Morningstar Farm 2017

[morningstarfarm]

Been a busy few days here..half the second bush is tapped in..then we get a foot of snow...now we are supposd to get another foot to foot and a half tonight..ugh..yes, iknowits still early, its just hard to get all geared up then come to a full stop for a few weeks..well, at least now i can use the snowmobiles to get into the woods...and i guess its time to dust off the snowshoes..

Brad, your releaser is sitting here waiting for you..

[red maples]

Sweet. I'll get there some time this week. Congrats.on the 3rd place for the Carlisle.

[morningstarfarm]

well, it's been a busy week here...have the second bush about half tapped in..had 1700 gals to boil yesterday..somehow ended up with a bulkhead fitting snapping with the tank half full..dropped 800 gals on the ground..I just wanted to cry..lol
Today got the tank fixed and the front half of the farm bush on and running..ended up with about 1100 gals tonight to boil..took about 45 mins and made about 20 gals..sugar content is still a little low, but a good freeze tonight should recharge everything...
Good luck all..time to get the headlamp on and back out to tap some more...

[backyard sugaring]

Chris, Barry ordered a diaphragm pump going to experiment with it this week. By the way you lost more sap in one tank than we will collect all year.lol keep us in the loop when you are boiling. Good luck

[backyard sugaring]

Good afternoon Chris, are you still alive? You Haven't posted in awhile. Hope your season is going well. Lee

[morningstarfarm]

Hey all..its been ara season of extremes for sure...each time we get going we hit a hard freeze up and lose another week...ugh!...havent had anything to boil since last thurs..thanks to this years drout we have not seen sugar above 1.3 this year...we have processed over 10,000 gals of sap so far and only made about 175 galsof dark and very dark syrup...hopefully, we get a long window to kick it into gear and make a bunch before it ends

[red maples]

I hope so but I don;t think we can take many super warm days the reds are swelling. at least there is snow pack...again I hope that slows things!!!

[backyard sugaring]

I feel like it is a new season. It has been so long since we had sap. Hope we can knock it out of the park this week. Lee

[red maples]

well I don't too much about this week monday and tuesday look good but then we freeze up again for wed. thursday.

[morningstarfarm]

Very sad night here..pulled the plug and had my last boil of the 2017 season...its been a very challenging year here...plenty of sap but very little sugar in it...best run of the year was 1.1% with most around .7 ... Thang god for the ro it sure paid for itself this year!..boiling out the flu pan sunday and then i will finalize the year for everyone...time to get ready for show season...the horses are calling