Looks like we are going to give the early tapping a go again this year, should be around 200 on 3/16 and 200 on 5/16, finishing up the 3/16 bush tomorrow, and hopefully tapping Saturday morning, weather looks good for almost a month!
Looks like we are going to give the early tapping a go again this year, should be around 200 on 3/16 and 200 on 5/16, finishing up the 3/16 bush tomorrow, and hopefully tapping Saturday morning, weather looks good for almost a month!
A&A 2x8 raised flue with hoods and preheater, converted to oil with carlin 201 for 2021
8x12 kitchen
8x12 canning room
H20 7.5 1200 Econox for 2018 added 2nd membrane for 2020
H2O 10" filter press half bank
H2O 2430 gallon storage tank
700+ 5/16 on vacuum, 1000+ on 3/16
Did you start to tap? It looks like the temps are moving into our normal winters next week. Lows in the low teens and highs just above freezing.
Looks like we should have a bunch of good runs coming up right through the new year, we will be drawing syrup next boil!
A&A 2x8 raised flue with hoods and preheater, converted to oil with carlin 201 for 2021
8x12 kitchen
8x12 canning room
H20 7.5 1200 Econox for 2018 added 2nd membrane for 2020
H2O 10" filter press half bank
H2O 2430 gallon storage tank
700+ 5/16 on vacuum, 1000+ on 3/16
When did you start tapping? Expecting tapholes to keep running through april?
I tapped our fall bushes 2 weeks ago, we did this last year and we got good sap from them up until 2 weeks before our main bushes quit producing
A&A 2x8 raised flue with hoods and preheater, converted to oil with carlin 201 for 2021
8x12 kitchen
8x12 canning room
H20 7.5 1200 Econox for 2018 added 2nd membrane for 2020
H2O 10" filter press half bank
H2O 2430 gallon storage tank
700+ 5/16 on vacuum, 1000+ on 3/16
Almost half of our taps are in!
A&A 2x8 raised flue with hoods and preheater, converted to oil with carlin 201 for 2021
8x12 kitchen
8x12 canning room
H20 7.5 1200 Econox for 2018 added 2nd membrane for 2020
H2O 10" filter press half bank
H2O 2430 gallon storage tank
700+ 5/16 on vacuum, 1000+ on 3/16
looks like we are going to go all in today, best of luck to everyone this season!
A&A 2x8 raised flue with hoods and preheater, converted to oil with carlin 201 for 2021
8x12 kitchen
8x12 canning room
H20 7.5 1200 Econox for 2018 added 2nd membrane for 2020
H2O 10" filter press half bank
H2O 2430 gallon storage tank
700+ 5/16 on vacuum, 1000+ on 3/16
What an up and down season we are having, we are currently getting the best sugar content we have seen all season, we just need a freeze and a little sunshine to get yhe trees going, id really like to see another week or two!
A&A 2x8 raised flue with hoods and preheater, converted to oil with carlin 201 for 2021
8x12 kitchen
8x12 canning room
H20 7.5 1200 Econox for 2018 added 2nd membrane for 2020
H2O 10" filter press half bank
H2O 2430 gallon storage tank
700+ 5/16 on vacuum, 1000+ on 3/16
I have to agree with the ups and downs, but not sugar content. We started at 1.1 in January, I expected low but not that low. Went to 1.4 in February, I thought that was a little improvement. Then 1 load of 1.7, wow, now we're going places. Then back down to 1.3. Not very impressed. Glad we tapped early though. We are currently at .25 gallons per tap. 90% dark.
shrunken producer, from 8,000 taps to 4,000 to 5800 to 9500 to 11,000 vac
5x16 woodchip fired evaporator with 5x10 max flue and 5x6 revolution front pan
CDL 20+ RO
Double 10"filterpress
sp-11, bb2, airtech L63, L160, L230 vac pumps
CDL low profile electric releaser
MES 8000 electric releaser
CDL 4000 tap mechanical releaser
Well thats all she wrote here in coventry, all taps are pulled and all i lack is to boil down what was in the rear pan, we had a pretty good season, we made around 120 gallons! Next year we are looking to add an RO, and possibly change over to 3/16, we may have even picked up a bush from a neighbor!
A&A 2x8 raised flue with hoods and preheater, converted to oil with carlin 201 for 2021
8x12 kitchen
8x12 canning room
H20 7.5 1200 Econox for 2018 added 2nd membrane for 2020
H2O 10" filter press half bank
H2O 2430 gallon storage tank
700+ 5/16 on vacuum, 1000+ on 3/16