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    All said an done 2.0gallons on 10 buckets on our...

    All said an done 2.0gallons on 10 buckets on our barrel arch. One happy 8 year old, I think I created a monster might need to tap everything again next season.
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    We bottled up another (9) 8oz jars last night. No...

    We bottled up another (9) 8oz jars last night. No sap for three days now, need another freeze!
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    Filtered and bottled up (15) 8oz mason jars...

    Filtered and bottled up (15) 8oz mason jars Sunday, ran good yesterday and still 2 percent sap. My 8 yr old is diggn it, caught the bug, has the sap collected and barrel arch up and running by the...
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    Sap ran pretty good yesterday and day before, 10...

    Sap ran pretty good yesterday and day before, 10 buckets yield approximately 23 gallons. Still widdlin thru it. Not much new sap today 2 gallons or so. Should have it all consolidated and hope to...
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    Hydrometer said 2% on the nose today, ran pretty...

    Hydrometer said 2% on the nose today, ran pretty good but I’m off to hockey practice...no boiling tonight
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    My son and I tossed out 10 buckets last Thursday...

    My son and I tossed out 10 buckets last Thursday and boiled 5gallons of sap on a small barrel arch this afternoon. I didn’t test the sap, too much Ice to put a hydrometer in it.
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    I’m thinking about doing this if you can share any additional information on efficiency that’ll be great! Good luck this season
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    Nice

    That RO sounds like the ticket! Congrats and nice work, I’d love to see it and your operation some day. I’ve got to get working on my lines, went skiing with the kids this weekend so I missed this...
  9. Thread: New season

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    I cleaned out the sap house today and ran some...

    I cleaned out the sap house today and ran some water thru the evaporator to get the dust out. Might swap some spiles out this week and tighten up some laterals. Not tapping yet, but the sapsuckers...
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    That windstorm last night wiped out some big...

    That windstorm last night wiped out some big trees where I tap and put my mainlines on the ground. It was a big ash that blew out at the trink and took out a swamp white oak then my lines. Hope it's...
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    Just dumped my flue pan, grrr getting nasty....

    Just dumped my flue pan, grrr getting nasty. Salvaged syrup in front pan gotta finish it and filter it yet. Pulled buckets left spiles in hopin the weather spins for the better and maybe another...
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    Not so much asa drop of sap yesterday after a...

    Not so much asa drop of sap yesterday after a freeze thaw. Reds are swollen eeeeek!
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    Inside evaporator to get scale off I use HDA 1000...

    Inside evaporator to get scale off I use HDA 1000 USDA approved phosphoric acid cleaner and brightener from my maple supply guy at Catskill Mountain Maple.diluted per instructions. Toss in some wood...
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    It's no good when you see a painted turtle...

    It's no good when you see a painted turtle swimming in the Paulins Kill is February. Confused with the weather. My wife swears she heard peepers last night. The silver maples are all flowered out too...
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    I managed to boil and bottle up 1.75gals last...

    I managed to boil and bottle up 1.75gals last night after work. Not much sap today Not enough to pump and work with, due to heat wave coming I dumped my tank, about 25 gallons, no way to freeze or...
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    I buy all my stuff from Catskill Mountain Maple,...

    I buy all my stuff from Catskill Mountain Maple, Tom Kaufman great guy and not to far from sussex, 2 hours.
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    Ripped thru all 230 gallons today, flooded...

    Ripped thru all 230 gallons today, flooded evaporator, pans are sweetened, no major leaks, bottled up 2 gallons and had birthday dinner for my wife in the saphouse with my kids today! Poor wife...
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    What do you have for vac? I oversized my mains...

    What do you have for vac? I oversized my mains all 1" and 2-4 taps per lateral with anticipation to run a wet/dry single line. My reds never run well but it's what i have. Would love to put vac on it...
  19. Thread: 2/15

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    Hemlock is tough to find around here anymore with...

    Hemlock is tough to find around here anymore with the wooly adelgid wiping much of the big stands out that were around in these parts. Too bad, great resource
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    A little late to the game

    Was contemplating tapping this year but opened the front door this morning and Game on what a beautiful day! Swapped out a bunch of drops and spiles, tightened up my mainlines and put in all 180 I...
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    All said and done, after finishing what was in my...

    All said and done, after finishing what was in my syrup pan just now, I bottled 10.6 gallons this season, all dark!
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    I've only bottled 9 gals all dark. 23 last year,...

    I've only bottled 9 gals all dark. 23 last year, 17 in 2014. Pulled my lines out of my tanks, see what i can scrounge out of my pans after i run this last 30 gals thru. Not too good for me this...
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    200 feet seems like an awefully big discrepancy...

    200 feet seems like an awefully big discrepancy for the location of the property line.
    Is there any evidence of a property line, old blazes, stonerows, piles of stones in line, old wire fence,...
  24. Thread: Sap Flow

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    What flow? Aweful☹

    What flow? Aweful☹
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    Not a drop yesterday and the extended forecast is...

    Not a drop yesterday and the extended forecast is brutal, hope it's wrong!
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