MarkNB,
You hit the nail on the head....I'm not sure what to expect. Just premature jitters I guess
MarkNB,
You hit the nail on the head
2014 - 6 buckets, 4 coffee cans and a propane burner - almost 40L of sap and 1.6L of syrup
2015 - 103 taps on gravity. Homemade oil tank arch and a Smoky Lake 2' X 5' hybrid. - 2.66 gallons of syrup
2016 - 101 taps, 550 gallons of sap, ~10 gallons of syrup all dark.
2017 - 138 taps, 225 gallons of sap, 5.55 gallons of dark syrup, still procrastinating on the vac.
2018 - ~150 taps, I lost track of the sap it was incredible!, over 20 gal of syrup, all dark.
Yesterday was disappointing to say the least. +7c all afternoon, and not a drop. Not cold enough the night before I guess.
I had a huge swath of snow fall my my roof but no sap. Not surprised though as the tree is still frozen. Need a couple warm days for it to thaw then go below freezing at night and up during the day.
We're entering a cold snap so I really don't expect sap until Monday/Tuesday.
Oh well, at least we're ready for when it does start.
2013 8 taps 10L of Syrup
2014 8 taps 2L of syrup.
2015 15 taps 4L of syrup.
2016 12 taps 7L of syrup
2017 - Year off
Checked the lines today and there was about a litre in total. On the positive side, I don't have to hump sap out of the woods.....sometimes I don't like the positive side of things!
2014 - 6 buckets, 4 coffee cans and a propane burner - almost 40L of sap and 1.6L of syrup
2015 - 103 taps on gravity. Homemade oil tank arch and a Smoky Lake 2' X 5' hybrid. - 2.66 gallons of syrup
2016 - 101 taps, 550 gallons of sap, ~10 gallons of syrup all dark.
2017 - 138 taps, 225 gallons of sap, 5.55 gallons of dark syrup, still procrastinating on the vac.
2018 - ~150 taps, I lost track of the sap it was incredible!, over 20 gal of syrup, all dark.
All taps are in, lines all repaired. Waiting patiently! Was April 1st last year before we got much.
Murray
Somewhere around 800 - 900 taps on Atlas Copco vacuum
1 Sap Ladder & 1 can
2 1/2 x 10 Waterloo/Small, with Piggyback & hood,
Air over & under fire
CDL autodrawoff, Homemade drawoff/filter tank with pump,
Lapierre Sirofilter, modified steam pan bottler
Looks like things may warm up by Friday, at least in Cambridge Narrows where my sugar bush is. Next week will be a flood of sap... At least that's my prediction. Good luck fellow NB tappers!
If it keeps snowing, I don't we will be able to find the buckets and lines!!
Will check the buckets for snow this week. And hope to have the remaining buckets up this weekend.
Targeting between 30-35 buckets and lines this year.......hope to have a sap run starting soon!
2013 -5 buckets. 37 litres of sap = 750 ml of syrup.
2014 - 21 buckets. 78 litres of sap = 1750 ml of syrup.
2015 - 24 buckets/13 taps plus 12 taps on lines into wine buckets.....150 litres of sap ~ 4700 ml of syrup so far.
Oh and I don't like snow!!
2013 -5 buckets. 37 litres of sap = 750 ml of syrup.
2014 - 21 buckets. 78 litres of sap = 1750 ml of syrup.
2015 - 24 buckets/13 taps plus 12 taps on lines into wine buckets.....150 litres of sap ~ 4700 ml of syrup so far.
And sap is a running. Buckets dripped sap most of the afternoon today add that to the liter I got on from Saturday and we're on our way. Thinking that the trees are waking up and will start to open up by weeks end. Next week's weather looks amazing as well!
Good luck everyone and a good season to all!
2013 8 taps 10L of Syrup
2014 8 taps 2L of syrup.
2015 15 taps 4L of syrup.
2016 12 taps 7L of syrup
2017 - Year off
Have fun dscanuck! You've waited long enough.
~ Karen ~
2012 - 10 taps, 1 turkey fryer - 169.5L sap 4.2 L syrup
2013 - 23 taps, 2 turkey fryers - 748.5 L sap 17.56 L syrup
2014 - 22 taps, 509 L sap 12.5 L syrup
2015 - 28 taps, 1093.75 L sap 25.1 L syrup
2016 - 25 taps, 1223.5 L sap 28.25 L syrup
2017 - 21 taps, 518.5 L sap 12.7 L syrup
2018 - 28 taps, 2 turkey fryers & Denali 3 burner propane stove - 798L sap 16.9 L syrup
2019 - 28 taps, 1409.5L sap 40.12L syrup
Sugar, Norway, Manitoba, Silver and Freeman Maples
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