Western New York

[Urban Sugarmaker]

Boiled 200 gallons tonight. I am right at 2000 gallons on 169 taps all on gravity. No complaints and still going but a number of buckets have already quit. They went in 2/14 so not bad considering the ones that dried up are all southern side tap holes.

Still making amber and hoping to make some nice dark before the end. I'm going to try to make it to April if the flavor stays right.

[82cabby]

A majority of my taps are on 3/16ths with really nice slope. Most of the longer runs are pulling 26+ inches of vacuum. I added it up last night and so far have processed 2150 gallons of sap from 200 taps. Not included is the 175 gallons of sap I dumped back in February because it spoiled on me during that warm spell. I have 100 gallons in the tank now and suspect I'll collect another 200 after work tomorrow.

Nice! I'm jealous of the volume you're getting. I really need to come up with something better next season.

[Framerjeff]

I have 40 taps/ gallon jugs Webster/Penfield. 330 gallons boiled this season. 5.5 gallons Amber / dark made .011sugar content 52 hours boil time Most I have ever made. lowest sugar content I have ever boiled but still my best season. Weather the last 3 weekends bright and sunny perfect for sitting out by the steamer!!!

[Troutman10]

Expecting an epic day for sap today. Anyone else have sap reports yet? It'll be interesting to see what the trees are producing today.

Framerjeff, Def great time to be out boiling lately!

[Waynehere]

Ours are just starting to break loose. Will be interesting this week for sure as I can see some budding out already.

[calvertbrothers]

Caught up on bottling today, another 6 1/2 gallons of very light amber (66%). I guess I was wrong about it getting darker!! Up to 40 gallons made so far, I am predicting about 60-65 gallons for the season all said and done. We'll see how the week goes I guess.

I’m tapped down in arcade and only made 15 gallons on 400 taps on vacuum. I hope the season is just starting. My woods have been froze for weeks now and just putting up the bulk of my buckets we still have 2 feet of snow in the woods. Funny one 20 minuets away can make a difference

[plattmaple]

Another disappointing day of not much sap. Really thought it would run good today with full sun, 25 low, 50 high. Only pulled in 250 gal. Off 1500 taps & nothing off 700 taps. Seems like it just won't run in our area no matter how the weather is. I've talked to 5 other producers and they are getting the same thing, and one of them just tapped a little over 3 weeks ago. The only lines we have running at all are our 3/16 lines. I guess we just have sit here and wait!! Lol

[Framerjeff]

Expecting an epic day for sap today. Anyone else have sap reports yet? It'll be interesting to see what the trees are producing today.

Framerjeff, Def great time to be out boiling lately!

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Yes Sir. And another great day today. Drained my jugs Friday night. Was going to go back Sunday morn but didn't.. all 40 were full this am. (Gallon jugs) grabbed that and went back tonight and got 30 more gallons. I think for me the end is near. Another few days of warm and my soft maples will be done for season

[wnybassman]

Processed another 225 gallons after work tonight. I was really really really hoping it would drop below freezing tonight but I don't think it will. Still 37º here going on midnight. So it will likely run all night, and should have 250+ gallons by morning. Not sure what to expect the rest of the week. The next freeze seems soooo far away, and I wager it will extend out even farther by the time we get there.

[wnybassman]

Woke to another 200 gallons in the tank. We did get a slight freeze last night, areas that were too muddy to walk through yesterday were firm and crusted over this morning and able to be walked on. Hope it was enough to keep things going another day. Hard to say when we'll go below freezing again, depends on which source you look at. Friday night seems to be the common night, but a couple are saying not until Sunday night. Windy!!