Yesterday's run was very poor in spite of perfect temperatures. About half of my taps have completely stopped flowing including 2 I tapped in late February. The silver maples are about to leaf and the reds are budding. I did my last boil yesterday. I don't have enough sap to make a decent boil from yesterday's run.
Leader 1/2 pint - Kawasaki Mule - Smoky Lake Filter Bottler
24 GPH RO, 2 1/2 x 40 NF3 (NF270), 140 GPH (Brass with no relief valve ) ProCon pump
2013 - 44 taps - 16 gallons syrup, 2014 - 109 taps - 26 gallons syrup
2015 - 71 taps - 13.5 gallons syrup, 2016 - 125 taps - 24.25 gallons syrup
2017 - 129 taps - 17.5 gallons syrup, 2018 - 128 taps- 18 gallons syrup
2019 -130 taps - 18.5 gallons syrup, 2020 ~125 taps-19.75 gallons syrup
I boiled 12 hours on Tuesday starting @ 3am so I could be done and make it to a track meet @ 4:30. That was my last boil. I boiled for 44 hours in the last week. Had a GREAT run starting Sunday and into Monday. Yes, they were running yesterday too as I gathered up my buckets for the start of the long clean up process. I finished boiling what was left in the pan last night but don't have it jugged up yet. When I do I'll know how much I made. I could have brought home more sap Monday and tried to keep boiling until the sap went bad but decided to only try to do so much. I will finish just short of my total for last year - but just like last year - I had a blast.
RC Maple
14X14 sugarhouse - new for 2012
RO Bucket - RB10 - New for 2019
2x3 barrel evaporator with continuous flow pan
55 taps - most on buckets
This is next year!
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