How Long Do We Collect?

[scottdevine]

i'm in Oxford, and its my first year. I've been at in since Jan 25th, and have had great success this season. I am sad to see the sea of red tree buds on my drive into work on I-84 these last few mornings. Like everyone else sugaring, i too am hoping for a good last 3 day run, but as others have suggested, i will stay tapped until at least the 18th, to get through the warm days and see what happens. Regardless of another run or not, it has been a fabulous experience and i look forward to next season. Thus far i have processed 725 gallons of sap yielding close to 13 gallons of syrup, and i've dropped 25 lbs, so yea, it was work, but the benefits and appreciations i have picked up along the way have made it all worth while.

[Sugarmaker]

Holy Cr^p, dropped 25 lb's! Wow I need to start making more and eating less syrup!
Regards,
Chris

[scottdevine]

yea, tell me about it...i started this journey in November building the fire pit, and sugar shack from pallets, then used the pallets as fuel...was bringing home 8-9 a night in my van and burned them as fast as i could cut them...decided to step on the scale the other day and was shocked...i was a runner before and couldn't drop weight...this did it for me...manual labor (i'm an IT guy)...going to start running again (after 3 months off) so with the lost weight, i'm hoping for faster 5k and 10k times! hahahahahah. trees ran a bit today...im hoping for a lot more tomorrow and sunday into monday...then probably pulling taps as we are getting into beekeeping in March, so that will fill this void (somewhat)...gardening will start too...doing raised beds this year, so i have more to build with the pallets.

[Helicopter Seeds]

I was backed up myself before now have about25 gallons to boil, expecting good flow still this weekend.

Ran out of the first pile of firewood, neighbor is moving so I can have his. If I get another good day, I am satisfied, already made over 8 gallons which was my season goal. If another two boiling days, even better. I understand that by tapping early, they may finish early, so we shall see..... Bascom bottle order is on backlog.. another week before I get them.

[khuberpt]

yea, tell me about it...i started this journey in November building the fire pit, and sugar shack from pallets, then used the pallets as fuel...was bringing home 8-9 a night in my van and burned them as fast as i could cut them...decided to step on the scale the other day and was shocked...i was a runner before and couldn't drop weight...this did it for me...manual labor (i'm an IT guy)...going to start running again (after 3 months off) so with the lost weight, i'm hoping for faster 5k and 10k times! hahahahahah. trees ran a bit today...im hoping for a lot more tomorrow and sunday into monday...then probably pulling taps as we are getting into beekeeping in March, so that will fill this void (somewhat)...gardening will start too...doing raised beds this year, so i have more to build with the pallets.

Could you send me a pic of the pallet shack? I want to do that for next season.

[Samuelvw1]

Lafite please contact me I cAnt message u your mailbox is to full I need information about your shed did u build it or was it pre built how big is your evaporator I'm getting a 2x6 next year how much did it cost can u send some pictures of your set up

Sam
Shelton
60 ish taps
Over 3 gAllons my second season

[lafite]

scg@cox.net is my email. I was going to build my shed but decided on a prefab option. I have a 2x4 hybrid pan by smokey lake. you can see my shed by my signature with the youtube video.

[Sugarmaker]

yea, tell me about it...i started this journey in November building the fire pit, and sugar shack from pallets, then used the pallets as fuel...was bringing home 8-9 a night in my van and burned them as fast as i could cut them...decided to step on the scale the other day and was shocked...i was a runner before and couldn't drop weight...this did it for me...manual labor (i'm an IT guy)...going to start running again (after 3 months off) so with the lost weight, i'm hoping for faster 5k and 10k times! hahahahahah. trees ran a bit today...im hoping for a lot more tomorrow and sunday into monday...then probably pulling taps as we are getting into beekeeping in March, so that will fill this void (somewhat)...gardening will start too...doing raised beds this year, so i have more to build with the pallets.

You might not get pictures, sounds like he burnt his shed down for fuel! I haven't resorted to that yet! YET!
Regards,
Chris

[scottdevine]

many photos posted in my profile under pictures

first season processed 825 gallons and counting...this week should get me close to 1k gallons...incredible journey


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[pyro]

I had the most sap today of any day so far this season. 1.5 gallons per tap on the sugars and maybe 0.5-1.0 on the reds (although my reds are underperforming). I boiled yesterday and then I'll do the final boil on Wednesday morning. Not a single low below freezing in the next 10 day forecast. I think its safe to call it over in SW CT.