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I spent the weekend cleaning up and putting away. The season is behind me now. Right at 2 gallons of syrup for 75 taps.

I'm thinking that we had 3 good temperature swings that should have pumped...

Sorry that it took me so long to get back to the thread. I held out hope for a little run middle of the week, but just got maybe 25 gallons. spent today draining the pans and boiling everything down...

Monday evening we boiled what we had, maybe 90 gallons of sap. Been holding some for a week, it had to be cooked. We fired off at 4:00 and shut down at 6:30. Just as we started to draw syrup we were...

A real disappointing sap run here. Temps went from 15 on Wednesday 70 today and not the run I hoped for. Will up date is the morning when we gather

Up date on our operation.
February 5, we got everything set and tapped 60 trees. About a third of them gave a little sap over the next two days. The 7th I gathered about 50 gallons. I'm freezing...

Hello, checking in from West Terre Haute. I sat out the last two years and this year, with some encouragement from the family we are going to give it a go. The families "Strategic Maple Syrup...

Merry Christmas everyone.

This is a link to a Reddit forum about the great Maple heist of 2012. Very funny and witty.
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Here is another option. I bought my pans there and some other stuff. I bought a box of 25 bag holders there, I was not real impressed, looked like they had a kid make them. They worked but not all of...

This is the place near us here in Indiana. Good people and full service.

http://www.sugarbushsupplies.com/

Hi Lazarus,

Congratulations on the acquisition of the acreage. You can't hardly go wrong on investing in land.

I'm interested in your maple plantation project, we have some ground that was a...

I had the same problem in the past with the black plastic caps leaking. Some appear to have melted a bit and slipped the threads. I started using metal caps and the problem stopped. This year I...

I'm in about the same planning stage as you Mantispid. I'm thinking that I may ship-lap just the front of the building and steel side the rest. My design has the roof extended on the left side to the...

Valmere, I checked out your FB page and I must say that you really have it going on. Fine job.
Grain, beef, maple and I saw a cellular lease too.

Do you have your own road side stand?

Happy...

Yes this is a year to be remembered as a old time winter. I spoke to a white haired gentleman yesterday that likened this past season to what he remember as a child.

It will fun to enter this info...

Correct you are Doug, it could have been worse. This is a record for us, but we had to work it to the end. In past years we quit before the trees.

At least I got some exercise. I'm not sure if it...

We boiled for the last time this year on Sunday. Tonight I plan on untapping the trees and washing up. I'm not sure how much syrup yet, guessing 40 gallons = or -
We have nine 5 gallon buckets...

Thanks for the compliment Larry. It has been a fun year here, our whole family, three grown kids, my son-in-law and brother-in-law hung tough all season. (I'm not saying anything bad about anyone)...

Mother Nature gave us a reset Monday and Tuesday nights down to near 20F. Been collecting maybe a bit over a gallon per tap each of the last two evenings. Today was overcast, I think we could have...

What are you going to say if someone asks questions about the syrup's production or your bush.... and on and on? Do you come clean and explain you had a poor crop and had to buy bulk from who knows...

Birdman, I order bottles from SKS and caps from Sugarbush Supplies. I got the free shipping from SKS, but I don't like the black plastic caps they have and for a metal cap they wanted .26 each. I...

Larry, I'm hoping that the trees have one more run in them. It didn't get too cold last night, about 22F. Tomorrow night they are calling for low teens. I'm thinking that that may set us up for more...

Larry, I'm happy that you have gotten started. Sorry about the ZERO over night lows. OUCH! That has to be tough on you folks up there. Is this the first year for your new arch and pans?

We are to...

Good to hear that you are getting some syrup made Mapler. I'm guessing next week will tell the tail for the season.

We have about 500 gallons to run today. Then we might have to wash up a bit and...

Hi Tony,
It sounds like a big difference for such a short distance. We are very near the state line with Ill. West of us is a flat straight shot to the prairie. There was several times this year...

Well the sap is still flowing here in Terre Haute. Tonight collected about 150 gallons from 72 bags & buckets. The sap is still crisp and clear, bugs are not bad. The hard maples show no sign of...