Willow Creek Sugarhouse 2012

[red maples]

boy I hope so.....Sun has been very warm!!!! Even when I get 50 - 75 gallons I boil it off even though it may be just a few hours I don't want the freeze ups like you have I had those a few weeks ago and it takes for ever for it to thaw!!!

Hope you make lots of syrup as well bud!!! andI am sure you'll be busy too !!!!

[red maples]

Good sap yesterday but this weekend might be the last hurrah!!! and that sucks...awful year 1 good run so far terrible!!! looks like the end might be tuesday or wednesday if the forecast doesn't change!!! just have to wait and see!!! So much for a new evaporator this year....no way I can swing that one....at this rate I will run out of syrup on maple weekend!!!

[NH/Pete]

Looks like Chris is the only one around here to have a banner season.

[red maples]

Yeah but he tapped back in Jan.

[Amber Gold]

Season's not over yet, it's just getting started...keep the faith.

[red maples]

I know I am trying!!!

Was in the sugarhouse for total of 9-10 hours today!! I wish it was all at once but started really early, then stopped to ket the kids off to school, started up again, then stopped to eat some lunch and go pick up my son from school, came back cleaned a bit did a few things went to pick up my daughter from school. then boiled for a few more hours...I don't even remember how much I got the last 2 days... all I know is the sugar is really starting to drop off but the sap is still coming in both gravity and vac. well over 400 gallons probably closer to 5. missed about 4-5 hours last night **** releaser backed up grrrrrrrr!!!

Was Hot in the sugarhouse today boy!!!!

I think it like to not work when the vac it too hig...it wanted to run at 27" last night and it was too much and was holding the float up. So I actually backed it off a bit tonight to see and it seams to be running good @ 24" we'll see sap is still coming in though. I made 4 gallons of dark before it went to B .

OK need to eat and wash out filters shower ....again... and hit the sack another early morning tomorrow!!!

[red maples]

A little tired but having fun.........hope it keeps up for a while!!!

I think I got about 600 gallons since wed, mid morning. not including a little from last night and the morning. it has really slowed down alot but its still coming in. need a freeze to get things going agian.

into so really good tasting B now really good private stock good.

Girl scouts coming tomorrow. Should be a fun time. Got the sugarhouse all spiffed up, floor scrubbed oh that was a dirty one!!! wiped everything down stocked it a little I'll fill it tommorrow need to set a trap in there had a few bags of maple nuts in there chewed up **** mice!!!

Anyway hopeeveryone else is drowning in sap as well!!! have fun!!!

[red maples]

Alright still having fun but officially very tired!!! and tonight we loose an hour of sleep I need that like hole in the head.

Got a pretty good freeze last night much needed after all that warm. Got all caught up just have the 100 gallons in the tank that I got today it never really warmed up enoiugh to really get going today. sugar tanked too. but still making syrup. Good freeze tonight and looks like it will be about it I guess just run the vac til the sap stops coming in!!!

I taps some birch trees stil got alot of wood left make a few gallons of that I guess. but need to collect that in buckets. we'll see how that goes maybe I will boil birch sap for maple weekend????

Had Kingston Girl scouts in that was fun and a maple weekend warm up... sold $200 worth of product. so not a bad day!!

Good night happy boiling !!!

[red maples]

Got all caught up on sap yesterday and was boiling right in line with sap coming until I passed the flow coming in and had to shut down. Didn't get as much sap on saturday as I thought we would get but I guess after close to 800 gallons in 3 days running for what ever hours thats was what can you expect. Yesterday was much better running about 250 I think still have bring over gravity today. Sap started coming clear but by afternoon cloudy and turning a slight yellow too syrup still tastes good though and niter is darkening very quickly. not as much niter as the past 2 years I have to say!!!

I did get a very light frost last night too. the 90* elbow going from the manifold to the main float container on the releaser froze up so everything backed up of course got everything thawed out and the no sap was coming in so I guess things are froze up further out. So I shut off the pump for now. I think I am going to put a fan out there to help keep things cool as it will hit close to 70* today.

[eustis22]

yesterday's run in Haverhill looks a little cloudy...I will boil it and hope for the best, but then I'm pulling my taps