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Same here north of Bangor. Sap ran like mad for 2 days. Tired of lifting those buckets. And now I am pulling the taps since there is no freeze in sight.

Still winter here in Maine! Got 8 inches of snow over the last 2 days.

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Do you toss all the ice?

Got 34 gallons of sap off 80 buckets on Thursday and Friday. Boiled it down today to about 4 gallons on my Leader half pint. Will finish it on a turkey fryer. At 3 brix, I am hoping to turn out a...

So, my giant old sugar maples are slow to start, but the other trees are starting to run. Finally got my first sap of the season up here north of Bangor! Collected 34.5 gallons in the last 24 hours...

Collected my first sap today (northeast of Bangor). Some taps—1 gallon. Others—zip. Slow going, but at least the sap has started to flow!

I collected 1 gallon of sap per tap over the last 48 hours. That’s an excellent haul for me off my buckets!

You might find this article from UVM of interest.

https://www.uvm.edu/~uvmaple/sapsugarcontentvariation.pdf

My trees are sugar maples, and they typically run 3.5. (I measure sugar level each...

My trees ran well today. I am on buckets and got about 1 gallon per tap. Sugar level is down, however. Usually I am at 3.5, but today my hydrometer says 2.0. Is this typical as the season draws to a...

Running nicely here. 1 gallon of sap per tap!

Definitely go to the candy, etc thread and check out the different methods.

For me, the key is to first heat the syrup to 245 in a big pan on the stove top before tossing in your nuts. You will...

Yes, big typo there—221 is correct. Yesterday, it was 220.5. I will stick with my hydrometer! Should it be exactly at the red hot test line? I’m new at this. Last year I let it go a little over, but...

I love the SapTapApp for logging my sap collection and seeing what is happening with other sugar makers in the area. I don’t find it helpful for boiling temperature. The app seems to be taking data...

I had 60 frozen buckets. They were full—solid blocks of ice with small amounts of liquid at the bottom of the buckets. I collected the liquid in one container and brought the blocks of ice inside,...

Sap was running like crazy yesterday. I use the Tap My Trees green 3 gallon buckets, and several on roadside and riverside trees were overflowing by midafternoon here (northeast of Bangor, Maine)....

I checked out your photos. What a wonderful way to children to learn!

Is sap supposed to be running Sunday~Monday of this week and then to be followed another big dump of snow? I am 30 minutes south of Lincoln. Trying to figure out when to head back to camp to empty my...

I have a half pint. I still haven’t mastered it.

Yesterday, I boiled 72 gallons and never once did I see the temperature gauge hit the syrup mark. I keep the sap level just above the thermometer...

Going to be a long weekend feeding the evaporator!

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I am really enjoying logging in my sap collections and seeing what other Maine sugarers are doing. Please check out and sign up for the Sap Tap App! It is free and more data makes a better product.
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Converted an old fishing camp that was made out of odds and ends of log cabin pieces. No power. No water. But stays warm and toasty when you are running the evaporator.

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You are right about that! Collected 48 gallons of sap today @ 2.7 Brix. I will be sitting with my half pint all day tomorrow.

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Boiled my first 25 gallons of sap from last week's 2 warm days. Made some very pretty light syrup. Yesterday’s 40 degree weather filled my buckets, so I am off this morning to collect! Looks good for...

Tapped 2/18-19. Put 44 buckets out. Big roadside trees. Taps on the south side ran yesterday. Collected 10 gallons @ 2.5 Brix. Today temps should reach 50 degrees. Hoping to double number of buckets...

Thanks for all the advice. Extremely helpful! I will try the continuous boil approach this year. I think the biggest issue was that I did not appreciate that I would need to boil 100 gallons before...