tapping in the catskills.

[mountainvan]

things are good up here. 1,000 gal collected by 8 am and I'm boiling away. dark yesterday and light today. I'm up to around 3,600 taps and happy with that for this year.

[mountainvan]

not much sap yesterday, but still made 15 gals lightest of the year. staggering my tapping seems to have worked. looks like the flood gates open tuesday! time to go to the grocery store and stock up my mountain retreat.

[MaplePancakeMan]

My last batch was my lightest of the season so far as well. I haven't had much of anything in the last 3 days as far as sap. Maybe 50 gallons total. hopefully today and tomorrow i get enough sun to kick them back into gear. We shall see. Whats your total gallons this year so far van?

[mountainvan]

300+ so far. this week looks great for sugaring.

[mountainvan]

slowly thawing out and sap is flowing again. still making light amber tonight.

[mountainvan]

couple thousand gals collected today, filling barrels with light amber. saps still pouring in. antimicrobial spiles put in jan. are still going strong.

[Snowy Pass Maple]

We also seem to be unable to make anything dark this year - this is with taps now in and sap flowing 3-4 weeks! Will be interesting to see what comes later this week after the warm spell... in the lower elevations, not sure we have a whole lot of time left after this weekend...

[mountainvan]

about 7,000 gals collected on this run and saps still flowing. just went to medium. minor flooding in the valley today, only had to call 911 once.

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Van,

What's happening now with you and how much syrup have you made?

[mountainvan]

not much, just waiting for warmer weather. no sap in over week, but the rest of march and into april look good. I'm up to 500 so far, 1/2 way to my goal.