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  1. #11
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    Kirkfield, Ontario
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    Well, I never know where I am, Central Ontario I guess, Balsam Lake provincial park. I still prefer F instead of C...lolz, and its been minus something every night for t
    he last 6 weeks. My septic line has frozen, and water lines in my north and east facing outside walls (which are R60), have froze. So its been brutal.

    Now correct me if I'm wrong, but even if we get a day of, say, +5C, no sap is going to flow until the ground frost cedes? We have 5' of ground frost atm.

    I have an old farmer friend who claims we're going to see sap in 2 weeks...but personally, I think he's losing some of his grey cells. I predict a very short season, like last year, and one that doesn't give me a dribble (even on vacuum) until the beginning of April. But, I am going to tap next week and have the vac up and running by next weekend...in the hopes that...some miracle occurs.
    2017: added shut-off valves at several points on the main line, 66L made, 13L sold
    2016: Added Wesfab 7" Filter Press with hand pump, 96L sold
    2015: now 216 taps, added low vac (24" hg) to new Sugar Shack (24' x 16') w/400gal storage, 143.15L sold
    ​2014: now 150 taps, added 2 sump pumps to 12'x12' sugar shack w/100gal storage to CDL 18"x5', 2 chamber drop flue, 40L sold
    2013: 10 5/16 taps gravity to hose, boiled on BBQ

  2. #12
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    Feb 2013
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    Coldwater, Ontario
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    Well, not entirely. The smaller trees will probably run. (12`). but you are correct that the big ones will take more time to run.
    2011 35 taps
    2012 50 taps
    2013 80 taps maybe to 100
    2014 80 taps
    2015 New sugar shack, 50 taps on buckets and 100 on 3-16 gravity tubing.
    A tolerating wife and a 14 years old not so helper.
    2016 New evaporator and 150 taps all on 3/16 high vacuum gravity.

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