I added another 30 on 3/16" yesterday. As I was tapping things were dry but as the day went on (and the drizzle started) things started to flow and eventually sap made it to the tank. Ran through the night from what I can see from a distance but didn't run up to tank and check if it was still dripping.
Mead Maple "It's for the kids..."
Paul Cerminara
2019 - First season ever
-Goal: 3 gallons
-Season Total: 7.5 gallons - pulled taps after running out of firewood and time
2020
Built 2'x8' Oil Fired with Thor drop flue pans
-Goal: 20 gallons
-Season Total: 55 gallons
I boiled sweeten the pans yesterday and was a bit discourage that my sap was 1.9 but after reading here and seeing some where even lower I don't feel quite as bad. Hopefully it bounces up after good freeze this weekend.
110 taps W.F Mason 2x3 and two turkey friers for finishing
2011 expanding to a Mason 2x4 with a blower increasing taps to about 200
2011 Hurricane Irene rips thru my small sugar bush cost me to lose 20% of taps
2014 I have reworked my lines for 2014
32 taps on 5/16 line with check valves
57 taps on 3/16 line with check valves
55 buckets with total tapped trees of 144
First boil was yesterday. Everything worked and made some nice amber rich syrup. SSC was about 1.5. I was impressed by how much sap came in wednesday night and thursday am when the temps rapidly spiked to 40. Was also impressed with how rapidly the temp dropped and the snow piled up while boiling. I was happy that the power stayed on given the winds... Time for a little break to tweak a few things and then we should be busy again next week.
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
picked .25 gpt testing 2.25, took a while to open up but now running the hardest I've seen in 16 years
we never got above 33 here last night... despite it raining all night we never got a drop. lines a full of ice! looks like we have some good sap running weather today into tonight though. hoping for a fairly slow warm up so my releaser doesnt' get flooded!
Awfully thankful for an understanding wife!
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
- Vincent “Vince” Lombardi
Good luck to all!
I never got above 33 either. Sun is out not and sap just started running a bit. Let’s hope for a great sap day and night before it all freezes up again. Good luck everyone.
Spud
Not much happened here overnight either...
Still working to get vacuum up in one section of the woods. Happens to be where we were doing 3/16" sanitation studies with Clorox. NEVER AGAIN -- **** squirrels.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Well noted Dr Tim!Originally Posted by DrTimPerkins
I had to leave the house at 4am and the sap had started to flow. Things are running hard now, installed vac gauges. Hoping to have sugarhouse ready to boil for tomorrow. SSC tested 2.5 on virgin trees (86 tree test)
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Mead Maple "It's for the kids..."
Paul Cerminara
2019 - First season ever
-Goal: 3 gallons
-Season Total: 7.5 gallons - pulled taps after running out of firewood and time
2020
Built 2'x8' Oil Fired with Thor drop flue pans
-Goal: 20 gallons
-Season Total: 55 gallons
I have tree rat problems as well!!!!
starting to roll in now at a good pace. hope my forecast is right and it stays this temp till 3 a.m tomorrow!
Awfully thankful for an understanding wife!
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
- Vincent “Vince” Lombardi
Good luck to all!
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