Had frozen lines yesterday evening, but running well at dusk tonight. Not much in the tank so it started late. Have been having good evening runs before the freeze with the 3/16, and still 33 degrees here at the house, so am hopeful.
Had frozen lines yesterday evening, but running well at dusk tonight. Not much in the tank so it started late. Have been having good evening runs before the freeze with the 3/16, and still 33 degrees here at the house, so am hopeful.
2018 27 taps, 3/16, sheltered 2x3
2017 6 buckets, kitchen wood stove
2013 50 taps 5/16, outdoor 2x3, homemade ro
Decades ago 80 taps, cinderblock arch
Nothing worth mentioning here.... forecast looking better for next week but I don't think much is going to happen before then unless we get an extended period of clear skies and that March sun warms the trees.
About 750 taps on High Vac.
2.5 x 8 Intens-O-Fire
Airtech 3 hp LR Pump
Springtech Elite 500 RO
14 x 24 Timber Frame SugarHouse
16 x 22 Sap Shed w/ 1500 gal. + 700 gal. tanks
www.littlehogbackfarm.com
Up to about .5 GPT for the day. Sap still running 300 GPH but should freeze up in an hour or two. Sap is testing at 2%.
Spud
1.5 gal per tap in the last 24hr. Running well when I gathered at dusk. South facing slope. Ground is still snow covered.
2018 27 taps, 3/16, sheltered 2x3
2017 6 buckets, kitchen wood stove
2013 50 taps 5/16, outdoor 2x3, homemade ro
Decades ago 80 taps, cinderblock arch
wont lie, pretty jealous of those last two reports. My trees are still pretty froze. I got maybe 1/4gal/tap yesterday MAYBE.
I pulled in about .5gpt yesterday as well. Vac. was fluctuating between 25" and and 27" last night before it froze up. A sure sign I have some more disconnected drops despite finding them all 24 hours previously... I'm hoping for another decent run today so we can boil tomorrow for the open house weekend...
About 750 taps on High Vac.
2.5 x 8 Intens-O-Fire
Airtech 3 hp LR Pump
Springtech Elite 500 RO
14 x 24 Timber Frame SugarHouse
16 x 22 Sap Shed w/ 1500 gal. + 700 gal. tanks
www.littlehogbackfarm.com
Forecast for next week keeps getting better. Looking like a big state wide sap run. Hope you’ve all got enough wood left!
173 on 3/16 natural vac for 2023
36 buckets
2 x 5 Smoky Lake Hybrid pan on a custom arch
RB25 from RO Bucket
12x24 salvaged sugarhouse built by wife's grandpa
1965 Massey Ferguson 165 tractor to haul sap.
Sap is running good today. I'm up to .75 GPT and it's still coming in. Should hit a gallon before it freezes up. Still testing 2-2.1%.
Spud
Another 1.5 GPT today. Hard freeze came early last night. Expect it to run later into the evening tonight.
I’m seeing a couple of days in the 50’s next week, followed by cooler temps.
2018 27 taps, 3/16, sheltered 2x3
2017 6 buckets, kitchen wood stove
2013 50 taps 5/16, outdoor 2x3, homemade ro
Decades ago 80 taps, cinderblock arch
The spouts popping off has been pretty ridiculous for us. Yesterday our 3000 tap bush was running 12" vacuum, I spent nearly 5 hours walking lines through the deep snow, found a lot of popped drops, and got us back up to 26.5 or so and then my dad found a leaking quick connect and fixed that we so we were up to nearly max vac.
Then today my dad gets there after work and we were pulling 10" again. He fixes everything and comes to help me at our 12000 tap bush where we were pulling 15" to start out. We found 30 popped drops and a few chews and spouts that needed a whack. Walked 7 miles through the knee high snow. Glad i'm young and can do it. Now back up to 28", would like to get to 28.4" which has historically been our max vacuum there. Haven't been running at max vac too much this year, but been above 27.5" almost always, usually around 28".
I hope the spouts stop popping off drops. At least next week there will be some nights that don't freeze so spouts won't be able to pop off as much. I estimate we have reconnected 120 drops to spouts this season so far, some trees we've had to do it three times. Ridiculous.
Ended up getting a bit more than .5 gal per tap today in our big bush, not sure about small one. Should be a big week coming up. Good luck to all.
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