Eastern Ontario 2017

[Fort Wisers]

Boiling today, never thought watching a pot of "water" boil could be so fun lol

[ashadedacre]

Tree pee, as I lovingly call yellow sap - so long as it's clear and has no off scent to it - is perfectly safe to boil though some like to dump it on general principle. It just means precip in the form or rain or snow has got in with the sap.

Thanks Galena we've come to same conclusion that if it doesn't smell or taste bad it's useable, and patterns seem to be about freakish snow (ahem last night) or sleet ((yesterday) and colour change in bucket . Someone said test boil a bit in a kitchen pot for the dirty sock smell. May try that later when budding is questionable. We're not there yet.

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[Galena]

Thanks Galena we've come to same conclusion that if it doesn't smell or taste bad it's useable, and patterns seem to be about freakish snow (ahem last night) or sleet ((yesterday) and colour change in bucket . Someone said test boil a bit in a kitchen pot for the dirty sock smell. May try that later when budding is questionable. We're not there yet.

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Of the approx 1/2 gallon sitting out there in buckets, I've currently got more tree pee than clear sap out there, so no way am I dumping it! It'll be part of batch 4. Hmmm come to think of it batches 4+ usually do contain tree pee...and they all taste really good...;-)

[BrutemanAl]

Hey everyone, been real busy the past week with appointments and so forth, getting old sucks, anyhow I collected 70 L yesterday, everything was running real good yesterday afternoon, I had not collected anything since last Sunday, all afternoon yesterday until bedtime I was boiling what I had, with the 70 L yesterday and the 47 L I collected last weekend, I had some catching up to do, I currently have about 40 L more to go, its steaming away as I type.

[Galena]

Sitting here twiddling my thumbs, trees not liking this weather at all. Great test of patience, good thing I have other projects on the go to keep me occupied!

[Fort Wisers]

Just dumped the last of our preheated sap into the main boil. Nothing left in storage. I'd say we got 30litres total since last Sunday night. And as Gelena pointed out, the tress haven't let go of a drop today. So we'll finish this batch tonight.

[Big_Eddy]

We filtered and bottled for the day yesterday. Was surprised to find about 60gals of sap last night so we have been boiling all day today. Have about 40 gals to go from Friday plus the 60 from yesterday. Evaporation rate seems to be a bit down today. Must be the humidity and low pressure. Can't consistently beat 20gph today even running at 3/4"

[maple75]

We filtered and bottled for the day yesterday. Was surprised to find about 60gals of sap last night so we have been boiling all day today. Have about 40 gals to go from Friday plus the 60 from yesterday. Evaporation rate seems to be a bit down today. Must be the humidity and low pressure. Can't consistently beat 20gph today even running at 3/4"

I am still struggling around here to get enough to boil. I have 30 gallons in the freezer, that's from the first 12 taps a month ago. Haven't got any sap since I finished tapping. How many taps are you drawing from Big_Eddy ?

[Big_Eddy]

I am still struggling around here to get enough to boil. I have 30 gallons in the freezer, that's from the first 12 taps a month ago. Haven't got any sap since I finished tapping. How many taps are you drawing from Big_Eddy ?

180 buckets

[Clinkis]

Collected 250 gallons Friday and Saturday thanks to the vacuum pump. Just finished getting it all RO'd and boiled and was surprised to see sap is running here like crazy. We'll see how long it lasts but will take whatever we can get at this late point in the season. Here's hoping for a strong finish.