Finally closing in on a full head tank but the next cpl days look sketchy. Looks like we'll fire this weekend for a change.
Finally closing in on a full head tank but the next cpl days look sketchy. Looks like we'll fire this weekend for a change.
2 x 6 Grimm raised flue for 2012 season. Rebuilding a 3 x 13 for 2013. 51 Ford 8N, St. Bernard, 30+ chickens.
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Finally!!
Glad to hear its starting to flow up there on the mountain. So what does that make, about 260 gallons or so now? I hope the season lasts for a while longer. I just topped 50 gallons of sap tonight, have it on ice and will start to boil it soon. Got just a little bit to do on the barrel arch to finish it up.
Good luck up there on the hill!!!
Doug
"Sap Suckers Sugar Shack"
2009 20 taps, buckets & plastic jugs, evap on fireplace in yard, finish on stove, total yield of 1-3/4 gallons
2010 14 taps, plastic jugs, homemade 55 gal barrel evap, finish on stove, total 1 gallon
2011 55 taps, (42 on buckets, 13 on tubing-gravity), homemade 55 gal barrel arch with 24" x 32" flat pan, finish on stove, total 12 gallons
2012 90 taps (all on tubing), homemade 55 gal barrel arch with 24" x 32" flat pan, temporary "sugar shack"
Long day in the shack today. 14 hrs to go thru 336 gallons. Took about a hundred and a half to sweeten the pans. Back at it again first thing tomorrow.
2 x 6 Grimm raised flue for 2012 season. Rebuilding a 3 x 13 for 2013. 51 Ford 8N, St. Bernard, 30+ chickens.
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m257/cardigan99/
Nothing doing this weekend. Barely going to get to 30 today and tomorrow. Everything's a big block of frozen sap. Supposed to warm up on Tuesday (finally).
Calendar says spring
Thermometer says 15.3
2 x 6 Grimm raised flue for 2012 season. Rebuilding a 3 x 13 for 2013. 51 Ford 8N, St. Bernard, 30+ chickens.
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m257/cardigan99/
it's 14 here right now and I'll bet yoou the trees will run here by noon. We had our largestr run with temps only getting to 36 that day. Do tou have any sap to boil?
best outdoor syrup made in Maine...... loosing that title as we are moving indoors to a 12x16 sugar shack with a new to us 2x6 .
Making syrup.
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Tap, everything I have is ice. The 40 gallons in the head tank is frozen solid (so is my flue pan) tho I stopped by to see Sapper66 today and he was going at it.
Did you get a run up there today? Waaaay too windy here today and I don't think we even got up to 30. Not going to warm up until Tuesday.
Freaky season.. We were pretty much cleaning up this time last year.. Barely started yet this year.
Last edited by Cardigan99; 03-26-2011 at 07:21 PM.
2 x 6 Grimm raised flue for 2012 season. Rebuilding a 3 x 13 for 2013. 51 Ford 8N, St. Bernard, 30+ chickens.
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m257/cardigan99/
Thanks for stopping by!!
Todd,
It was nice to see you and meet Tommy. Hope he got his cereal he wanted!! LOL!!!
Finishing up for the nite pretty soon. Letting the fire down with a very sweetened pan. Will finish up what I've drawn off tomorrow inside. Not much left in the tank, maybe 15 gallons or so. No boiling tomorrow I guess.
Have a good weekend.
Doug
"Sap Suckers Sugar Shack"
2009 20 taps, buckets & plastic jugs, evap on fireplace in yard, finish on stove, total yield of 1-3/4 gallons
2010 14 taps, plastic jugs, homemade 55 gal barrel evap, finish on stove, total 1 gallon
2011 55 taps, (42 on buckets, 13 on tubing-gravity), homemade 55 gal barrel arch with 24" x 32" flat pan, finish on stove, total 12 gallons
2012 90 taps (all on tubing), homemade 55 gal barrel arch with 24" x 32" flat pan, temporary "sugar shack"
Great run the last couple of days. Maybe the best we've ever had. All the tanks and barrels are full. Long weekend ahead.
2 x 6 Grimm raised flue for 2012 season. Rebuilding a 3 x 13 for 2013. 51 Ford 8N, St. Bernard, 30+ chickens.
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m257/cardigan99/
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