sallow 1.jpgthe week is full of firsts. Made some "sugar on snow" for granddaughter, made some maple sugar with the remaining syrup from that exercise and today, although cold and very little sap in buckets, I had my first sallow moth of the season in a pail.
Last edited by ridgerunner394; 03-30-2015 at 02:01 PM.
The maples
Stood uniform in buckets, and the steam
Of sap and snow rolled off the sugarhouse.
Robert Frost
2013 12 taps - turkey deep fryer = 4 gal
2014 20 taps - new 16" x 36" mild steel pan on a Denali 3 burner stove!
2015 25 taps - 6 gal
2016 25 taps - 7 gal
2017 27 taps - 4 gal (short tap season Feb 17 to March 11)
2018 28 taps - 6 gal syrup