Wishing You a speedy recovery.... I think You are right. Sometimes there is a reason for everything that happens. May God bless You.. Ausable
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Wishing You a speedy recovery.... I think You are right. Sometimes there is a reason for everything that happens. May God bless You.. Ausable
Michael - I have a basic - no frills - homemade continuous flow pan. 2' x 5'. It has 5 sections, 2 sap and 3 syrup - the Sap sections are closest to the stack. It is level - Yep - level. When I start...
I use a 35 gallon fresh water tank from an RV too. Works great to feed sap to my evaporator. Had to modify it some for cleaning.
Spud - I am sorry for Your loss. Your Dad is with Our Lord and the Angels. ---Ausable----
Hi Sam - You don't provide a whole lot of information. Like number of taps, size of evaporator, hobby maker or large producer etc. etc. That said - I do it for a hobby and have approx. 55 taps and no...
Weekend Warrior - I do the same thing You do - Drop Tubes to Buckets. I didn't know that spiles had check valves - I learned something new. The purpose of a check valve (as I'm sure you know) is to...
Mark - We usually make a lot of coarse apple sauce every year and cook it down and can it with no sweetener added. So this year we also made a few different apple butters. The best was a Maple- Apple...
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Murray - As cost doesn't seem to be a concern with You. Go with Oil. By oil - You mean fuel oil I will assume - Not Crude or Residual or used Cooking or Motor Oil? I'm just a Hobby Maple Syrup...
When I was a kid - Still in my 50's - I hung coffee cans from Grimm spiles and gathered with 5 gallon buckets. I would carry theses back to the sugar shack and filter into my storage barrels. So now...
Hey! Welcome Doug. We are all - Always learning. ----Mike----
The picture you have posted is just cloudy syrup and will settle and clear. Nitre or Sugar Sand is common - like sediment in a bottle of home made wine. Just decante into another container when using...
Tim --- Sorry about the loss of Your Dad. Yep! You will meet again.
Good for You - As Larry would say - "Get-er done" --- But have fun.
Hey! The Mrs. and I have started watching a show on TV called "Building Wild" - on the National Geographic Channel. Recently - Our Heroes built a combination Sugar Shack - Cabin for a Father and Son....
In my humble opinion - No. I am a hobby producer and my Wife and I like different flavors. I like to make it a little on the thick side for my own use and get some interesting flavors doing this. We...
Smile - Do not anger the One that prepares what You eat. She will get in the last word - every time. lol I'm an old guy and still here - You are catching on.
We keep hearing more and more beneficial things about maple syrup. sap and extract. It is not just a sweetener anymore.
Dave - I'm sorry for the loss of Your Mom. ---Mike---
Click on Forum - Click on Gallery - than explore all the posted Photos - You should find what You want. Hey! Good Luck next year.
Cedar - It all depends on the weather, the trees and Mother Nature. The day before yesterday I had my best sap run of the year - yesterday blah!. Most years I'm done by now. ------ We start getting...
John already answered the question. Remember the Fire Triangle? Heat, Fuel and Oxygen. For the event called Fire - these three things have to be in place. We can help them as we do in say - an...
When I would batch boil - my syrup was a lot lighter that it is now. I have a homemade - steel - continuous flow rig and I leave the pans sweet and pick-up where I left off on my previous boil and my...
Welcome Bruce - Unless You and Jim are Twins - I doubt Your stories will be the same. lol My Brother Jack and I were close in age and we made a point of being different from each other. Made for...
Bill - Don't be so hard on Yourself - It is all part of learning. I made a lot of mistakes and still do. I would always get nervous and pull it off too early - as the very first batch I made ended up...
Sure Jack - Just like Karen said - Good Advice. I will add - I made a lot of thin - light syrup for many years - Relying on a candy thermometer and the ladder test on a spoon. Some folks can make...