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    A nice fresh blanket of snow here in Wyoming County that at least gives the illusion that it is winter. lol Sounds short lived though, upper 40's by mid-week. I think at least some operations around here are up and running, although I don't know that as first hand information. I am about as ready for maple season as I have ever been. No major upgrades or additions here though.

    This year will be a bit of a different season for me. At the beginning of October I found myself in the hospital for a couple days with strange to me symptoms. After ruling out all the things I was worried about (stroke, cardiac stuff, etc), it was determined that my history of a little bit of T2 diabetes has morphed into a lot a bit of T2 diabetes, and that was causing my symptoms. Something I hadn't taken too seriously all of a sudden became front and center. Did a 180 on eating habits. Dropped over 55 pounds in the last 12 months, and more importantly in the last three months my A1C went from 11.2 to 5.6! Currently on zero meds, which is how I wanted to tackle this issue. No bread, no pasta, no rice, no potatoes and no sweets (including maple) of any kind. I will be telling people that even though my product isn't good for me personally, the process is. lol

    Anyway, just sitting here bored on a Sunday morning and thought I'd share that.

    Go Bills!!
    Noel Good
    1998 to 2009: 15 taps on buckets, scavenged fire pit and pans
    2010: New 2x4 SS flat pan w/preheater
    2015: New to me Lapierre 18x60 raised flue, new shack, new everything!! 59 taps 23.75 gallons
    2016: 85 taps 19 gallons
    2017: Purchased 2.5 acres and tubed half with 3/16. 145 taps total 49.25 gallons
    2018: 200 taps (162 on 3/16ths 38 on buckets) New NextGen RO 63 gallons
    2019: 210 taps 73.5 gallons
    2023: 210 taps 89.75 gallons
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    Quote Originally Posted by wnybassman View Post
    Did a 180 on eating habits. Dropped over 55 pounds in the last 12 months, and more importantly in the last three months my A1C went from 11.2 to 5.6! Currently on zero meds, which is how I wanted to tackle this issue.
    This is amazing. Congrats! Not easy to do. I bet you feel great and your doctor is shocked. Keep it up.
    Smoky Lake 2x6 fuel-oil fired, raised flue, hoods, SSR, concentric exhaust
    Home-built auto draw off
    Home-built RO - double XLE 4040, PLC controlled
    8x10 Sugar Shed
    200 taps on tubing with Shurflo vacuum with solar
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    Not bad at all!! I best get to tapping!
    2012.-2016 4-8 taps propane burner. Steam pan. 2- 3 quarts per year

    2017 12 taps. 50 gallon drum arch steam pan and a warmer. 1.5 gallons

    2018. 50 taps Homemade arch 300 gallon oil drum 3 steam pans 8.5 gallons

    2019. 50 taps. 8 gallons made

    2020. 70 taps. New smoky lake 2x4 pan modified homemade arch

    Webster New York

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    Tapped 2/3rds of the trees today and will put the rest in tomorrow morning. Looks like quite a week ahead!
    Sugaring since 2000.
    2022 - 113 taps on tubing and gravity. Homemade evaporator and RO.
    2023 - 120 taps on 5/16 and gravity added a float to the pan an built a new 5x400gpd RO

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    crossing fingers for a good run this week It will be my 1st of the year 🤞🏻
    2012.-2016 4-8 taps propane burner. Steam pan. 2- 3 quarts per year

    2017 12 taps. 50 gallon drum arch steam pan and a warmer. 1.5 gallons

    2018. 50 taps Homemade arch 300 gallon oil drum 3 steam pans 8.5 gallons

    2019. 50 taps. 8 gallons made

    2020. 70 taps. New smoky lake 2x4 pan modified homemade arch

    Webster New York

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    Quote Originally Posted by Framerjeff View Post
    crossing fingers for a good run this week It will be my 1st of the year ����
    Should be a good week, I'm ready to get back at it! Put out all my buckets today, didn't want to put them out three weeks ago when I got the tubing going.
    Noel Good
    1998 to 2009: 15 taps on buckets, scavenged fire pit and pans
    2010: New 2x4 SS flat pan w/preheater
    2015: New to me Lapierre 18x60 raised flue, new shack, new everything!! 59 taps 23.75 gallons
    2016: 85 taps 19 gallons
    2017: Purchased 2.5 acres and tubed half with 3/16. 145 taps total 49.25 gallons
    2018: 200 taps (162 on 3/16ths 38 on buckets) New NextGen RO 63 gallons
    2019: 210 taps 73.5 gallons
    2023: 210 taps 89.75 gallons
    www.wnybass.com

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    I had a couple of days when sap was around 1.75%. That’s good for us. Today we are a little under 1.5%. We have made nothing but dark this year. We usually make some amber but not this year. Even our dark gas a mild flavor. I think it might be because we tap a fair number or reds.

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    Finally started to run better this afternoon. Drizzled a little overnight plus today for a little over a 1/2 gpt. Was hoping for more but its better than nothing. Made about 30 gal of dark. Which puts us over 3/4 crop. First dark of the year for us.
    1350 taps on vac
    750 taps on 3/16
    4x12 evaporator oil fired
    1000gph d&g ro
    Double 7" presses
    2x4 oil fired finish evaporator

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