Brought in another 250 gallons this afternoon. Was really cloudy and little nasty looking but it made some of the nicest syrup I’ve made this year. All done boiling. Started pulling the taps this...
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Brought in another 250 gallons this afternoon. Was really cloudy and little nasty looking but it made some of the nicest syrup I’ve made this year. All done boiling. Started pulling the taps this...
Boiled off my 300 gallons from yesterday. Quality still good and no sign of buddy flavour yet. Brought in another 150 gallons today with assistance of the vacuum pump but looking cloudy. Looks like a...
Collected another 300 gallons today. Sap cleared up and sugar content back up slightly. Likely will run the pump tomorrow and see what happens but thinking I could be done. Currently sitting at .8...
Sap ran really well today. Filled my tanks twice. Quality was still good but sugar content dropped .6 which is a little disappointing. Hoping for a run the next couple days if the buds hold off....
Didn’t fire up vacuum pump til 2:30 but very pleased to see both tanks almost full by 8:30! Will have 300+ gallons to boil tomorrow and weather looking very promising for the next 2-3 days. Anyone...
Finally had a good run today. Surprising because it only went down to 0 here last night. All tanks full by dark. Heres hoping for a few more days like that and hopefully salvage my season.
Haven’t got a drop since last Tuesday. Hasn’t froze since last Monday night. Gonna hope for a couple more runs this week but trees buds are looking like they are starting to swell. If we get anymore...
Certainly been a disappointing season to this point. I’ve collected about 600 gallons of sap so far. About 1/4 of what I had at this point last year. I always preach patients but the trees better...