Be careful out there, the ticks are out over here
Ticks
Be careful out there, the ticks are out over here
2014- 27 taps
I don't think they are out here yet.
I have not seen any yet but expect they are out. As a kid growing up I never saw ticks anywhere, and I fished, hiked, played in the woods and fields all the time on the farm. Maybe 15 years ago I would start finding them end of April early May. Now we can't seem to finish maple season with out them.
1700 Taps /1600 on Vac. 3x10 King evaporator
20 head Charolais cattle
8 head Lowline Angus
28 Miniature horses
90 hives honey bees
JD 4430 tractor
they are out here! I have already had 3 removed for me so far. I was hoping the deep cold was going to kill them!
I've never seen one in my entire life, but you guys are sure freaking me out.
~ Karen ~
2012 - 10 taps, 1 turkey fryer - 169.5L sap 4.2 L syrup
2013 - 23 taps, 2 turkey fryers - 748.5 L sap 17.56 L syrup
2014 - 22 taps, 509 L sap 12.5 L syrup
2015 - 28 taps, 1093.75 L sap 25.1 L syrup
2016 - 25 taps, 1223.5 L sap 28.25 L syrup
2017 - 21 taps, 518.5 L sap 12.7 L syrup
2018 - 28 taps, 2 turkey fryers & Denali 3 burner propane stove - 798L sap 16.9 L syrup
2019 - 28 taps, 1409.5L sap 40.12L syrup
Sugar, Norway, Manitoba, Silver and Freeman Maples
I hear you. It was about 15 years ago when I got my first tick on me.Originally Posted by gmcooper
2012: Probably 750 gravity taps and 50 buckets.
600 gal stainless milk tank.
2 - 100 gallon stock tanks
one 30 gal barrel
50 buckets
3' x 10' Waterloo Raised Flue wood fired evaporator w/ open pans.
12" x 20" Filter Canner
Sawmill next to sugarhouse solves my sugarwood problem
Gather with GMC 3500 2wd Pickup w/ 425 gallon Plastic Tank.
Been tapping here in Lyman NH since 1989 but I've been sugaring since 8 years old in 1968.
Yep, I had never seen one until about 5 years ago. Now they are getting thick. I'm ordering some guinea hens to see if I can at least thin them down in the yard.
Ticks are active in sourthern Vermont. I came home with one after pulling taps yesterday.
Ticks are a big deal. Careful out there.
http://www.cdc.gov/features/lymedisease/
They have them Kingston area and out in Prince Edward County too. I got my first at home last year. We need more cold winters like this one to drive them back south!!I've never seen one in my entire life, but you guys are sure freaking me out.
Big_Eddy
Eastern Ontario (Quinte)
20+ years on a 2x3 block arch,
Homemade 20"x64" drop flue since 2011
Build a Block Arch
Build a Flat Pan
Build a Flue Pan
Sweetening the Pans
Build a Bending Brake
Using a Hydrotherm
How much Sap to Sweeten?
I got bit for the first time 2 springs ago at a hunting camp in Arlington VT Since than I have been bitten twice more at my camp in Middlesex VT they are a real problem. I had hoped that this winter may have knock down the population some but guess not.
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
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