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I've tried several times to make maple candy but I'm at a loss. I bring it up to 135-136 degrees and it never hardens. I sell 30-40 gallons of syrup every year with dozens of requests for candy and...

I started out with 5/16 tree saver spikes with 2 taps per 5 gallon bucket with 5/16 lines and generally collect about 20-30 gallons per tap over the season. Reds and silvers will produce less and...

My first real flow was today so I hope we've got another 3 weeks or so

Very little compared to the other lines

All my lines are 3/16 gravity fed with 3/16 drops, at the top of one of my lines the sap just sits there. If I unhook the last tee all the sap shoots down the line like crazy, I can figure out why...

I've got a question for you local gents, I've normally bought all my supplies online but would like to put my money local even if it cost a little more. I'm in Triangle just off 206 over the hill...

I remove all of the junk skids for the company I work for, I use some of them to fire my evaporator and some as kindling. If anyone would like the excess I am happy to share, I work in Endicott and...

I've seen some sugar shacks in the valley steam free, I sit at a pretty high elevation and still have crystal clear sap. Just wondering if people are pulling taps this week or holding off till the...

Interested in some good books on sugar Bush management/sustainable forestry. We have about 65 acres of wooded land with 65-75% maple. We had all the ash over 20" in diameter logged out early in...

Haven't reached the place where I would need one yet.

I add 1/2 gallon of maple syrup along with 4 pounds of dark brown sugar to 5 gallon batches of homemade apple cider. I achieve 9-11% alcohol content on a delicious dry wine.

Our conditions in Central New York were pretty similar, my 3/16 lines froze solid and didn't run due to hemlock coverage and my buckets overflowed on days that saw temperatures above freezing for 3-4...

Would check valve spikes help reduce the amount of bacteria on drop lines or is that only for long tubing runs?