kalamazoo county, Fulton
kalamazoo county, Fulton
Have about 25 taps in this year, would like to get in a few more. Been doing it off and on for about 25 years here in the Clare/Gladwin area. Have a few trees flowing not much to speak of yet.
Wanted to say hello to everyone as this is my first post and am very new to the site
I'm new here, first post. But I am up in Alpena. First year tapping, I did 10 taps a few days ago, don't know if it's just me but only collected about 5 gallons of sap so far.
Hello RobRings. I'm just a little south in Alcona County and it's my first year, too. It's been a very slow start this year, but it's starting to pick up. Hang in there. Today was the first day that my tap average passed a half gallon per tap per day, but that's more than double yesterday's.
CE
44° 41′ 3″ N
2019 -- 44 Red Maples - My home and sugarbush are for sale.
2018 -- 48 Red Maples, 7 gallons
2017 -- 84 Red Maples, 1 Sugar Maple, and 1 Silver Maple , 13 gallons
2016 -- 55 Red Maples, 8 gallons
2015 -- 15 Red Maples, 6 Birches - 3+ gallons maple syrup
An awning over my deck is my sugar shack.
An electrified kitchen sink and an electrified steam table pan are my evaporators.
Yeah I only have 4 taps that are producing 1/2-3/4gal a day. The other 6 are just starting to put out sap. I am hoping to boil this sap either tomorrow or sunday, prefer tomorrow as I usually make pancakes on sunday mornings.
CE
44° 41′ 3″ N
2019 -- 44 Red Maples - My home and sugarbush are for sale.
2018 -- 48 Red Maples, 7 gallons
2017 -- 84 Red Maples, 1 Sugar Maple, and 1 Silver Maple , 13 gallons
2016 -- 55 Red Maples, 8 gallons
2015 -- 15 Red Maples, 6 Birches - 3+ gallons maple syrup
An awning over my deck is my sugar shack.
An electrified kitchen sink and an electrified steam table pan are my evaporators.
Tapping in Lenawee county. Today was the first day the trees started to run good. Got about 55 gallons today. Only been getting 15/day all week.
2013 25 taps 2.5 gallons
2014 60 taps 9.5 gallons
2015 12 x 16 sugar shack 200 taps 1500' 5/16 lines gravity. Home made arch, 2 x 3 pan and 18" x 24" steam pan.
2016 2 x 5 Smokey Lake hybrid pan. Custom steam hood and float box. Number of taps yet to be determined.
2017 Made 27 gallons. Added 60 taps on 3/16 lines.
2018 Adding more 3/16 lines. Made 55 gallons
2019 Added 4 totes for sap storage. Big shack upgrades.
Hello. Kevin from beautiful Skandia in the up. Broke in a new 2 by 4 smokey lake flat pan yesterday.what a great piece of equipment. Sure beats a old stock pot
pan
Sanford
First year doing this.