Eastern Ontario 2015

[Run Forest Run!]

If all that syrup is from only one of the three pots of syrup you have, you must be swimming in the stuff! Way to go Eddy!

[BrutemanAl]

This afternoon I bottled up one of 3 pots of syrup that I boiled last week. 12x1L, 1x500,and 4 cute-as-a-buttons. Ran out of time for the other 2 pots due to prior commitments. No sap since Thursday. Gathered wood instead. Attachment 11465

Looking good Big Eddy !!!

[Big_Eddy]

If all that syrup is from only one of the three pots of syrup you have, you must be swimming in the stuff! Way to go Eddy!

Well - I have 4 growing boys, so that won't last long.

With just over 150 trees tapped, I'm expecting 100+ litres this season. So far I've boiled off ~450 gallons of sap, which at 40:1 yields a sweetened pan (first 120 gals) and about 35 litres of syrup. That's about what I estimated was in the pots yesterday.

Surprisingly, this batch graded medium. I was expecting it to be light. But it tastes great, so I don't really care what colour it is.

Now we just need this snow to stop, and the temperature to rise a few degrees. (A few - not too many)

[Galena]

This snow just has to go. Only three of my trees have anything worth collecting out there; clearly yesterday's wind didn't get the memo that it was meant to be a SW wind, not a NE wind :-/

However I did reduce my nearup a little more. Then I drank some Chilean red while listening to a friend's radio show (Alan Cross of The Ongoing History of New Music) and ended up writing him a long rambling email making a connection between The Ramones and sugaring. So this morning he asked if he could put it up as a blogpost on his site, so I said sure, that's normally what he does with my emails anyway!

So off to check the virgins now, they looked pretty good yesterday but didn't collect as I was anticipating a big run. But they're a little more sheltered from the wind than the home trees, so maybe they have enough to make me some steam while I tackle paperwork.

[67HEAVEN]

....... ended up writing him a long rambling email making a connection between The Ramones and sugaring. So this morning he asked if he could put it up as a blogpost on his site, so I said sure, that's normally what he does with my emails anyway!

Since you're too modest to share it, Susan, I will - http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/t...h-maple-trees/

Well done. I enjoy Alan's anaylsis of the past and present music scene, and now yours too.

[Run Forest Run!]

Are you serious Galena? Alan Cross???? He's AWESOME! I just love his work.

[Galena]

Are you serious Galena? Alan Cross???? He's AWESOME! I just love his work.

Yes, I've written him a few emails he's turned into blogs on what used to be The Secret History of Rock show but which is now The Ongoing History of New Music. I was actually going to ask if you knew him, so I suppose you do :-)

ETA: Thanks for the linky 67Heaven, I hadn't read it yet once he posted it - as usual he didn't change a word!

[Kyle Baker]

This season is just too depressing. Havent even fired up the evaporator yet! I do have roughly 25-30 gallons of sap collected now from 57 taps but that's it. I guess I'll boil it this week, but its a pain doing a small batch on a 2'x4' setup. A nice continuous flow would be swell, but cant see it in the long range forecast.

[cheesegenie]

Same as me Kyle, I keep saying tomorrow, but..... I havn't tapped for two years and I am sorry I did this year. But not likely as sorry as the people around me that listen to me bitch and complain about it. I only do it for fun and that's not fun.

[67HEAVEN]

I'm gathering that this sort of season is best suited to a small-time hobbiest like me, using a propane cooker to boil small batches.

I collected 30 litres early this morning from 5 trees and the trees are still flowing well today - it's 5*C.

I've added a neighbour's tree (2 taps) to my four (8 taps), so upped my collection capacity by 25%.