Tapped in Rowley

[sams64]

I had to travel last week so I am a little late to the party, but time to drag myself off the couch and get some trees tapped. I should be able to get about 25 taps out today and probably add another 10 or 15 tomorrow depending on my bucket supply.

Sam

[eustis22]

Good luck, Sam.

I tapped in Haverhill 10 days ago and have over 150 gallons so far....today is my first boil-and-finish after sweetening the pans wednesday

[MapleLady]

It looks like we're still very early in the season around here with temps just beginning to get a little milder. This weekend's snow might change that a bit. Welcome to the party and wishing you a good season!

[sams64]

Thanks for encouragement. My youngest daughter came out and carried buckets for me this morning. We got 22 taps hung and ran out of buckets. I may grab milk jugs and hang another 10 tomorrow until I can get some more white 1.5 gallon pails. Probably limit my self to 40 taps this year that is well beyond my reasonable boiling capabilities.

Next year I will build that new evaporator I have been thinking about. This year will be back on concrete block with a 22x40 cross flow as my only pan. It did okay last year and I think I have some thoughts of how to make it run better this year.

Sam

[sams64]

So I decided that I will builda n arch for the 2x4 cross flow pan. I have 70 gallons of sap already and expect to have a at least that many more before I can boil on Sunday. I had better get cracking on building this arch. Steel is already here and I have plenty of tools so hopefully I can pull this off.

Sam

[eustis22]

sam, I drew a few gallons yesterday, so the rate has slowed way down with the weather....the weekend long range forecast looks better

ric

[sams64]

I tapped 10 more trees yetsreday to bring me up to 32 taps. Some of these trees were is a swampy area that always runs early. They were dripping right away from the time I placed the taps. Collected about 20 gallons of sap from the existing taps. Finished the day by filtering and bottling the syrup from Sunday's boil. I missed the two gallon mark by one 1/2 pint jar.

All in all not a bad few hours of sugaring.

sam

[eustis22]

tomorrow is logging day to try to finish one, possibly two more boils....I may be too tired to fire

[eustis22]

I'm running out of wood!

Time to chainsaw up some more deadfalls.

I should have made my woodpile twice as high as last years instead of the same height )

[eustis22]

I can't tell if I have a run today, my buckets are under 14 inches of snow