Tapped near Wakeman, Oh.

[flhr10]

Collected 40 gallons Wednesday night and 60 gallons Thursday night. Boiled a couple hours Thursday night and got up to 216 but let the fire go out because it was 9:00 and my alarm goes off at 4:15 am. Will collect whatever is out there late tomorrow afternoon and boil it all in on Sunday because the wife has people coming Sunday that want to see the sugarhouse in action. Getting very frustrated with this weather.

[flhr10]

Keep checking Wakeman Maple Farms on Facebook for our pictures and updates.

[bretmw]

Hey flhr10, Say hello to Chris and Carol for me. Good to hear about your season so far. I spent a week with Chris and Dale before I started tapping trees. Great people.

[flhr10]

Saturday the 14th yielded 50 gallons of sap. We boiled on Sunday till we ran out of sap, about 4 hrs, and canned 2 1/2 gallons of syrup. I expect nothing to run but my wife checked bags Monday afternoon and found quite a few with sap. We left it go till tonight and collected more than I expected (110 gal.) but still not what I'd like to see. Hoping for things to get on the right track now with the next few nights in the 20s.

[flhr10]

bretmw
I helped Chris and Carol a few yrs ago. Chris, Carol, Dale and Marsha are lots of fun. Good folks. Hope your season goes well.

[flhr10]

Wednesday we collected 175 gallons and boiled about 4hrs. Had several draws, about 3 1/2 gallons. Ran it through finish pan and bottled. Collected another 120 gallons Thurs evening and we're planning a full day of boiling on Saturday. Stop by if you're in the neighborhood. Our address and my phone number is on our Wakeman Maple Farms facebook page.

[flhr10]

Saturday the 21st we boiled all day and collected 30 gallons of sap late in the day. Had a few people stop by also. Nothing again till Wed the 25th. We collected 210 gallons on the 25th and boiled it all in on Thurs. Cold and snow on the 27th and a cold weekend brought us 215 gallons on Monday the 30th and 200 gallons on the 31st. We boiled Tues evening after collecting and collected 65 gallons yesterday. We fired up yesterday after collecting and ran every oz. through and chased it with water. Our total sap collection for this $hitty season was 1375 gallons and 32 gallons and 1 pint of syrup. Clean up time now.

[flhr10]

Spent the day cleaning the sugar house. It turns into a catch-all in the off season. Washed all the 5 gallon buckets for collecting. We use the buckets to carry sap bags to the woods when we tap. After we put the spiles in the caps of the sap bags, which is the next project, we roll the bags and put 20 in each bucket to take to woods when we tap. Going to keep watching the forecast but not planning on tapping till late in the third week of the month.

[flhr10]

Spent this afternoon putting spiles in bags, got 240 done. About 100 bags left then gotta get more. Thinking of tapping late next week.

[flhr10]

Couldn't let the warm day slip by so I gave in and put out 109 in our small woods. Also tapped 2 big silvers in the yard and they were pumping out like mad all day. Gonna see what we get over the next couple days then it's supposed to freeze good all week starting Tuesday. Will keep you updated.