Originally Posted by
Irish Ridge
Friday, March10th....We "finished" our final boil on the gas stove and came out with 2.5 gallons for the day and a total of 11 gallons and one pint for the year. We will take it. The Vineyard Coulee boys have left their taps in and said they were hoping for another run after the snow passes and the weather warms. Their friends in Ferryville up the river have also pulled their taps. The Crawford County season is quickly coming to an end. Two early seasons in a row. Is this the new normal? Ask again a year from now.
I do not understand how you can be done yet ? I am just going to perform my first boil and am not more than 150 miles north.
Mark
Where we made syrup long before the trendies made it popular, now its just another commodity.
John Deere 4000, 830, and 420 crawler
1400 taps, 600 gph CDL RO, 4x12 wood-fired Leader, forced air and preheater. 400 gallon Sap-O-Matic vacuum gathering tank, PTO powered. 2500 gallon X truck tank, 17 bulk tanks.
No cage tanks allowed on this farm!