So, any luck, anyone? I haven't been down to the woods for the last couple days, but the forecast for the next week or so shows promise.
So, any luck, anyone? I haven't been down to the woods for the last couple days, but the forecast for the next week or so shows promise.
Getting a few drips but the trees are very stingy so far this year.
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.
Not a drop in the last couple days. Collected 5 L out of 11 taps on tuesday/wednesday. Should get a good run over a next few weeks.Originally Posted by Rob Walton
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
Just got back from a week away, checked the 6 taps in the back yard and I have about 3 gallons for the entire week, they weren't running today at all though. Will check the remaining 73 tomorrow
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.
Started boiling yesterday. Ran fairly good Wednesday,got lines flushed good started saving around 5:00 pm. So so Thursday(rainy),
not too bad yesterday. Not sure if it's going to get warm enough today, but forecast after today looks fairly promising. Hope to bottle
first batch tonight if we get enough sap to boil to warm up shack.
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
7 gallons of sap in 82 taps....hopefully next week will be better
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.
Mine started running hard around noon. Today should be a good day.
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
Good for you, DS, mine didn't take off today at all. After no one being down to the woods in almost a week, I was down at noon and got about 3 gal off 60 taps. Dismal.
Marvel, if you have a hotplate or a small outdoor burner of some kind, I'd take that 7gal and cook it down. Last year I waited on my first dribs and drabs for more sap and the first 5 gal spoiled.
Yep, that 14 day forecast does look promising. Still not holding my breath!
I have a couple gallons on the stove right now! :-)
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.
Finished up with the first boil of the year.....was eager to get one completed for the sweet treat!!
Thinking it might need to be boiled a bit more!!
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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.
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