Good luck to you Valleyman but I'm done they were singing last nigh again 70degrees today it was a short but nice season,I feel I timed it the best I could of but glad I don't have another month of work doing it!
Good luck to you Valleyman but I'm done they were singing last nigh again 70degrees today it was a short but nice season,I feel I timed it the best I could of but glad I don't have another month of work doing it!
2021 95 taps all on 3/16' natural gravity 2018 home built 4x40 RO 2017 1000 sap 15gal syrup 4 runs of 3/16 natural vac 1 of 5/16 2016 775gal of sap made 12gal syrup 2015 18.5 gal about 55 taps. Have the best wife! cub cadet volunteer 4x4 sap hauler
12 taps for 2009.
30+ for 2010.
30+ for 2011.
2012- Still holding around 30+ with no help in sight.
2013-Still a loner but what a Fantastic yielding year
2014- Forever a loner
2017-Still here, after trying to kick the habit.
Down to 15-20 taps with the intent to save my marriage.
Sap Haulers- Kids NADA, I tried but I'm on my own.
Buckets and Sap Saks, 4 steam pans, Block Evaporator, and single burner propane for finishing.
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I heard peepers last night driving with the windows closed and the radio on. Crocuses blooming, daffodils 10 inches high. Red maples all have fat red buds. Record high temperatures in Antartica. Hope the predicted lows of 18 tomorrow night and 14 the following don't kill everything off.
John
All red maples:
2013/4 - A few taps and propane burner
2015 - 54 taps on bags and buckets, 2x3 Mason evaporator - 3.5 gallons syrup finished and bottled
2016 - 72 taps on home-built vacuum/mainline system, home built RO (2 - 2.5 x 21 membranes) - 9+ gallons syrup finished and bottled
2017 - 91 taps upgrade to RO (single 4 x 40 membrane) - 13 gallons syrup
2018 - 91 taps - 12 gallons syrup
2022 - Back after 3 years off, 106 taps on vacuum - 29+ gallons syrup
That windstorm last night wiped out some big trees where I tap and put my mainlines on the ground. It was a big ash that blew out at the trink and took out a swamp white oak then my lines. Hope it's not EAB, but I guess it's only a matter of Time before that shows up. Got some work to do in the woods now. Heard peepers around 5:30 today and it was chilly
180 gravity mostly reds
15 buckets
2x6 waterloo small maple pro