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I have a leader 2x6 built in 1979 and it's still going strong.
Go with wood if you can. Propane is great for finishing, but will
cost you an arm and a leg to boil with.
gerry

Hi Mark, here is somthing you might find interesting. I have about ten young sugars I have planted in my yard.
The trees I got locally have all opened, and a couple of them have leaves. I brought ...

No cold weather, no sap, no syrup
2012 is a total bust. Hope 2013
Will be better. Gerry

Highland03,
I had the same thing happen with some of my trees. It only got up to 29 the other day
and some of my trees ran pretty good on the sunny side. I sweetened my pans today
and drew off...

Flat Lander Sugaring has got it right.

Mark, that tubing system shure would have ben nice to have last year. I never even got
all my trees taped because of the deep snow. Most of my trees are so spread out
that a tubing system is not...

WV Sugarshak,
I usuall tap the the last week of January. V DOT has kept me pretty busy the last couple of weeks in my plow truck. I should have tapped last week, but just did not have time.
Good...

Highlander03
I travel through your area several times a year. I have been bow hunting in Highland for about 30 years. I also get some of my maple supplies from Mike puffinberger in Bolar.
250...

I taped four Walnut trees and made about 1 pint of syrup. The sugar in the sap is pretty
low, it tested at 1.2%. I got a jelly like substance around the edge of the pan. I don't
know what it is....

Highland03
Welcome to the Trader. Where are you located, what size operation do you have?
I'm near leesburg VA and will be tapping this weekend.
Gerry

Well It's all over down here. I only fired up the evaporator three times this
year. About 900 gallons of sap is all I got.
Brandon & Mark, I hope you guys get that cold weather you need so much....

About two or three years I got some purple sap as did some others. There is
nothing wrong with it.
Gerry

Red maples will always have some red going on. In the summer the leaf
stem will have red in it. In the fall the leaves will usully have some red .
In the winter look for reddis twigs and small...

Back in '05 I was the only one way down here in northern Virginia making syrup. So Va maple guy came to mind.
Gerry

Hanson has got it right, if you are using a cone filter, let your syrup sit
for a few days or even weeks then filter it. I store my unfiltered syrup
in soda kegs until the end of the season then...

I was finally able to get to my trees on Saturday. We still have about 12 to 18 inches of snow on the ground. I picked up 420 gallons and boiled it off
over two evenings. I never thought my first...

vtsnowedin has the best fix.

Monday I got my new bush tapped, 184 taps all on sugars. I never thought i'd see that many sugars in one spot around here.
KenWP the Norway maple makes fine syrup. The sap is just as clear as...

Ok I have been away from the trader for quite a long time. But I'm back now.
I got started today. 100 taps went in on my reds and Norways.
Tomorrow, if the weather holds. Snow is in the...

I made two gallons of medium about five gallons of dark and the rest B.
My sap ran sweeter this year but i never got any big runs, only medium
and a few small ones.
Gerry

Ok, the old dominion is finally off the ground.
Gerry

Gmarvin' welcome aboard, glad to see another Virginia sugarmaker
on board.
Jim (father and son) make a good point. If you have the storage space. I
use five gallon soda kegs, let your syrup sit...

Like Bucket Head said, Don't drive them to hard. Also be more carefull
if you are tapping trees that are frozen, they will split eaiser.
Gerry

We have them down here in Virginia to. I just filter them out before the sap goes into the tank.
Gerry

Well, I just can't keep my hands out of the fire box. There I was tonight
firing my evaporator and adjusting the wood with my hands. I guess
I'll look into getting some of those foundry gloves...