I started tapping my lines yesterday but will not do buckets till the first of March long range forecast does not show a lot of warm days other than next couple.
I started tapping my lines yesterday but will not do buckets till the first of March long range forecast does not show a lot of warm days other than next couple.
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
If you can believe the long range forecast, it doesn't even look like there will be much sugaring in March
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I put buckets up with my son today cause he couldn't wait to see the sap flowing. He's all exited cause we got 5 gal of Sap in 9 buckets in about 2 hrs. I know its early, but the sap is running like a faucet in the buckets I have up. Besides, no guts, no glory right!!!
Especially up there on the mountain. Down here in the valley we may get some sap in a couple weeks. More time to get things ready.Originally Posted by 802maple
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
Do to lack of time I taped last Sunday 27 taps total. I got 10 gallons of sap yesterday hope to get 15 today. A few of the larger trees are not running yet so the sap is running from about 17 taps.
Will anyone on buckets retap? I don't know what to do due to this cold?? I hate wounding trees more then I have to, But I really want to hit my 10 gallon goal!
I tapped too early last year and lost LOTS of sap when the holes healed. I'm waiting for at least several more days before tapping.
Peter
1991-1993 traded sap for syrup, 30 taps
1994 small flat pan outdoors 30 taps
1995 barrel stove, small pan outdoors 30 taps
1996-2011 homemade 2 X 4, sugarhouse, 50 taps
2012 new 2 X 4, 60 taps
Still waiting. Maybe in another week.
Looks like a warm stretch next weekend. I tapped 50 of our lower sunny trees today. Tapped our trees on vacuum yesterday.......we will see
Looks like it is going to be what I have always called a regular sugaring date, As I see it, it will be nearly 2 more weeks here.
Success is not final,failure is not fatal.It is courage to continue that really counts
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
– Thomas Edison
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