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All done; pulled my red maples 3/23 (no buddy sap, but buds were bursting and weather was only getting warmer). I let my sugar maples go another 2 weeks, but honestly just ready to be done. I pulled...

I pulled all my reds today- still have 20 hard maples with life in them.
I noticed a funk in my red maple buckets, but it ended up being a sort of mildew (slightly pink/ slimy feeling). I never had...

I was really ready for a few days rest with some upcoming (current) snow, but after almost 2 days of not being outside, pushing myself, I was restless! So, I got ambitious, and thought I'd scrub my...

I use a food-grade sanitizer called STAR SAN. It's widely used by homebrew/ wine makers. 1 oz: 5 gallons, and it kills E. coli and staph.
I fill up several 5 gal buckets (either outside or in my...

Cool, cool- thanks! It makes sense, too, from a storage standpoint.

Hi everyone! I have a question:

I am tapping a combo of Red (50) and Sugar (20) Maples, with the goal to sell finished product. I have been struggling with this since before I tapped: do I...

I'm sorry I don't understand (I even read the Canadian news, Google, etc) but are these prices per ounce?

Have you checked Craigslist for buckets? I too have read about bakeries, grocery stores, etc etc giving them away. Where I am, someone beats me to it, cleans the buckets and sells on Craigslist for...

Started fooling around tapping my dads 2 trees 2 years ago. Then I added 20 more trees last year.
I quit my job 2 weeks ago (unrelated), and I am taking this opportunity to see if I have what it...