For a small producer making 15 gallons or less, the license is $2 last I knew. Yup - two dollars!
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For a small producer making 15 gallons or less, the license is $2 last I knew. Yup - two dollars!
You're all making me feel pretty bad.
It was frozen solid here in southern Aroostook County later than usual in March. We had a couple of decent weeks, and now it;s not freezing over night and the...
Judging by the latest 10 day forecast, I'm going to go out on a limb and rank this season as:
THE WORST
With its extremely late start and now it looks like it'll be wrapping up in another week...
I'd try Powdered Brewer's Wash first before pulling the pan off the arch. Google it - you can buy it from home brew places are mix your own using ingredients readily available from most local...
Best and easiest is to partially cover the air intake of the blower. There are rheostats available, too.
Didn't tap - still too cold and the forecast is looking colder than first thought.
Going to start tapping tomorrow here in southern Aroostook County. Hopefully it won't freeze up tight next week - need sap for Maple Sunday!
Here's some discussion from a couple of years ago:
http://mapletrader.com/community/showthread.php?8153-Beer-bottles-for-syrup&highlight=beer
We used to do 6 packs as gifts. People loved them....
Leader's web site claims 20 -25 gph.
http://www.leaderevaporator.com/p-287-leader-wse-wood-fired-evaporators.aspx
Now do an overnight soak of vinegar/water mix, then plenty of rinsing. Should be good to go if you don't smell or taste anything.
I'm not familiar with the 1Step stuff, but I used Powdered Brewer's Wash in all of my used barrels, brew pots, Stanley thermoses and more with great results. Here's the stuff:...
I welded ours with a 110 volt, 130 amp mig welder with flux core wire. Didn't know enough to preheat it. I set it on the highest heat setting and made three passes over it on both front and back...
I use a snow brush for vehicles. Has black nylon bristles that are fairly stiff - not sure I'd want to use it on my car. I have it hose-clamped to a broom handle, but I like the hockey stick idea,...
There's a guy on YouTube who does a lot of cool work on old axes (and homesteading, woodworking, metal fab, logging, etc). His user name is Wranglerstar. He has a video of restoring a Plumb axe and...
Been getting freezing rain all morning. The town plow just went by the house sanding again...
...in reverse...
yep, backed up the whole 5 miles of road to be able to sand. Twice. That's not...
Here's the muffler before and after...should run much cooler now.
Both of my Huskys have the red plastic slide switch. Since Husky and J-reds were built in the same factory, lots of parts will swap over. It's fairly common up here to see a saw with red (Jonsered)...
I think things went down hill when they went to the 400 series. To me, the greatest saws they made were the 362/365/371/372 family. All but early 362 were the same except for the piston and...
The 300 series is the next newer generation from my 268/272. Totally different saws.
With all of this horrid weather preventing any kind of woodlot work, I bit the bullet and tore down my Husqvarna 268 saw. It's getting all new bearings and seals, and a new 272 cylinder kit to boost...
Bruce Bascom or his father (can't remember which) once said you had to, "Spend 2 million to make a million."
We thought we were all done last weekend and started cleaning up. Not so fast...this week's sap run was ok and looks like we'll make some more syrup this wekend. Just wish I hadn't drained the...
In southern New Hampshire: Bascoms and Clarks (down the road from Bascoms) are both several generations into sugaring. I learned from Alvin and David Clark. Great people.
Thanks, guys. I was hoping that was the case. Dr. Perkins, I'm glad you included the heads-up on smell and taste. I would have been pulling my hair out and dumping good sap.
I was just about to buy this little stainless utility pump (Little Giant model - I think from Harbor Freight, found it on eBay) to transfer sap from the storage tank to head tank and then read the...