Eastern Ontario 2018

[BrutemanAl]

Well here is the end product of my filtering experiment last night, hard to tell by the pictures but it is nice and clear..... and tastes yummy.

Have another 4 L that is near done, I’ll finish that tomorrow




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[Galena]

A+ for effort, Al! hehe. I don't know if you can turn off the flash or slow down how long the *shutter* on your phone(?) is open for, so as to allow more light to wash in through the syrup, but you're on the right track :-)

[Big_Eddy]

We were surprised by the amount of sap today. Wasn't expecting anything as it hardly got above freezing but the trees on the top of the hill were very active. Those on the north slope not so much. One of those days where pails were either empty or full. Nothing in between.

Karen - this picture's for you
Hoping you find the same soon.

Boiling again tomorrow

[cheesegenie]

Looks good. Yesterday we had a lot of snow in the buckets, even with lids, hard to strain it into the drum. Sugar content this year seems low, I don't have the hydrometer for sap, just syrup.
Not getting a big ratio, but lots of sap running with no sun, east wind and cold. Any thoughts please?

[Run Forest Run!]

Big Eddy, that picture is a welcome sight. Dry as a bone here since March 3rd. And the fact that there is a layer of slushy ice on top to discard yielding much higher sugar content below is almost too much for me to take.

I'm being patient, but eager, to begin my season as soon as Mother Nature decides to offer me up some sunshine and warmer temps. Hopefully she didn't give up all the sap to you lucky guys east of here.

[Galena]

...but lots of sap running with no sun, east wind and cold. Any thoughts please?

Same here, usually my trees hate this kind of weather...but instead they're giving me 16l on a slow day and up to 35 on a really good day. I'm just going with the flow ;-)

[Fort Wisers]

Boiled down about 100 litres yesterday and collected another 8 or so in the afternoon after collecting about 42 in the morning, which for us is decent considering the weather.
Agreed with some of the sentiments here that even typical "bad sap weather" is producing good runs.

The snow won't stop and neither will the sap!
Sorry Karen.....if it's any consolation, my bro in-law (up near the bruce peninsula) is having a frustratingly slow start to his season as well.

[Galena]

Over 400l total collected so far...here's what it's like at my place...notice the floaties? hehe

nowwhatNIK.jpg

ETA: this pic is currently entered in a competition, so please don't share on social media!

[jnexus]

I also didn't think we would get much of a run over the last few days temp -2 +2, but I went out and checked any ways..
Everything was full and the trees still running like crazy. Perhaps there was a big drop in barometric pressure that left the trees
relatively high or something, but I'm out of storage!


Jason

325 Taps on 125 AC, so 325 buckets
2.5ft * 10ft Drop Flue on masonry arch

Ski Doo Expedition 1000cc for the snow
Honda Foreman 500cc for the mud
Kubota 5740 for everything else

[BrutemanAl]

We were surprised by the amount of sap today. Wasn't expecting anything as it hardly got above freezing but the trees on the top of the hill were very active. Those on the north slope not so much. One of those days where pails were either empty or full. Nothing in between.

Karen - this picture's for you
Hoping you find the same soon.

Boiling again tomorrow

Guess I better go check my buckets! I have not been since Monday afternoon.


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