Ill cold test some to see where it wound up.
Ill cold test some to see where it wound up.
I have 300 feet of 3/4 mainline for sale with 33 taps on it. I am in the ottawa area if anyone is interested.
How did everyone do this year... i got 65 liters from 130 taps.
Homemade evaporator
130 taps
2 by 5 flat pan with divider.
100% nailed our style. I don't have the time to commit more than 2 weekends to boiling per season. We do 2 big runs then pull the taps no matter what. As long as we have our family covered and enough to give a couple dozen 250ml kents away we are good.Originally Posted by NTBugtraq
Anyone else considered looking for ramps, fiddleheads, or puff balls? Not to mention those valuable shrooms (seriously, not mentioning them)...?? Clean up time is the time to find those other riches...
Cheers,
Russ
2017: added shut-off valves at several points on the main line, 66L made, 13L sold
2016: Added Wesfab 7" Filter Press with hand pump, 96L sold
2015: now 216 taps, added low vac (24" hg) to new Sugar Shack (24' x 16') w/400gal storage, 143.15L sold
2014: now 150 taps, added 2 sump pumps to 12'x12' sugar shack w/100gal storage to CDL 18"x5', 2 chamber drop flue, 40L sold
2013: 10 5/16 taps gravity to hose, boiled on BBQ
Fiddle heads , Morels , and wild leeks !!! Thats what I go after when the sap is done for the season
2018 28 tree's, 32 taps... 1206 L collected, 19.6 L Finished
2017 14 trees, 16 taps... for now465.5 L collected, 10.5 L Finished
2016 26 trees, 38 taps... for now
2015 7 Trees, 7 Buckets
2014 13 Trees,9 Buckets,5 Water Cooler Bottles,1 Turkey Fryer,ended up with 12 L syrup,light to very dark color
2013 9 Trees ,13 taps and buckets,1 Turkey Deep Fryer,Close to 15 L of syrup , light to dark color
my kid ate one of those wild leaks and complained for hours! now that I am aware of them it's all I can smell in the back.. I could harvest a massive crop if I wanted to.
fiddleheads... never considered eating them..,. maybe I'll try one small salad.
Got my lines all cleaned out.... there were already major chunks of mould/fungus in a lot of the t fittings on the lateral lines.... had to do a lot of work to clean them out. I think next year when I hopefully have vacuum I'll flush them once a week once it gets warmer to prevent this.
found some nice teeth marks in my mainline in the area it was knocked down in at the start of the season. bear maybe?
neighbor saw a bear about 300 feet down the road from my house last week.
Hey Ontario guy I live in same area and got 79L off 130ish taps wasn't a great season but did ok
ya i should have got more but my pipeline stopped early, i am thinking not enought slope.
That is why i want to get rid of it.
Homemade evaporator
130 taps
2 by 5 flat pan with divider.
17 L from 25 taps. Would have had another 5 L, but I couldn't boil it off fast enough and had some spoil.
Picked up an evaporator /w 2x2 pan just this past weekend, moving into the shed for this upcoming season to avoid drafts and keep the boil going. Will also be tapping 50 trees this year.
2013 - First year tapping, 7 taps, 20L pot over fire
2014 - March 8, 20 taps, 2 pans on block arch
2015 - 50 taps. 2x2 pan on homemade evaporator.
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