St. Lawrence County

[Joust7.1]

I'm glad to hear that I haven't missed much in the North Country yet. I had to be in NC for work the last five days. Looking to get all my taps out tomorrow when I get home. Ps, people don't use. 3/4 mainline anymore? Doesn't seem like anyone stocks that this year.

[cncaboose]

Did you try Gavin at MacK Maple Supply on Rt 11? 244-5256. I've got 20 feet of 3/4" in the sugar house if you just need a short piece. We've got 600+ tapped. What a job it has been. Still 18 inches of snow in much of the woods. It's keeping the trees cold and slow with the sap.

[adironmaple]

Trees are starting to thaw out some here. We have three bushes old , young and cold. Checked the tank at the cold bush this morning and wow 6000 gallons. Time to get the truck on the road to gather it up. Sugar content started at 1.2 last week and checked yesterday was 2.1. Gonna give our new setup a work out this afternoon.

[Joust7.1]

Did you try Gavin at MacK Maple Supply on Rt 11? 244-5256. I've got 20 feet of 3/4" in the sugar house if you just need a short piece. We've got 600+ tapped. What a job it has been. Still 18 inches of snow in much of the woods. It's keeping the trees cold and slow with the sap.

20' won't quite stretch far enough, but thanks for the offer. Yes, I did check with Gavin and he will hopefully have what I need before things get moving in my woods. Today was a dream walking around. Tried to go without snowshoes for a bit but would punch through now and again up to my knees. Put them on to keep that from happening and was able to get quite a bit done today. Added some more laterals to total 30 more taps to my tubing system. 30 more tomorrow, then wait for my mainline to arrive.

[cncaboose]

Gavin is back from VT and has it. You sure did not miss any sap the last few days. We have quite a few half buckets and some in the tanks but it is all pretty solid. Hoping to boil tomorrow or Saturday for the first time.

[Michael Greer]

I put up 225 buckets last week, and then went out and bought 25 more. I built my first fire on the 18th and cooked in the first 210 gallons of the season. After a rough start (14 degrees), in which every thing had to be done the hard way, we made five quarts of beautiful red syrup, so I guess we're under way. All the bugs have been worked out, and our next boil will be a lot easier. Here it comes!

[wildwood]

Our first boil was also the 18th, Michael but only ~35gal sap in a barrel evaporator. Sure was cold out! Looking good for today and tomorrow but wunderground is showing below freezing temps for Sunday and Monday, hopefully they are liars

[adironmaple]

We were looking forward to a decent run today and Sat. So far not much sap, only 800 gallons from 3900 taps on our 2 low land bushes. Seems every time we get sun its too cold to run and is cloudy on the days the temp is right. No sun all day today until just now. I mean just now as I am writing this post.

[Michael Greer]

Contrary to my prediction, It wasn't the smoothest start-up this morning. It's tough getting stuff started at 14 degrees, and even harder a 5 degrees. It took an hour and a half to get everything thawed enough to run automatically, and even longer to get rid of my coat. By lunch time it was 65 inside, and I had a couple gallons in the pot, so I can't complain. Looks like three or four days off until the next run. I hope this season evens out eventually...it's getting late.

[wildwood]

Running today? I am stuck at work until late but it sure seems like a nice day..... It was 5F last night though