Tapped more trees, fixed several vacuum pumps, repaired tubing,and collected 3,000 gals of sap yesterday. Filled the first barrel with amber today. Weather looks great for more sap tomorrow.
Tapped more trees, fixed several vacuum pumps, repaired tubing,and collected 3,000 gals of sap yesterday. Filled the first barrel with amber today. Weather looks great for more sap tomorrow.
Over 4,000 gals sap yesterday for a couple barrels of syrup. Went from amber to fancy. This coming week looks great for more syrup. Still have 800 trees to tap next week.
Plugging along getting what sap the trees see fit to give. No huge runs, but enough to keep me busy. Mineral content is high in my sap. Filtering is a pain, as always, and I had to switch both front pans after only 150 gals syrup due to heavy layer of niter.
Pretty much tapped and over 200 gals so far. Pans are soaking in permeate for a couple days. Big sap starting Sunday!
We are tapping Monday and Tuesday, likely first boil Wed. Only going to have 400-450 taps this year. Our sap flow is likely to start late monday or tuesday.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
I'm going to tap tomorrow. Hope the valley warms up nicely and maybe boil Tuesday/Wednesday. Giddyup!
2014 6 Taps Block Arch and momas canning pot, 3 gallons YIKES
2019 100 taps and a new adventure with a home built arch.
2020 90 taps, my wife and I and a Bucket RO...
2021 112 taps and a modified Bucket RO.
2022 120 taps, modified Bucket RO a Wife, Son and Springer
Finished tapping last few trees yesterday.
8,000 gals of sap the last couple days. Filling barrels and having fun.
We had good sap flow Monday, but very little Tuesday and Wednesday. Our last freeze was Monday morning. Now it looks like we will have no sap flow until about next Monday afternoon.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
Sap tsunami in the Catskills tonight. 1,000 gals for the ro to start with early tomorrow already in. Went and bought more barrels yesterday.
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