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Hey Scott! Got it all hooked up and Nick came down to make sure everything was hooked up and right. Then the big wigs came down from Canada and fine tuned the motors and made sure it was working...

We have started tapping January the 18th and have a long time to go. Hopefully I have enough tapped to make alittle syrup this week. Try out the new evaporator and make sure everything else works.

Scot, I know you are so excited about the new equipment and how you can't wait to use it. Dont forget to let us know how the boiling is going and how the rig works. Yeh Yeh yeh about the "add ons"...

Good Morning To All...Just an update for the sugar makers and the calls we have been getting here at the sugar house. Thanks for the interest. Our guys have been working in the woods repairing and...

Where is everyone? Should be out in the woods! Now that the Christmas rush is over it is that time again. The fever is starting even if it is a low grade one for sugaring. We are taking the pumps ...

Good Luck with the open house! Hope your open house went as well as ours.
From CDL Pa.

I would like to thank everyone who helped made our Grand Opening wonderful! And to my friends new and old on Maple Trader. Dennis, thanks for putting on some pics for us, you know about me and...

Hello To all Fellow Maple Producers..Yes the cat is out of the bag.. The new CDL Pennsylvania Super Store is opening here at PATTERSON FARMS on September 8th 9th & 10th. It has been a long month...

This morning is starting out a little slow but that is normal for the Sunday. But it looks like it is going to be a beatiful day. Yesterday was very busy but got to talk to some other sugar makers...

Well what a day! We are finally getting to sit down a minute. Everybody is gone and the house is pretty quite. Even though we didnt have anything to boil today everyone seemed to have a good time...

Good Morning Everyone, I have a few moments in between my tours to let you know it is starting out GREAT! Even though we dont have sap to boil today the people are still coming out. A little chilly...

I am glad you got to come over in the middle of the season. And thanks for taking the pics. We are not real good with this computer thing. There has been a few requests for pics but just didn't know...

Finaly finished tapping on March 6th with 82,000 taps (give or take) and Linda's 1 bucket.

To ComputerSteve
The best advise we could give you, and what we have used, is get the North American Maple Manual. It is a great book with history, stories, and ideas. Hope this helps you it did us...

Yes it has grown a few feet in both directions. I can get a picture taken of our RO room but I will have to see if Theron can help me get in on line. None of us here are computer persons.!! And good...

Here at Patterson Farms we started tapping Monday Feb 7. Guys are having a hard time getting around in the woods because of the crusty snow. Watching the weather report every day. Looks like maybe a...

Brandon, Saw Theron today for 5 minutes, always in a hurry ya know. We haven"t seen or heard from him in weeks thought he got ate by a bear while searching for leaks in his tubing. He has just been...

Here in North Central Pa we have been averaging 49 51 gal sap to 1 gal syrup.

Update from Pattersons. We are finally tapped. Started on Feb 22 and are finishing up today. It has been quite the trial this year. Nothing seemed to go right. Had all our tanks here at the...

To everyone a Happy, Healthy, & Successful, sugar season!!
Gary R - Hi, hope you can make a visit in sugaring season too. We do do alot of hay in the summer. Almost as much hay as sap!
Russell -...

Do you want the rates for a woodfired evap?

What some of us do up in Tioga County is:
A few trees some syrup is what your neighbors want for tapping their trees, but if you get into putting some money into the bush 30 to 50cents per tap and...

Gary R Yes Ed gets almost as excited as Theeron does and I think this is going to be a good learning year for Ed. He is keeping us updated on how he is doing.
Mapleack Hope you are right on those...

In 2008 we were all tapped by Feb 17 and boiled the last on April 14. I try and tap by Feb 14 but always miss a good first clean run. 2007 I tapped Jan 5 made syrup until Jan 16 and then it froze...

I started tapping some of my smaller southern bushes today. Let most of the sap run on the ground top clean out the lines. Still working on up grading the rest of the bushes, not adding any just...