Originally Posted by
BlueberryHill
I am in Raymond too and for the last couple of weeks I might find a random tree that is putting out some yellowish colored sap. Then the next day it is clear. Can't figure out why. I figure why should I contaminate things for just a gallon of sap so I dump it when I see it. Are you getting lots of it, or just a little here or there?
It happens to me too. It seems more common to find yellow sap in a few buckets after a rain. I will usually dump it.
2012: Probably 750 gravity taps and 50 buckets.
600 gal stainless milk tank.
2 - 100 gallon stock tanks
one 30 gal barrel
50 buckets
3' x 10' Waterloo Raised Flue wood fired evaporator w/ open pans.
12" x 20" Filter Canner
Sawmill next to sugarhouse solves my sugarwood problem
Gather with GMC 3500 2wd Pickup w/ 425 gallon Plastic Tank.
Been tapping here in Lyman NH since 1989 but I've been sugaring since 8 years old in 1968.
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