I collected 215 gal Sunday morning from Saturday's run, and another 100 gal last night from yesterday's run. Saturday's run was the best run I have ever seen.
I collected 215 gal Sunday morning from Saturday's run, and another 100 gal last night from yesterday's run. Saturday's run was the best run I have ever seen.
2013 20 taps; 2'/4' flat pan with dividers/preheater on block arch, about 4 gal
2014 about 125 taps on 2/5 smokey lake hybrid pan; 34 gals
2015 about 125 taps, same pan, just over 40 gals syrup
12'/12' post and beam sugar house
I pulled about 17 gallons between, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Pretty decent off 8 taps. Looks like it starting around here...finally.
35 gallons between 1PM and 1 AM on Sat, on 15 taps, then another gallon per tap yesterday! More days like that we will be in a ….sweet spot!
Mike
So I took about 18.5 gallons of sap between Thursday and Monday and ended up with slightly over a half gallon of syrup, putting my trees around 2.4%. I noticed this morning the tree that always buds first is beginning to. I have all reds. At what sugar content should I pull the taps where it would be considered buddy? Last year I had a batch that was alittle too late, basically I got the sap mostly boiled off and tasted a slight bitterness.
BTW I tap all red maples.
Had another nice run over the last few days. Another 20 gallons of sap to boil.
Has been flowing nicely in North Stamford recently. Looking forward to boiling this weekend.
Based on the long range forecast how long do you think we still have of sap weather? Obviously long range forecasts are terribly inaccurate but just wondering what other think in this area.
Im optomistic we have atleast a week left.
11x29 sugarhouse
2x8 airtight arch homemade with waterloo flue pan, welded syrup pan and parallel flow preheater hood
250gph cdl ro
1100+ taps for 2014, approx 1000 of them vac
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I had 85 gallons to boil on Friday, less than a week of collecting. None Saturday, collected another 20 gallons yesterday. Since we froze a bit last night, I expect some more today, same tomorrow. After that it won't freeze for a few days. If the buds open, we are done, right?
2014 Year 1, 1 large front yard shade tree with 3 taps - 3 quarts of the best syrup I ever had.
2015 - Convince In-laws and Neighbors, bought F-150 and bricks. 20 taps, 4 gallons in pretty bottles.
2016 -- More friends and neighbors, should add another 20 +, built temporary shelter as sugar shack. F150 traded for Ram 2500. Big Blue new barrels for 116 gal storage. 8 gallons Syrup.
2017 - Mortared Brick Arch with serving pans, no make that an 18 x 48 CDL divided flat pan, 48 taps.
gearing up for first season in Oxford, CT. hoping for 12-15 trees (have to negotiate with neighbors), in the process of constructing a re-purposed pallet sugar house, gathering buckets from local shop rite bakeries, scrounging CL for pots, pans, bricks, fire pit grates, cinder blocks, wood splitter, chain saw, and pallets. been having a ball collecting everything. Evaporator is built (55 gal drum)...have the pans and pots, need to cut the holes in the drum, but first burn was done paint is removed. hoping it gets colder (imagine that), and that my first season is as great as i imagine it. turning 50yrs old in april, and this is first season...mid life crisis? wife thinks i'm crazy, 14yr old mad it took 10 years to build a fort! hahahahaha. cant wait to get started...looking to tap mid feb. we'll see
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