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is there a recipe for making maple popcorn that anybody would want to share ?

i have some sap frozen in buckets on the trees, hoping to gather when get first thaw. where you located at?

we have syrup made last year, that has what i would describe as a metaliky taste, all i can find is it was stored in metal containers. this was never in metal, plastic buckets on trees, and plastic...

put some taps out yesterday, still to cold wasn't running yet, looks to be cold for next week

anyone tapped in northern indiana yet, looks like temp. will be right coming soon, what are anyone's tapping date plans

thank you 220 maple, we have dabbled with walnut syrup but never really tried to figure what amounts of sap we got per tap on gravity, i know they are fickle and don't run like maple trees. how much...

trying to find out if anybody does or has tapped walnut trees and ran them on a vacuum system? any results?

we have tapped black walnut trees in the past, they make great syrup, but don't run like sugar maple trees. Question is has anybody put walnut trees on a tubing line with vacuum ? would it pull more...

ro is a ray gingrich model 250 gas powered

tried my ro today for 1st run of season, it will not build any pressure on the high side, and the permeate [dump] side is pure sap? have did the dye test, permeate shows clear, concentrate side has...

have sap to collect, but frozen in bags in the woods, looks like another week before will be able to thaw to collect

tapped my vac. line today, very hard to get to runs along steep river bank, think may have run coming up end of week, but had help today, so got that much done. was cold and nothing was dripping when...

Doug, I see you use sap sacks to collect with,i have been using the blue sap bags, and every year seems like towards end of season something will chew bottom corners of the bags, and i'll go in woods...

Oh, i know, heck they'll probably change it again before todays over

Looking at forecasts, shows nothing above 32deg. clear out to 2-18, guess i have awhile
to wait

I like the idea of putting an old bag over a new one, seems like that might work, only problem is you have to get a bag chewed to have one to put over the new one. almost wish i would have kept all...

Tapped 2-16 and 2-17, have had 6 times we collected sap, but never like a big run, sometimes 2 bags on a big tree 1 is full the other 1 is empty, maybe next time it is totally reversed. now smaller...

well, we collected sap today, not a great run, and the bags we replaced from the tree rat chews, did not have much sap in them, most of the run wascouple days ago. the deer off spray we sprayed the...

Thank all you guys for the input, we did go to tsc today and got a concentrated deer off formula called liquid fence, and sprayed it on bags as we replaced them.only problem may be the new bag being...

it will only keep as long until the f_______ deer chew holes in the bottom

I know i have asked this in the past, how do people keep the animals from biting holes in the bottom corner of the sap sacks and loosing all the sap out. have tried duct taping bottom of bag, tried...

put taps out fri. and sat. temp was in 40s, nothing running while we tapped. still have to tap vac. setup, looks like they are changing temps for next week alrteady, doesn't look as good as it did.

plan on putting some taps out tomorrow, sat. and sun. looks like ideal temps the 21st thru 26th [if they don't change before then] been holding off to get started, but i realize last couple years...

i would go with freezer, will keep it fresher

Last time we collected sap was 3-7, bags have a little sap in them now that is frozen, my concern is when things thaw and if we get a run, what is best way to make sure there is no spoiled sap in...