Yes we had pretty much perfect weather for 5 weeks. Tapped in by Feb 10th and boiled the 12th. We usually start off slow but this year it was full bore right off the bat. I think anything over...
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Yes we had pretty much perfect weather for 5 weeks. Tapped in by Feb 10th and boiled the 12th. We usually start off slow but this year it was full bore right off the bat. I think anything over...
No tropical weather this spring thank God, I was waiting for it. Greenes or mahar? Lots of producers big and small in the area. Although you used to see a lot more sap tanks in the back of trucks...
We finished up boiling out the pans yesterday, two freezing nights coming but it's pretty well over down here. Definitely was a good year for the lower elevations. We finished out with 3090 gallons,...
Funny what a thousand or two feet in elevation can do. One of our hardest runs yesterday at about 37 degrees
Well I think we're on our last day or two here. Sugar is horrible around .8. hard to stop when sap is crystal clear, syrup tastes phenomenal, sapflows are good and there's snow on northern facing...
Why does the sugar drop? All the carbs are gone or the tress just don't convert as many carbs to sugar? Weather not cold enough?
Wish we had some sugar in our sap, down to1.0. but making some great tasting almost Amber syrup. Next week will probably do it for us here in the lower elevations. We're currently at a .49 so that's...
Don't overdrive the spouts is your only way to help this, and possibly tapping later in the year
We're down to 1.3 after the 2 warmer days with no freeze and marginal Thursday night. A small freeze last night forecast said 24 but I woke up to 30. Definitely a better year for us in lower...
We're down to 1.3 after the 2 warmer days with no freeze and marginal Thursday night. A small freeze last night forecast said 24 but I woke up to 30.
Out sugar hasn't tested over 1.8 all year as...
Slowed way down yesterday afternoon once sun went behind clouds. Need freezing night again! That's the problem down here in the valley we lose our freezing nights quick but they're on their way back....
Get as much in there as you can because it'll shrink down once it cools I prop my barrels up on a rock so that the bong is the high point they seal much better
It has always been by color but not the same colors.
It used to be light, amber, dark Amber, b and commercial (without looking at old sales slips from Bascom)
Now it's golden, amber, very...
Pretty quiet on here! Not too many regulars posting updates anymore.
Had a big boil yesterday about 9500 gallons of sap ended up with around 190-200 gals of amber Rich still. We may have touched...
I find my dry line works on freeze up at night, so in the morning it ices up also. I am thinking about adding a second dry line in which I leave the valves off so they cannot fill on the overnight...
So I have 1 1/2 wet line carrying 1300 taps, a 1 1/4 carrying about 1200 and a dry line of 1 1/2. Handling both for this year. Some mornings like yesterday there was no issues, other mornings there...
The good part is the bottom is the only important part to get clean sides aren't important when it comes to burning pans
Take 3/4 copper pipe hammer one end flat, file a nice edge on it and scrape it off. You really have to lay into it but the copper will not scratch the stainless
It is a pain, I feel it helps with the efficiency of our boiling since we're able to do around 160 to 180 gallons an hour when everything is running right. Oh yes I've had that experience when we...
Ha of course only here. They are stainless tubes so no worries there. What about spots of nighter that don't come off does that hold residual acid?
We use the fc 350 from the dairy store. Supposed use 1 oz to 30 gals we use about a qt....next time I'm going to boil the hell out of it for an hr instead of 15 minutes. I guess perhaps turning air...
I can brush from the front with the removable plugs on each but the niter is too hard to make much difference. Might be able to get a drill down into where they are they sit underneath a couple tubes...
So here we are 5 year old evaporator and I can't seem to unplug the steam away holes. aggressive warm acid wash, bubbling permeate overnight. Wondering if any other have this issue and any successful...
Goldilocks zone at 550' here!! We hit .34 gpt yesterday 1866 gals on 5400 taps.. Niter is horrible this year, but flavor has been outstanding!! Going to be scrounging up barrels soon!
Dr Tim do...
💯 Uts all speculation. Ever go to a mechanic and have him fix the wrong thing or do a bad job? Every person is different some know their stuff while others think they do- big difference