Never give an inch!!!!!,2014,,,,salisbury sugarworks

[Parker]

17 degrees here now,,,its gonna have to warm up considerably more and faster to get much of a run going here today,,,,homesread,,,you guys are a lot colder than i am but i believe you are right about the trees being frozen,,,,just hopeing to be ready when it does run,,,,,,got the f 600 in the heated shop thawing out the tanks,,,,brought home a releaser that has been hanging up and took it apart and cleaned,,lubed it up,,,going to build another moisture trap with a diffrent desigene for over there,,,the 2 inch pump lines did have a little sap in them and they are drained now,,,that sun is strong this time of year,,,,,had a little sap running at hattens and sanborns yesterday for as cold as it was,,,,,im mean a very very small trickel in the afternoon,,,,im wondering how long im going to have to let the sap run on the ground befor it clears up,,,,im very excited for the next 2 weeks as it looks like we might get some decent runs,,,,,im pretty well caught up on sleep,,,plenty of wood and barrels left,,,lots of internal want has returned,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,send it!

[Parker]

Just back from checking the pumps,,30 deg at rte. 11, 29 in hill,,31 at hattens,,and 32 at sanborns,,,all the releasers had ice in them,,,bearley anything at all ran today,,first few dumps i saw out of the releasers was kinda shocking,,,,but what sap i saw tonight looked alot better and tasted fine,,couldent taste any buddyness,,,fermented smell,,taste gone,,,hard to tell in the dark but looked clearer,,,hope to be able to close the valves on the tanks late morning and fill some tanks,,,,,its going to take a bit to thaw mighty marvin out,,,,hope to boil tomorrow night,,,,,
50 with rain tommrow,,,supposed to be 36 by 8am,,,that might wake them up a bit,,no freeze 2mara night......we shall see.....good luck!!!!

[Maplewalnut]

Great posts Parker. Following you guys up north hoping for some good sap for you. Definitely an interesting year temperature wise which may impact what I do in the future if you guys get another couple of good runs after this cold spell. Good Luck

Heck if I were closer I'd go thaw releasers for you. Too short a season down here again.

Mike

[Parker]

Thanks walnut,,,,,i was out washing releasers and tanks and starting pumps at 6an it was 36 deg when i got to each tank,,,no run then,,,i have driven to each orchard and dumped tanks and rinsed 3 times today(ray did a couple),,now have a small run going with rain and 50 deg,,,might have to pull the reds everywhere but hill,,,lots o nasty still comming out of systems,,, tastes like low sugar except in hill,,,i think sanborns might be done as hardly any flow ( tapped real early)....we will keep after it thru tommrow and see what happens,,,, started gathering up my chainsaws in one place and getting the hood yardcrane ready to start doing a bunch of cut and split firewood orders i have,,,tinking as soon as i start something ealse it will run hard,,,,,,,never know.....dont plan on boiling any nasty as the price is too low for me....LAY YOUR SHOULDER INTO THE COLLAR AND PULL!!!

[Parker]

Running pretty well now tanks should be fairly full in a.m.,,,,might go get hill in the early a.m, ,,tasting a bit buddy,,,,going to fire up the sauce pan and see what we make,,,,,,,,not real excited to keep buying gas for vac. Pumps and trucks for 1.25 a pound.......but i do want to boil agine,,,,,,,,,,,hhmmmmm

[Parker]

Just back from hill 700 gal there and running well with vac. Down to 14 inches,,big problem,,,,stopped at eleven on way by,,,1400 gal to pick up next,,,vac at 24 inches and running into releaser well,,will be interesting to see whats at hattans and sanborns,,,cant wait to hear the r.o start,,,should be a fun day,,,,will boil 2night,,,tastes a littel buddy and what i cooked in the saucepan was not fancy,,,but ill make a bbl. Or 2,,see how it goes ,,,,good luck!!

[Parker]

Super duper low sugar content,,,,, .75 from rte.11,,,hill 1.2,,,,hatten 1,,did not check sugar at sanborns as its still in the woods,,will see this morning,,,,we got 3200 gal o sap in befor we set to boiling,,some of yesterdays sap still on the trucks,,or in the woods,,that r.o turned it into 500 gal. Of 4%,ray got the vac in hill up to 24 inches,,,,no sine of vac. Dropping off which always signals the end of my season,, i had raw sap in my pans from last boil so only made like 25 gallons,,,,has a pre bud taste,,,little choclaty taste....syrup pressed easily...was great to boil agine,,,,,,cold here now,,,,,,more sap to come...........DONT STOP BELIEVING!!!!! Who elese is still going in n.h?

[sugaringman85]

I finished yesterday. Didn't end of collecting again, ran the vacuum and whole milk came out. It cleared up but by that point I had already decided to pull the plug. I chased water through the evaporator yesterday, finished the season at 575 or .438 gallons of syrup per tap. Our best season ever. If you say buddy syrup is going for $1.25 I'm glad I quit. At 11lbs to the gallon thats only $13.75 per gallon, even logging might pay better than that!

[Parker]

Logging can pay more than that depending on what breaks and how the mills treat you,,but its tough to find ground to work on now,,,,,and i have the rest of the year to log,,,,,

[Greyfox]

Parker, I'm still hanging in here in Canterbury. Looking for a run today with the sun out strong and light winds. My North facing trees haven't budded yet, so no reason to quit. I think I have one more boil in the mix; Fingers crossed.

Doc