Tapped in Hanson

[eustis22]

Doesn't tapping early mean stopping early? Holes closing, bacteria, etc?

[MikeR]

In general that's probably accurate, but I've never had any issues. I'm also only working with Reds scattered throughout the forest, so I'm not sure if that makes a difference. I always get to the end of March (when I lose interest/get distracted by other projects) without any issues.

[Thegreg20]

I'm waiting, you'll have 3 good day but first week in February is looking cold. As much as I wanted to tap this week, I'm holding off till at least the 10th.

[Barkpeeler]

well I tapped 10 today, about a week later than last year, I'll do another 10 or so in a week or 2

[MikeR]

Well, I boiled about 10 gallons today. The fire pit worked great and it was actually my first time finishing off with a hydrometer and the appropriate filters. Made a world of difference.

[Barkpeeler]

I boiled about 5 gal last week, tree's are starting to flow a lot better now, boiled 15 gal yesterday and my son put out another 9 taps

[Barkpeeler]

not hearing much here, hows everyone doing? I boiled about 35 gal last week not much this week about 8 gal

[eustis22]

I collected and boiled 50 gals, not enough to sweeten but now my barrels are froze

Did see a little run today even though it never got above 30.

[MikeR]

Looks like things are wrapping up. Nights have been a little too warm and I've only picked up a few gallons in the past week. Temps look really warm moving forward. This felt like a really short season between the frigid February temps and the warm temps now. I think I only got three boils in.

[Barkpeeler]

I packed everything up last weekend, trees had stopped producing, got a few boils in not as many as last year but enough to keep the grandkids in syrup for the year! Now to start planning for next year!