I'm going to tap on the 14th I think. Looks like good weather from the 18th on.
Hmmm....I actually feel prepared this year. I must be forgetting something.....
I'm going to tap on the 14th I think. Looks like good weather from the 18th on.
Hmmm....I actually feel prepared this year. I must be forgetting something.....
43° 31' 8" N
2012: 2 taps 1 quart of something resembling syrup and 1 cup of sugar
2013: 12 taps 3 gallons of syrup
2014: 20 taps 4 gallons of syrup
2015: 25 taps 10 gallons of syrup
2016: 60 taps 12 gallons of syrup
2017: 75 taps
We’re going to be ready to go on the 20th.
My wife and I ran an experiment a few years ago to check the accuracy of the 10 day forecast.
The short of it was that 10 days out the forecasters had a 2% chance of guessing the temperature within +/- 5 degrees, and only a 60% chance of getting it right (+/-5) 24 hours in advance.
Lesson here is, you can prepare for it 10 days out, but don’t go scheduling vacation time just yet.
42.67N 84.02W
350 taps- 300 on vacuum, 50 buckets
JD gator 625i Sap hauler w/65 gal tank
Leader 2X6 drop flue
Homemade auto draw-off
Homemade preheater
Homebrew RO, 2- xle-4040's
LaPierre double vertical releaser
Kinney KC-8 vacuum pump
12X24 shack
Lots of chickens and a few cats.
LOL!!!Originally Posted by Tweegs
We’re going to be ready to go on the 20th.
My wife and I ran an experiment a few years ago to check the accuracy of the 10 day forecast.
The short of it was that 10 days out the forecasters had a 2% chance of guessing the temperature within +/- 5 degrees, and only a 60% chance of getting it right (+/-5) 24 hours in advance.
Lesson here is, you can prepare for it 10 days out, but don’t go scheduling vacation time just yet.
I've been watching that long range forecast also. Looks like the Kalamazoo area(we're tapping in Van Buren Co.) will be ready starting about next weekend. I think we'll be out tapping the 18th or 19th
42.54°N 85.86°W
Fourth season sugaring...........
2014- 3 taps, a couple quarts of finished syrup
2015- 12 taps, 2 1/2 gallons syrup
2016 - Put out 24 maple taps, and 3 walnut taps. Collected 240 gallons of sap, and bottled up about 6.5 gallons of maple syrup. About 12oz of walnut syrup.
2017 - About 4 gallons of the most amazing syrup I've ever had!
I'm thinking about tapping around the 15th. Unfortunately it's March 15th.
2006 - 12 taps on open fire
2011 - 50 taps new 2 x 4 flat pan + warmer
2012 - 65 taps new 16 x 16 sugar shack
2013- 75 taps and no more, well maybe 85 now
2016-97 taps
1 Lab and my wife's Springer
Well, I tapped all 60 of mine today. I'm hoping for a run this Friday. Forecast looks good.
43° 31' 8" N
2012: 2 taps 1 quart of something resembling syrup and 1 cup of sugar
2013: 12 taps 3 gallons of syrup
2014: 20 taps 4 gallons of syrup
2015: 25 taps 10 gallons of syrup
2016: 60 taps 12 gallons of syrup
2017: 75 taps
I tapped 141 this weekend i hope to see ti run by Saturday. I am an hour north of grand rapids.
2014 15 taps 1 gallon on a turkey burner
2015 100 taps 10 gallons on a smokey lakes full pint
2016 188 taps, full pint pan, and a home made RO system
I was going to tap today, but I don't like to tap during snowfall. So I guess I'll go get more firewood from the woods. Tomorrow looks like a better tapping day. Temp supposed to hit 31.
CE
44° 41′ 3″ N
2019 -- 44 Red Maples - My home and sugarbush are for sale.
2018 -- 48 Red Maples, 7 gallons
2017 -- 84 Red Maples, 1 Sugar Maple, and 1 Silver Maple , 13 gallons
2016 -- 55 Red Maples, 8 gallons
2015 -- 15 Red Maples, 6 Birches - 3+ gallons maple syrup
An awning over my deck is my sugar shack.
An electrified kitchen sink and an electrified steam table pan are my evaporators.
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