2011 Tapping Dates - Ontario

[tylerj]

For Sat. Sun. Mon. Tues here in Elgin Cty.. weather network predicts the following highs;
-2, +2,+1,-1

Environment Canada says;
+2,+3,+2,+4 ?!?!?!

If E.C. is right that sounds like tapping weather doesn't it?? I'm doing roadside trees so I will be having fun getting through the snow lol.

[ennismaple]

hows the snow up north southern vermont is deep we started taping today with snow shoes did not work to good we got 500 taps in without them normaly we can get 1100 in a day going to be a long battle taping this yr should be done in 15 days i hope if legs hold up good luck

Depends where you are. Parts of the province have been getting streamers coming off Lake Huron and have tons of snow. In the Ottawa Valley it's about knee deep and fluffy right to the bottom. Close enough to consider snowshoes but maybe not deep enough to make them worthwhile.

Our long-range forecast has changed so it's supposed to be +2 Sunday, +1 Monday and other than that its at or below freezing for daytime highs. No need to charge up the batteries yet boys!

[Jerome]

I'm in the snow belt and got 12 inches just last night now i need to go out and clear it once again .

[argohauler]

Which model are we gonna believe? Weather network (cold) and Environment Canada (warm) are still different today.

Got the Tanaka goin this morn and put another shroud on my Homellite genny.

Going to the bush shortly to pack down the trails some more and cut a bypass around a bad hole. The problem is that the tractor can't go everywhere the Argo can, without cutting a lot of trees in places. We've got at least 15" of snow in the bush.

Brent can I borrow your tracks?!

[Maple Restoration]

Looking forward to opening up the road to the sugar shack this weekend snow is waist deep,good time to get thing washed and ready to go.

[nas]

Planning to tap this weekend down here. They are calling for great sap running weather all week next week. Bring it on!!!

Nick

[sugarstone]

Day 2 of staying home with a sick little girl, so not much happening today.

The pipelines are tuned up good enough for now. Little fixes I'll have to do during a break in the season. They were in rough shape. Time to concentrate on some other tasks like plumbing the vac. pump with a better cooling system and plumbing a "new to me" older Bernard sap filter. Laying out the pump line will be close to the last thing I'll be doing.
This coming week, my company is starting to tap at someone else's operation. I'll do mine probably last week in Feb.
Looks like a sticky few weeks on the snowshoes coming up...
Then its time to get ready for the Tree Tapping Ceremony we are hosting here this year on the 12th.

[TylerMcT]

Down London way weathers looking pretty good for next week whats everybody think about tapping a few this weekend ?

[Buckshot]

I can't imagine tapping any earlier than Feb 26/27 weekend. Last year we put the taps in the 1st wknd of March as the weather report looked favourable for the upcoming week. Good thing we did or we would have missed the early run.

With only 150 taps it shouldn't take us long to get the taps in, but we're only at the sugar shack on weekends, so if we misjudge the timing, we can't get back up there to tap until the next weekend.

We also check the Wheeler website and Ennis' site as well...it doesn't hurt to pay attention to what the big guys in the next county over are up to!

[Rockwood]

Looks like all but one day is above the 0c mark all this week, then a return of cooler temps.

So I'm thinking of running 30 or so test taps. Thus maybe getting sap to run at least one or two days of boiling.

This way I'll scratch the itch just a touch.