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    Default Might be about done here in southern NH

    I just got home to check my taps...barely a trickle today. Past 3 days on my 35 taps i went 22 gallons, 20 gallons, 17 gallons...and now today I bet there isnt 10 across all of mine.....My truck in the drive way is saying 51 degrees.....We shall see what the rest of the week brings.
    2022 4x40" RO, Welch 1397 Vac Pump, 3 Guzzler Pumps, Lapierre Releaser, 1100 taps
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    2017 Expanded Sugar Shack, new 2x6 with float box, NEXTgen Maple RO, 250+ taps, still on sap sacks
    2016 Sugar Shack, 2x6 evaporator, 160 taps, all on Sap Sacks
    2014 110 taps
    2013 35 taps

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    The opposite over here on the Connecticut, had 40 gallons off 18 taps yesterday and another 12 this morning before work, right at 2% BUT, that is the first in two weeks

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    yeah it only got down to about 31 for a few hours at most not really enough to get things going. sap still coming in but not to much any more. hit 50 here too. gravity still dripping a little and have about 125 gallons from vac so far see what we have by morning. if we get a little freeze tonight then we might get a little more. It amazing what a 1 or 2 degrees will do!!! as I am finding that out this season.
    may your sap be at 3%
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    What a difference 50 miles, a few hundred feet of elevation, and a North facing woods makes! It's just before 9:00 P.M. and I netted better than 1/2 GPT today on gravity. The thermometer in the door yard reads 35, and with this clear windless night we should easily get down to 25 degrees. You guys in south and central NH had the early season, looks like we're just coming into the heart of ours.
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    Another 40 gallon day, 2 + gallons per tap but the sugar is @ 1.8% Will be boiling all weekend, 2x2 pan

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    Only collected 3 gal from 35 taps on 3/26. Looks like it's just not cold enough at night - ugh!
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    225 gallons collected here yesterday. Froze up good last night, 22 outside at this time. Full moon tonight should be a good night in the sugar house. We fired up at three yesterday afternoon and shut down at eleven last night and will go at it this morning and collected later in afternoon. Looks good for the rest of the week and weekend. Bunny outfits for Sunday
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    Good run yesturday, froze up last night should run great today and all week.

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    Froze up good for me as well. At 34 by 8 with good sun it should be a great run for me as well. I'm thinking the sap should last a while I still have a at least a foot of snow in the woods. Been a while since we've had snowpack this late into the year but its got to help.
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    Was 27 in Merrimack this morning, maybe that will wake the trees up cause yesterday they didnt do much.

    I did finish a boil I started the day before, got through 50 gallons of sap, made exactly 8 pints last night. I have 30 more gallons of sap waiting to be boiled down, but Im gonna wait it out until Friday or Saturday and hopefully can bang out 1 more gallon of syrup. I am DONE after I finish up with this load of sap and what ever I get in my buckets over the next day or so.
    2022 4x40" RO, Welch 1397 Vac Pump, 3 Guzzler Pumps, Lapierre Releaser, 1100 taps
    2021 Twin Baby Boys, Close to 650 taps
    2020 Upgraded RO to 2 post and 7GBS Pump. 265 taps
    2019 Smoky Lake 2x6 raised flue, Autodraw system, Maple Jet Filter Press, a beautiful new bride to be my sugaring partner :-)
    2017 Expanded Sugar Shack, new 2x6 with float box, NEXTgen Maple RO, 250+ taps, still on sap sacks
    2016 Sugar Shack, 2x6 evaporator, 160 taps, all on Sap Sacks
    2014 110 taps
    2013 35 taps

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