Gonna try and make this a sticky. This is for folks currently boiling to chit chat. Am I the only one tonight?
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Gonna try and make this a sticky. This is for folks currently boiling to chit chat. Am I the only one tonight?
2012- Can't Remember 1st year...
2013- 41 taps made 13 Gallons of Syrup
2014- 20 taps made 5.5 Gallons of Syrup
2015- 43 Taps made 10 Gallons of Syrup
2016- 43 Taps...
Right there with you Don!
Just did my final draw-off of the season from my flat pan and it's on the small burner finishing up. Sad that the season is over, but I got 12 gallons more than my initial goal at the start of the season and caught a SEVERE case of the maple bug in the process.
How's the sweet stuff looking tonight?
Fresh Pan I finished off what was in it Sunday and cleaned the pan. Its the 3.25% right now so its going kinda quick and I can see it changine in the sections already!
2012- Can't Remember 1st year...
2013- 41 taps made 13 Gallons of Syrup
2014- 20 taps made 5.5 Gallons of Syrup
2015- 43 Taps made 10 Gallons of Syrup
2016- 43 Taps...
what part of new york are you in cause for me the season is just getting started?Originally Posted by 100GallonsOrBust
Right there with you Don!
Just did my final draw-off of the season from my flat pan and it's on the small burner finishing up. Sad that the season is over, but I got 12 gallons more than my initial goal at the start of the season and caught a SEVERE case of the maple bug in the process.
How's the sweet stuff looking tonight?
2012-6 taps on a homade barrel boiler made 3 pints
2013-200 taps 12X20 sugarhouse on a waterloo 2X6 made a disappointing 10 gallons
2014-450 taps on waterloo 2X6 made another disappointing 20 gallons
2015-450 taps all vac on leader 3X8 with pre heater and hood
Outstanding man, how much longer will your season run out there?
Northern Dutchess County. I put out 45 taps on February 13th with a goal of getting 15 gallons of finished syrup, which I thought would be a stretch on our simple wood stove / 2' x 2' flat pan setup. We burn wood for heat in the house as well and I had only split enough wood for keeping the house warm through April and for making 15 gallons of syrup..... then the sap kept flowing and I got the fever.The batch I bottle this morning will make 27 gallons of finished syrup and the wood supply for heating the house is down to the scraps around the log splitter.
The weather here has been awesome and I know there are folks who are still running. The guys I've talked to around here said it's been a record year. I think the change to bud sap isn't too far off though - if you look out at the top of the sugar bush, the canopies are starting to get that reddish hue to them.
Almost 1am and I'm boiling away. Why not, what else is there to do........ Sleep, do that when the season is done.
Started at 6:30 and have about 110 gallons to do. Trees are running real good and I'm running out of storage so I had to.
ANYONE THERE!!!!!!
2020
8th year making sugar
120 taps second year on vac
2x4 Divided pan.
Homemade RO 4x42XLE
Shurflo 4048 pump
Im still here...probally a 1/4 way done with 130 gallons....my gravity tube has benn streaming a bit the whole time!
2012- Can't Remember 1st year...
2013- 41 taps made 13 Gallons of Syrup
2014- 20 taps made 5.5 Gallons of Syrup
2015- 43 Taps made 10 Gallons of Syrup
2016- 43 Taps...
I had visitors. .. my wife and her sister .... they wanted to visit the steam room but when I opened the door cause I was too hot they left...too cold lol! Im so hhot I'd do one of them polar bear plunges right now!
2012- Can't Remember 1st year...
2013- 41 taps made 13 Gallons of Syrup
2014- 20 taps made 5.5 Gallons of Syrup
2015- 43 Taps made 10 Gallons of Syrup
2016- 43 Taps...
My wife is sleeping on the couch next to the basement door out where I'm boiling.
She's keeping me company she says........sleeping! Ha, I left her to type on the computer upstaires. And eat....of course.
2020
8th year making sugar
120 taps second year on vac
2x4 Divided pan.
Homemade RO 4x42XLE
Shurflo 4048 pump
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