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We’ve been pulling sap since the last week in January here in Northeast Nebraska. It’s been a good season so far but is getting close to being done. Most years we’d just be getting started. We boiled...

The sap collected Tuesday boiled down sweet but a two gallon sample I collected yesterday was boiled down and has that off flavor, buds have started opening so we're shutting down. I feel we have...

Our trees woke up and we have sap! We collected 50 gallons of 2 1/2 percent sugar from 50 taps in 36 hours Friday and Saturday. High temp yesterday (Sunday) was only 30 so nothing flowed. Forecast...

We've had 2 days of snow & high winds and I pulled the bags 3 days ago, there was only 3 gallons of sap from 50 taps. The temps had been in the 50's but not much flowing. It's been a disappointing...

It's supposed to be in the 50's up here Saturday & Sunday, 40's tomorrow and Friday. I think things will start moving now. I've only got 50 taps in so far with other commitments to tend to but when...

It sounds like you have a nice little operation, roughly the same size as ours. We don't sell any of ours, at least not yet. The syrup does make great gifts though! And the friends who help us always...

Bill, it sounds like you have a pretty good yield. Last year we got around 9 gallons of syrup from around 350 gallons of sap. Our season is unpredictable and all I have to reference is my own notes...

January 29, 2018. So far this year collected only 4 gallons of sap from 50 taps so obviously not much is flowing. We've only had 5 days total of above 40 degrees this year and the 10 day forecast...

I decided to put bags back up on 45 taps as the forecast highs will be in the low 40's for the next couple of days. We'll see what happens. After the blizzard some of the trees with taps are...

Spud, thanks for the reply, it clears up some questions I had. There may be some areas I could put in lines to tie 10-15 trees to one collection point, that would save me some time. I don't have...

Some lines might be in the future and I've been doing some research on it, and it seems that many if not most of you producers have lines. I do have some basic dumb questions though. Do you leave the...

Sunday January 21, 2018. Happy tapping to everyone back east! Northeast Nebraska is under a blizzard warning now, starting later this afternoon and continuing through Monday evening. Fifteen inches...

Saturday, January 20, 2018 High temp yesterday was 60 degrees but not much flow on the 50 bags. I collected what was there, 2 1/2 gallons and pulled the bags. The forecast for tomorrow is 8-10" of...

I'm going out on a limb here and starting a journal on tapping in Nebraska. I don't think our state tree, the cottonwood can be tapped so I'll cut to the chase. My wife & I live on an acreage in...

I did it last year on my stack but coiled it on the outside, then covered it with 1/2" ceramic insulation held in place with wire. I ran the sap from the top down but will run it from the bottom up...

Thanks for the response. I figured there would be some differences. All I've had to go off of so far has been pictures and catalogs and I can't take measurements from that. I'm not calling any...

This is all new to me and maybe it's common knowledge among the veterans here but will evaporator pans fit other manufacturers arches? For example, will a 2x6 drop flue and finish pan made by one...

Hello everyone! This is Jim in Nebraska, that's not a typo -Nebraska. My wife & I live on an acreage about 2 miles from a small town of 750 people in northeast Nebraska. It's not the end of the...