that makes. Made over a...

What kind of scale are you using that measures density?

Agree about the red / blue line. My struggle was being worried I'd take the finishing too far above 219, when I should have been paying more attention to the relationship between temperature and the...

I bought a Murphy Cup this year to make it easier to match temp to hydrometer. Helped a lot with the first batch.

I see you added the RB5 this year. Same. However I haven't used it yet. Last...

Thank you! I found the App accurate to both my Shack and my home. This last weekend was my first time actually looking at, and paying attention to the temp that water boiled in my location. Eye...

Second year of being serious about making syrup. Started looking at the actual parametric pressure and elevation when considering Syrup temperature and finishing. I have a Murphy Cup this year and...

Did a first boil in The Thumb yesterday. We had 27 taps we put in last weekend and had about 30 gallons of sap collected, but most of our hanging buckets were frozen solid. 5 gallon ground buckets...

Checked our taps today in the Thumb. Some activity but pretty spotty. Trees in the west woods were not producing. Trees in the middle woods: some activity. Got about 12 gallons out of trees tapped...

We set 27 taps today in the Thumb area. Had a few that were flowing right away when we tapped. Trees are located in four different areas on our property. Some areas were under water so not tapping...

I like to listen to Mark Torregrossa on MLive. He said to be wary of the forecast of below freezing highs over the next few weeks. While we are getting a cold snap, he's seeing trends that the...

Considering tapping in The Thumb this weekend. Might get a few days of flow before the temps drop. I'm a "backyarder" but my sugar bush is 1- 1/12 drive for us. This weather pattern has me...

Buds will show, just as long as they don't pop.

That said, just heard Weatherman Mark Torgorossa say that we'll have very unseasonably temps (almost 60) this week, but then there is a chance of...

These next two weeks have me perplexed. If these temps were in the middle of February, I'd have my taps in. My plan was to possibly have taps in either February 10 or 17 this year depending on the...

Very helpful. My "partners" (uncle and brother) want to do the finishing at our sugar shack this year. I've taken it home in the past because we don't have power or running water out on our property....