Great looking syrup js4fn. I've got some stored sap that I'd like to boil off this afternoon, but I think I'm likely going to be wimping out because of the cold and wind.
Great looking syrup js4fn. I've got some stored sap that I'd like to boil off this afternoon, but I think I'm likely going to be wimping out because of the cold and wind.
~ 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
just found this thread.. we are located just east of toronto so not sw... Hope I can chime in.
115 taps last year on buckets, 235 on 3 gravity lines this year.
We have done about 15 litres of syrup but it has been off and on...
Have about 800 litres of sap to boil tomorrow.
Gonna be a LONG day.....
Looking forward to a steady sap run this coming week.
went and looked at my 5 gallon pails they are full but solid blocks of ice so they won't blow away nah nahOriginally Posted by Run Forest Run!
Well sap is running today! All my trees are dripping like crazy!
2017 45 taps 43L
2018 55 taps 50L
2019 60 taps ~75L avg sugar 3.3%
2020 60 taps 70L
2021 60 taps cant remember
2022 60 taps 95L
2023 60 taps 75L New baby came day off boiling started, gave away 1200L of 3% didn't have time.
didn't get as warm as weather man said. only half tank today hope it fills over night bottled again
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It was slow here today too. I don't think it got cold enough last night. Looking at the forecast, it looks like the season is drawing to a close.
17 taps on my 1/2 acre lot. Average 13-15 quarts
Evaporator: Indoor Kenmore stove
The walls are dripping!
Got to the hundred imperial gallon mark yesterday. 4 gallon of light, the rest medium. Inundated with sap.
2239 total taps. 443 gravity line, 1806 buckets
3x12 remake of a Small Bros. Lightning evaporator.
3x9 Darveau raised flue pan, 3x3 D&G reversible finishing pan.
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94 Argo 8x8 Magnum
06 Argo 8x8 Avenger with a 100 US gal. poly tank in the back.
30 - 45 Imperial gallon gathering station barrels
1200 Imperial gallons in holding tanks
Husqvarna 61
Husqvarna 365
Getting ready to come home tonight, I saw and heard peepers! Swamps still have lots of ice in them. Also saw a salamander crawling through the muck. Frogs jumping on the road as I drove home. Didn't need it to be this warm. Syrup went to amber today. Fought with the rear float all day.
2239 total taps. 443 gravity line, 1806 buckets
3x12 remake of a Small Bros. Lightning evaporator.
3x9 Darveau raised flue pan, 3x3 D&G reversible finishing pan.
Reist arch
94 Argo 8x8 Magnum
06 Argo 8x8 Avenger with a 100 US gal. poly tank in the back.
30 - 45 Imperial gallon gathering station barrels
1200 Imperial gallons in holding tanks
Husqvarna 61
Husqvarna 365
Boiled 30 gallons today and it only produced 3.75 litres of syrup. Had been getting 4.5 litres. Does the sugar content tail off when the season is winding down here in Mountsberg? ( Close to Milton)
Thanks for any answers. First year so still learning!
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