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  1. #1
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    St. Clair, MO
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    Default Pulling taps today

    Well we are finishing out the season today. Pulled all taps and started clean up. Already making plans to have more taps next year. It's a sickness I guess. We will start filtering about 44 gallons in the next couple of weeks. I was a little disappointed with our total given the number of taps we had out (210). I have heard several other complain about production though. Looking forward to next year.

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    hills west of Jeff City Missouri
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    Default we pulledtaps on wed march 11

    hi gavin and it was nice meeting you and al last week. sorry we didnt have a sample of our syrup to give you. nice weather for gardening now. we finished 15.5 gallons of syrup and we are already considerng improvements for next year. john
    2020: 220 trees, most smaller than 20" diameter, made 25 gallons
    remote location in western Cole County
    5/16" plastic spiles, drain into plastic buckets or sapsaks
    haul sap out of woods using atv & trailer
    wood-fired pans on concrete blocks
    one Leader Half Pint 24 x 33" plus 24 x 30 ss pan from a junkyard
    cook batch process then finish in the kitchen;
    we dont sell our syrup; its for family & friends
    see website www.mosyrup.com

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    Florissant Missouri
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    Pulled or am in the process of pulling my taps. I ended up with 3 gallons of syrup with 35 trees tapped. I was hoping for at least twice that much. I am sure my low production can be attributed to a number of things my inexperience being one of them. But I learned a lot and am already planning for next year.
    Crazy River Sap
    55 sugar maple, 15 walnut taps on plastic buckets and tubing
    Block arch on driveway

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