230 taps, collected 440 gallons of sap and made 9 gallons of medium, Amber, rich, whatever it's called now syrup.
This week was suppose to be banner... But then they changed the forecast this afternoon.
Get the Hillbilly Weatherman to give us some good news, will ya?
Leader WSE 2x6 w/hoods
12"x20" Mason Finisher
250 taps.. Majority on tubing
14'x20' sugarshack
Kubota RTV900XT
Home built Auto Drawoff
Leader MicRO 2 RO
www.mallardpondmaple.com
I have made 9 quarts so far and only boiled twice and both small boils. I haven't gotten a single drop of sap since last Tuesday
FIRST GENERATION SUGARMAKER
First boil 2/22/2012! Went Pefect!
3,500' of laterals
1,000' of mainline
2012 - 105 taps on gravity, 12 sap sacks.
2013 - 175 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks = 200 taps for 2013! Second year.
2014 - 250 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks
Tapped on February 16, 2014
2015 - adding vac sap puller no more gravity for me!
275 gallon holding tank for 2014
20'x30' Sugarhouse
I got a little run Saturday. It started late but ran well into the night. I have 175 gallons in my woods tank and the buckets and gravity tanks have ice in the bottom. I't 12* here now with a high of 39* in the forecast. It should start running again by late afternoon.
Russ
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
In Central Vermont on a N-NW facing slope I had a small run and some tank thawing on Saturday. It was enough to flood the evaporator and boil for an hour before the iceberg settled onto the bottom of the tank. Not really worth the effort, but it was good to check the piping for leaks and sit by the fire. ~30g was frozen solid on Sunday. Just hiked the woods to check on lines. 5 degrees this morning, 35 and sunny this afternoon won't be enough for more than a few gallons of sap if any. Supposed to be a warm up Wednesday - Friday. Staring at the tank won't make the sap run any faster, I have the day off Wednesday and am going skiing in the morning; I expect to have the slopes empty and to myself. When I get back maybe the sap tank won't be empty...
2013 Started with 6 used buckets, 6 sap sacks, concrete block fire pit in the woods and a 20g Agway galvanized tub for boiling - made 8 quarts campfire grade syrup and got hooked. Over the years I acquired or built a 2x6 Leader evaporator, 20x30 barn/sugar house, home-built RO with 1-4x40 membrane and Kubota L3200 with log winch. In 2020 I was certified by VT Audubon as a bird-friendly producer.
2021 250 taps on 11- 3/16" lines hoping for 80 gal.
Out of control hobby, not a business!
I probably have 25 gallons between buckets and tanks all frozen up I have yet to boild a drop I am hoping it kicks in tomorrow its getting late early as Yogi Berra would say!
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
We boiled on Sunday, about 30 gal and ended up with just over 1/2 gallon in New Durham NH. All was frozen and we were thawing inside and then adding to the warming pan. Didn't last long. Fingers crossed this week get's going!
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Dam finally burst! Up to 700 gal of sap collected but still have two tanks to empty.. Probably another 150 in them. Made 13 gal so far and lots more to come! Woohoo, it's about time!!!
Leader WSE 2x6 w/hoods
12"x20" Mason Finisher
250 taps.. Majority on tubing
14'x20' sugarshack
Kubota RTV900XT
Home built Auto Drawoff
Leader MicRO 2 RO
www.mallardpondmaple.com
I am hoping that the dam will burst soon here. That a lot of sap from 250 taps stoweski.
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
Same thing here in northwestern Vermont. Can't believe how frozen my ground still is. Maybe by Sunday/Monday I'll have enough for 1st boil, coming very slowly though.
-gary
2023 - 25 taps on a Shurflo 4048 sap puller, 15 buckets, cinder block arch with 3 steam table pans.
Good sap flow the past three days. Over 1.4 gpt total. The sap runs have been short lived though as it takes some time to warm up each day.
173 on 3/16 natural vac for 2023
36 buckets
2 x 5 Smoky Lake Hybrid pan on a custom arch
RB25 from RO Bucket
12x24 salvaged sugarhouse built by wife's grandpa
1965 Massey Ferguson 165 tractor to haul sap.
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