So what to do? Long range forecast shows a few good days coming. Too early? Thinking of tapping tomorrow. Or I can wait. With the collective insight of everyone in my area we should come up with the correct answer.
So what to do? Long range forecast shows a few good days coming. Too early? Thinking of tapping tomorrow. Or I can wait. With the collective insight of everyone in my area we should come up with the correct answer.
2012 8 Taps 3 pts syrup.
2013 38 Taps 10 gals. syrup made with turkey cooker
2014 57 Taps 10 gals. syrup. Homemade fuel oil tank evaporator
2015 51 Taps, 10 gals. syrup.
2016 50 Taps, 9 gals. Syrup
2017 54 Taps, 13 gals. syrup
2018 75 Taps, 21 gals. syrup
2019 67 Taps, 21 gals.
2020 73 Taps, 20 gals.
2021 75 Taps 21 gal.
2022 75 Taps 14 gal.
2023 0 0 Stroke
2024
I'm doing half and half. Tapped half today and the other half in a week weather pending. Tapping today every hole I drilled leaked...
Maple Man 85
Anthony & Rebecca Renken
2017=200 taps
2018=4000 taps (goal) 3000 taps (actual)
2019=7000 taps (goal)
30x45 Sugar House
4x16 Leader Vortex
www.northwoodsmaplefarm.com
I tapped 125 on Sunday, going to put out that many today (Monday) maybe a few more. Oddest year I've done so far. I've been following everyone on here and I think it's a crap shoot. To this year we always tap around the 10th of March. Talked to one person that's on here a lot and he said " he would sure hate to be wrong and miss things by waiting".
400 pails
CDL RO machine
2x8 stainless Dallaire evaporator, wood fired
Filter press
Polaris 6x6 & 4x4
Allis Chalmers WD
Allis Chalmers G
Built new 24' x 40' shack in 2006
http://www.blsugarbush.com
I'm tapping now but only because they're on vacuum with new taps. I wouldn't even think about buckets for a couple weeks.
-Ryan
Went off the deep end. Might be in over my head...
I'm heading out to tap NOW! Didn't make it yesterday....just got off my weekend 12's, asked for an extra day off next week, don't know if that'll happen. Will take me all week to tap. Looked at an old diary from the year 2000 and it was basically over by the 23rd of March and the frogs were heard on the 23rd that year. The ba@%&*!s changed the forecast again. This whole last 3 weeks has been trending warmer than what they have originally forecasted.
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!
We took our chances and tapped 250 on bags on Feb 17th. Made 3 gallons of finished syrup Feb 20th. Our bags right now are about 1/2 full so it has been running a little bit. We are tapping another 250 on bags this week. It maybe be early but I would hate to miss anything. We are also fortunate enough to have more trees then time so if we have to move and re tap cause the first 250 dry up, we can do that.
I'm going to tap. Today and tomorrow look good then again this weekend. If you can put any stock in the long range forecast next week looks cold but the next week is too warm. I hope I land in the middle of this season. I'll give the long range forecast about a 60 % reliability. Good Luck everyone!
2012 8 Taps 3 pts syrup.
2013 38 Taps 10 gals. syrup made with turkey cooker
2014 57 Taps 10 gals. syrup. Homemade fuel oil tank evaporator
2015 51 Taps, 10 gals. syrup.
2016 50 Taps, 9 gals. Syrup
2017 54 Taps, 13 gals. syrup
2018 75 Taps, 21 gals. syrup
2019 67 Taps, 21 gals.
2020 73 Taps, 20 gals.
2021 75 Taps 21 gal.
2022 75 Taps 14 gal.
2023 0 0 Stroke
2024
Any sap run Monday in the winter area, or today for that matter?
Last edited by sticky face; 04-10-2018 at 07:30 PM.
nothing to speak of on the bags, not much more on the vacuum.... tomorrow through Friday should be very good. (then shut down for the weekend and start up again Tuesday of the week)....
Same for just north of Tony on buckets. Not much flow for over a week now.
301 buckets