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This has been an amazing run to end the season. After the hard freeze Saturday night, the sap started running hard Sunday morning at 10:30. Between 10:30 Sunday morning and 10:30 this morning we had...

Very frustrating that the sap has only been trickling in, but just started the RO to clear the tank and amazingly the sap tested 4%!!! Verified with both a refractometer and hydrometer. Is this...

This does seem like the season without an end. Had 11,000 gallons of sap the last couple of days with the vacuum pump turned OFF!!. There must be a very large leak as vacuum dropped to 8, so made...

Sap ran crazy hard in Montgomery Center today. Over 18,000 gallons of nice clear sap from 8:00 last night until 10:00 tonight. Still coming in strong. Ran out of concentrate at 8:00, so the...

Sap was still running as of 11:00 pm. It didn't really start running strong until later in the afternoon. Made a little over 3 barrels tonight so we are at 42 barrels so far. Hoping for a big day...

Sap ran steadily but not too hard all day. Enough to have 3,400 gal to run through the RO tonight and get the membranes washed. Sugar was back up to 2.1 Tomorrow should be great. The rig is all...

Ran the RO yesterday afternoon, 1:00 AM, 9 AM and again this afternoon. Sap just didn't want to give up. Made 4 barrels plus bottled another 20 gallons or so. It will be nice to sleep in tomorrow!

Made another 3 barrels tonight plus bottled 100 pints and 55 quarts. Total of 31 barrels for the season. We are keeping our fingers crossed for 60 barrels total.

We thought we might get an early start and finish early but spent more time cleaning pans than anticipated. Made 5-1/2 more barrels. Looks like Friday and Saturday will be days off!

Ran the RO last night to concentrate 2,700 gal from yesterday. Drained all the pans last night and boiled permeate to clean everything up. Started the RO this morning to concentrate 3,800 ga that...

Well, it has been a great two days. Almost 23,000 gallons in 36 hours. Made 11 more barrels of syrup. This might be a good season after all.

Averaged 1,200 gallons per hour from 10:30 am to 10:30 pm. Peak flow was just under 2,000 gph. What a gusher!
Sap still coming in at 600 gph at 11:30. About 5,000 gal. in the tanks to run through...

The warm weather treated us well here in Montgomery Center. 18,000 gallons of sap since Tuesday morning. Sap has been running non stop now for over 60 hours. Vacuum has held steady at 26+ ". Made 4...

Quite warm in the sugarhouse today. Inside temp reached 81. Made 4 more barrels of medium amber. Looks like the weatherman might give us a bonus Tuesday and/or Wednesday night. Sure would be nice...

Best day this season. Made 6 barrels which brings the total to 42. The trees are definitely running out of steam tonight.

We're going to get spoiled. Finished boiling and cleaning up before 10:00. Since this non-stop run started Thursday morning we have had 23,000 gallons. Sap is still coming in at 300gph temp is 34...

Sounds like everyone is keeping plenty busy today. Had over 10,000 gallons as of 12:30 am and sap is still coming in at 400 gal/hr. We've made 29 barrels so far including what we've bottled so we...

Good day today. 9,100 gallons from 8,000 taps. Filled 5 more barrels. It's nice to be done before midnight.

2:00 am just finished cleaning up after boiling 6500 gallons from today. Filled 4 barrels.

Finally after a snowy start, the sun is out and sap is rolling down the pipeline at 800+ gph.

This is getting depressing. Can we have some sap please.11608

Filled 2 more barrels today from the 3,000 gallons that came in between 5:00 pm yesterday until this morning when the temperature dropped from 35 to 26 degrees between 6:30 and 8:30. As of today we...

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