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  1. #291
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    Sap still coming in well with help from vacuum. Fired up pump yesterday at 2 and by 9 had a 100 gallons. Fired it up again this morning around 9:30 and brought in another 100 gallons by 1. More then triple per tap then my buckets. Looking like the end is in site though. Calling for a freeze tonight then nothing for a week. Hope for another run tomorrow and then probably time to pull the plug unless the forecast changes.

    It's sure been a strange year! A year of extremes. Reasonably please with my results but I'm sure glad I tapped early when I did against my good judgement or it would have been a very disappointing year. Should end up with a little over 300L. I would venture to guess I would have ended up with less then 200L without vacuum.

    I know it's been a disappointing year for some but here's hoping that it finishes strong for everyone !
    Last edited by Clinkis; 04-02-2017 at 01:03 PM.
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    It's been disappointing here. I tapped a few trees in February's warm spell to see how things were. Wasn't much flowing so I waited it out. Put my 80 taps in march when forecast started looking better. The weather just never seemed to cooperate. I collected 280 liters (60 imp gallons) of sap so far this year. Boiling it all his weekend. Hopefully this week will bring a little more but the forecast doesn't look good. Last year I had 40 taps and finished 38 liters, I think I will be lucky to see half of that this year from twice as many taps. I guess it ain't over yet though!
    2018: 40 taps, 19.5l syrup
    2017: 80 taps, 20 liters syrup.
    2016: 40 taps, 38.5 liters maple syrup. Bonus 1 liter of Birch Syrup from 12 taps.
    2015: 1st time! 13 taps, 175l sap, 8.2l syrup

    Boiling on arch made from old wood furnace with 4 steam table pans

  3. #293
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    Quote Originally Posted by maple75 View Post
    It's been disappointing here. I tapped a few trees in February's warm spell to see how things were. Wasn't much flowing so I waited it out. Put my 80 taps in march when forecast started looking better. The weather just never seemed to cooperate. I collected 280 liters (60 imp gallons) of sap so far this year. Boiling it all his weekend. Hopefully this week will bring a little more but the forecast doesn't look good. Last year I had 40 taps and finished 38 liters, I think I will be lucky to see half of that this year from twice as many taps. I guess it ain't over yet though!
    I know it's been a strange year. Hopefully you get some more sap.. your up in Pembroke area, you should still go for a few more weeks yet.
    2 acres of sugar maples. Woodburning arch with small evaporator and propane burners with steamer pans Year 5.

    2015 - 35 taps on 30 trees. 1556 L sap and 44L syrup!
    2016 - 42 taps on 40 trees. 2274 L sap and 64L syrup!
    2017 - 37 taps on 36 trees. 1573 L sap and 47L syrup!
    2018 - 33 taps on 32 trees. 2314 L sap and 53L syrup!
    2019 - 30 taps on 29 trees. 1640L sap and 51 L syrup!
    2020 - 31 taps on 30 trees. 760 L + stopped counting sap and 25 L syrup!

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    @ maple75...don't call it quits just yet! Now that there is finally a warm spell you may get a few more good days of sap.

    @ KyleBaker....glad to hear that they haven't tried to pilfer any of your stuff. Are you tapping the bush near Merrickville too?
    Been tapping since 2008.
    2018 - 17 taps/7 trees...819l sap, approx 28l syrup
    2019 - 18 taps/8 trees...585l sap, 28l syrup...21:1 ratio
    2020 - 18 taps/8 trees...890.04l sap...gave away about 170l, 30l snafu'd....23l total for me from approx 690l
    2021 - 18 taps/8 trees...395l sap, 12 l syrup
    2022 - 18 taps/8 trees....7 sugars 1 red due to #2 having surgery so had the season off....582l sap, 18.5l syrup
    2023 - 18 taps/8 trees...all sugars again. 807l sap, so far approx 14l syrup

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    Quote Originally Posted by TurkeyJohn View Post
    Hey Les,

    Only 16 spikes, we've only silvers and norways, no sugars, so I collect a lot more for less.

    Bumper crop this year though, best year yet. I really need to start tracking and writing stuff down. But I'm more a roll with it type....

    Finished our season today, pulled spikes while the last bunch boiled. Surprised that some buckets had no sap, only a bit of mold to clean up....

    Great season had again, but they still don't charge enough in stores...

    TurkeyJohn
    Hey John,
    That's fantastic that your having a bumper crop year. I wouldn't say the same for us, but February probably gave us much more than expected! Had we not tapped back then, we wouldn't have made as much. I haven't actually pulled the spiles yet.. gonna wait another week, but I don't expect much, just want to bring my totals up to 50 litres of I can

    And Susan,
    I hear you about the niter.. what a bugger the filtering is.. we think it could be sugar sand.. it settles a bit different than the nitre.. looks grainy
    Last edited by Lespetras; 04-02-2017 at 04:57 PM.
    2 acres of sugar maples. Woodburning arch with small evaporator and propane burners with steamer pans Year 5.

    2015 - 35 taps on 30 trees. 1556 L sap and 44L syrup!
    2016 - 42 taps on 40 trees. 2274 L sap and 64L syrup!
    2017 - 37 taps on 36 trees. 1573 L sap and 47L syrup!
    2018 - 33 taps on 32 trees. 2314 L sap and 53L syrup!
    2019 - 30 taps on 29 trees. 1640L sap and 51 L syrup!
    2020 - 31 taps on 30 trees. 760 L + stopped counting sap and 25 L syrup!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TurkeyJohn View Post
    Hey Les,

    I'm not far from you, closer to Kingston, right by Rideau Acres...... Has me thinking bigger pan for next year. Do you know of anyone local with pans they'd like to unload?

    TurkeyJohn
    TJ,
    Not sure exactly what you are looking for but I may have a 24"X48" flat pan for sale. It was purchased new from Atkinsons a few years ago. All stainless and welded. We've upgraded to a hobby arch setup so it's kind of just sitting up in the shop. I can grab some pictures this week if you want.

    Drew.

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    Just got a call from Scotch Corners. We're now swimming in sap. Apparently we now have over 600L stored and with a freeze tonight expect another big collect tomorrow. Looks like we'll do a 2 day boil starting tomorrow.

    Pleased with the results so far and not a single spec of cloud. We almost always have a cloud like precipitate form in our bottles within 24-96 hours. Not huge and it always settles within 2 weeks but bad enough that other than a couple "test" bottles we bulk bottle everything, let it settle, then break it down into 2501ml and 500ml Kent's. Wouldn't want to offend someone by giving them free, less than perfect syrup. (sarcasm abound on the last comment!)

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    Those look gorgeous Drew. I'm jealous to hear about your sap tsunami. We didn't get a single one of those here this season.
    ~ Karen ~

    2012 - 10 taps, 1 turkey fryer - 169.5L sap 4.2 L syrup
    2013 - 23 taps, 2 turkey fryers - 748.5 L sap 17.56 L syrup

    2014 - 22 taps, 509 L sap 12.5 L syrup
    2015 - 28 taps, 1093.75 L sap 25.1 L syrup
    2016 - 25 taps, 1223.5 L sap 28.25 L syrup
    2017 - 21 taps, 518.5 L sap 12.7 L syrup
    2018 - 28 taps, 2 turkey fryers & Denali 3 burner propane stove - 798L sap 16.9 L syrup
    2019 - 28 taps, 1409.5L sap 40.12L syrup

    Sugar, Norway, Manitoba, Silver and Freeman Maples



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    Quote Originally Posted by Lespetras View Post
    ...Susan,
    I hear you about the niter.. what a bugger the filtering is.. we think it could be sugar sand.. it settles a bit different than the nitre.. looks grainy
    Hehe, Les sugar sand and nitre are one and the same thing! Both grainy though this batch does look more like sand... got something like almost a good 250ml of nice tan-coloured nitre as opposed to the more usual grey/muddy/black sludgey stuff. but it's all good ol potassium nitrate, aka saltpetre, and just for fun this year I am collecting my nitre and drying it out...want to see if I can make my own explosive out of it! muwahahahaaaaa ;-)

    ETA: collected almost 38l sap today, so happy....and yes I am bracing myself for the sap tsunami cause my trees produced from 10am on. All weather conditions favourable and they've been ready to go for awhile now. And now they're going.
    Last edited by Galena; 04-02-2017 at 08:35 PM.
    Been tapping since 2008.
    2018 - 17 taps/7 trees...819l sap, approx 28l syrup
    2019 - 18 taps/8 trees...585l sap, 28l syrup...21:1 ratio
    2020 - 18 taps/8 trees...890.04l sap...gave away about 170l, 30l snafu'd....23l total for me from approx 690l
    2021 - 18 taps/8 trees...395l sap, 12 l syrup
    2022 - 18 taps/8 trees....7 sugars 1 red due to #2 having surgery so had the season off....582l sap, 18.5l syrup
    2023 - 18 taps/8 trees...all sugars again. 807l sap, so far approx 14l syrup

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    Pretty sure I will be pulling my stuff come Wed or Fri. I collected 27 ltrs on Saturday, and added it to what I was working on boiling, shut down boiling around 9 pm saturday night due to sleepyness, and just left it sitting in the garage like I always do tucked off to the side where it is safe.... so I thought.... grrrrrrr !! Sunday morning after breakfast, the boys went out side, about 20 mins later the oldest comes in from the garage crying and says, "daddy I am sorry, but I tried walking by your syrup and spilt it, not all of it, but allot of it". WELL, dad was not a happy camper at that point, they were not to be on that side of the garage, to many things on that side that can harm them, they know this, that side of the garage is dads work area, that is where all my tools and wood working stuff is, so they know not to be over there, all he could tell me is he was walking by it and it fell over. GRRRRRRR, thank god it was not on the turkey fryer boiling when that happened, good grief.

    Thought we would have a good day yesterday for sap, but come 4 pm when I went to check, probably not even 1 ltr. I will collect either tonight or tomorrow and that will be it, not the greatest of years for me. No idea just yet how much I collected or have finished, not going to do any addition until everything is done.
    2018 28 tree's, 32 taps... 1206 L collected, 19.6 L Finished
    2017 14 trees, 16 taps... for now 465.5 L collected, 10.5 L Finished
    2016 26 trees, 38 taps... for now 675 L sap so far, 10.5 L finished product
    2015 7 Trees, 7 Buckets
    2014 13 Trees,9 Buckets,5 Water Cooler Bottles,1 Turkey Fryer,ended up with 12 L syrup,light to very dark color
    2013 9 Trees ,13 taps and buckets,1 Turkey Deep Fryer,Close to 15 L of syrup , light to dark color

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