Western New York

[concord maple]

Going to keep going at least to weekend. Been at it for 5 weeks on buckets. Sugar content has dropped.

[bowtie]

Will start pulling tomorrow ,a lot of my buckets were cloudy, mostly reds, sugars were alright, hate dumping but do not want to chance it, still collected about 120 gallons today. Would have been a good run Sunday if most were not cloudy. I could probably go longer on my sugars and blacks but it is not worth it as they are very spread out over the hill. Will end up at a little over 30 gallons from my 300 taps not good but you take what Mother Nature deals, was hoping for 6o gallons. Hopefully next year I will add some taps and new evap and would like to make close to 100 gallons but be happy with 75.

[Marlin]

I pulled mine on Sunday -- all were essentially dry with only a couple of drips after that, and appear to be completely dry now. Sap ran clear entire season, so that was great. Ended up with 2 gal from about 8 taps (6 for first half of season then added 4 more for second half, for an average of say 8). As far as I'm concerned, it was a great first year for a backyard tapper, but then again I didn't know exactly what to expect. Looking forward to expanding a bit next year -- I have enough trees for about 30 taps, but will probably be cautious and only tap half of them. My DIY RO system with a single membrane removed about 2 gal/hr, and that will double or triple if I add another membrane or two. But I'll definitely need a bigger evaporator first...

[sapman]

I've collected cloudy sap (cloudy in the 1600 gal. tank anyway) a few times now. Always made decent medium so far.

[Waynehere]

My lines are still producing decent sap. Collected 100 gal yesterday and 120 on Monday. Had a nice freeze last night so should get another small run today. But forecast not looking good for the rest of the week. I am sure we will be pulling the rest over the weekend. Last 15-20 gallons have been dark syrup but still good tasting. I have been cleaning my tanks frequently and I think that has made a huge difference in the quality. Made 65 gallons so far.

[Woodpecker Lodge & Maple]

Its all over! 2014 in the books. A decent season with a great deal of light amber and more than I could ask medium amber. Just had to make some dark amber to pour over my Easter ham.

[bowtie]

well it's 2015, who's going to be the first to jump? I just looked at the 10 day and I know somebody out there is itching to tap next week. It is really early but 2 years ago a lot of guys were tapped in mid-to late jan. I will not be getting out the drills just yet, going to wait for at least 2-3 weeks before even thinking about it, and that is if the weather is right. I have some work to do getting my new to me evap set up, and some work on the shack, evict a red squirrel. got to get started on firewood for next year anyway waiting for the ground to freeze up a little , after last week I think it should be.

[Urban Sugarmaker]

I was thinking the same thing here in Rochester. The 10 day forecast shows above freezing for for 5 straight days starting this Saturday 1/17. I'm also thinking of waiting too, but I don't want to miss too much either.

[wnybassman]

I'm going to resist until at least Valentine's Day, then I'll jump on the next good stretch of weather.

[Andrewvanevery]

We have had are tubbing tapped since last week of December and have boiled twice we still have a lot we haven't tapped yet I'm thinking more will get done with this nice 10 day forcast