Originally Posted by
MustardSeedMum
2 hours of boiling yesterday (had to stop because my chimney came crashing down).
Today we got new blocks for it and started boiling at 11:30am.
Hoping to finish boiling about 250L by night fall. The wind today is not helping the trees...rather quiet on the sap front.
Eek hope nobody hurt when the chimney came down!! And just as well the sap's going to slow, give you some time to catch up on the boiling.
Been tapping since 2008.
2018 - 17 taps/7 trees...819l sap, approx 28l syrup
2019 - 18 taps/8 trees...585l sap, 28l syrup...21:1 ratio
2020 - 18 taps/8 trees...890.04l sap...gave away about 170l, 30l snafu'd....23l total for me from approx 690l
2021 - 18 taps/8 trees...395l sap, 12 l syrup
2022 - 18 taps/8 trees....7 sugars 1 red due to #2 having surgery so had the season off....582l sap, 18.5l syrup
2023 - 18 taps/8 trees...all sugars again. 807l sap, so far approx 14l syrup
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