Southwestern Ontario

[wmick]

I have been procrastinating a bit.... Not looking forward to the deep snow.. I will get out on the weekend... Never worked in snowshoes before, but I may this year. 3/4" mainline on Shurflow with about 125 taps last year. Bought supplies to double it. We'll see how it goes. Recently read the Vermont study on early tapping, where they found that early tapping did not have a significant effect on overall year's yield... This is settling my anxiety about not being tapped yet... Forecast shows a couple mild days coming up, but basically only an average of about +2 for the next week or two. I think it will all work out.

[wobbletop]

I put my 20 taps in on Tuesday when it went up to 8C. Haven't seen much in the bags, so you're ok so far.

[Bruce L]

Hi! Those fellows are dumping the first bit because they use that first sap to flush their lines. That will not likely apply to someone like you who I assume doesn't run miles of tubing in your operation. Have a great season!

Hi Karen,great to see you back! Hoping you have a great season. Haven’t tapped anything here yet,my better half under the weather with diverticulitis,hopefully may start tapping this weekend to clean out the lines. Don’t expect much for a while,lots of snow keeping the roots cold

[Run Forest Run!]

Hi Bruce. I only had a two week season last year due to Covid restrictions cutting off my access to propane. I couldn't be bothered setting up the wood evaporator, so just packed it in.

I'm hoping for a great season this year, despite the continued issues with lockdowns.

[Galena]

Hi Bruce. I only had a two week season last year due to Covid restrictions cutting off my access to propane. I couldn't be bothered setting up the wood evaporator, so just packed it in.

I'm hoping for a great season this year, despite the continued issues with lockdowns.

Heya Karen! Greetings from Eastern Ontario! So glad to see you back this season and ready to rock! :-)

[Hkb82]

Yup like sugarmaker Dave said it’s to flush out anything left behind from last seasons cleanings. If your running buckets or bags just start collecting. Nice to see everybody is coming alive as we are getting closer to the flows. Hope you all have been doing good wile this covid mess runs ramped lol

[Smokeshow]

Tapped today. 90 taps, 90 buckets and she was flowing! Used my old school mouth to test the sugar and jumpin Jesus was it sweet!

Good luck to all.

[Hkb82]

I ran another 40 on gravity lines today. Steady flow after 2pm. Again those 40 back to the ground but you can bet I was collecting of the lines I did the other day. We will see in the am how it was. I think I might go for 150 taps this year now that I’ve got my hands on some ke

[Hkb82]

Sorry Kent bottles. They were pretty hard to get for me at least this year.

[Sugarmaker Dave]

Sweet - glad to hear you scored some bottles! For sure go for the 150 taps!