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  1. #21
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    Thurs. March 9th.....I hear you Spike. We pulled buckets and taps today. All buckets were empty since Sunday evening. Will be doing a final sap boil tomorrow. We should finish with right around 10 gallons for the season. An average season for us. Seems to have followed last years calendar as well. Probably one last summary post in the near future.
    2019 47 taps and 10.75 gallons of syrup
    2020 45 taps and 21.25 gallons of syrup
    2021 50 taps and 13.5 gallons of syrup
    2022 50 taps and 18.5 gallons of syrup
    2023 49 taps and 18 gallons of syrup
    2024 49 taps and 9.75 gallons of syrup

    56 acres above the Mississippi River in SW Wisconsin
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    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.
    2019 47 taps and 10.75 gallons of syrup
    2020 45 taps and 21.25 gallons of syrup
    2021 50 taps and 13.5 gallons of syrup
    2022 50 taps and 18.5 gallons of syrup
    2023 49 taps and 18 gallons of syrup
    2024 49 taps and 9.75 gallons of syrup

    56 acres above the Mississippi River in SW Wisconsin
    43.01N

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    Quote Originally Posted by Irish Ridge View Post
    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.

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    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!

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    Irish Ridge isn't the only one here in the SW corner of the state to be done. We shut down the same day as him. We ran out of good dry wood and ambition as we had a good month long run. 33 gallons was our final tally for this season. I'm pretty sure the trees would keep going but they have more stamina than us old folks!! Spike
    Either lead, follow or get out of the way!

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    Crazy Crazy Crazy year here just outside of Beetown, WI. 220 taps and still going strong for a couple more days. Going to be a record year for sure......probably 100 gallons of syrup for us at Ackerman Maple Syrup
    Jamie Ackerman
    2X6 evaporator, homemade steam hood, and preheater
    200 taps all buckets 2013
    Honda 300 fourtrax sap hauler w/ 2-35 gal. tanks

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    Wow 100 gallons syrup from 220 taps, I have 225 on buckets and the most syrup I ever made was 54 gallons. When did you start this season? We tapped on Feb 26th did not want to tap with that record heat wave, so we waited.
    12x16 Sugar House 2x6 Maple Pro wood fired evaporator Arctic Cat 4x4 1980 Snowmobile 225 taps on buckets 17 Taps on 3/16th tubing on steep hillside

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    That is crazy - in a good way. I don't know what I would do with that kind of syrup to tap ratio. Congrats! It would take me a month to catch up on my sleep when the season was over. My evaporator just isn't that big or fast enough to allow me to tap more of my maples. I do like the fact that we are ending our season when further north is just getting started.
    2019 47 taps and 10.75 gallons of syrup
    2020 45 taps and 21.25 gallons of syrup
    2021 50 taps and 13.5 gallons of syrup
    2022 50 taps and 18.5 gallons of syrup
    2023 49 taps and 18 gallons of syrup
    2024 49 taps and 9.75 gallons of syrup

    56 acres above the Mississippi River in SW Wisconsin
    43.01N

  8. #28
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    We tapped a month ago today, most I have ever made was 72 gallons in 2011
    Jamie Ackerman
    2X6 evaporator, homemade steam hood, and preheater
    200 taps all buckets 2013
    Honda 300 fourtrax sap hauler w/ 2-35 gal. tanks

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