North east ohio 2018

[Sugarmaker]

Notes from across the state line!
We finished last night. 113.5 gallons of finished syrup. I see the comments on CV spouts. This year I dont think mother nature gave a hoot about CV or not to CV! Some holes/ trees ran when holes and or trees right beside them did not. Some good trees dried up some poor trees ran better than ever! I did not have a good run of sap since the two warm days in Feb. Time to clean and plan for 2019.
Good luck to my neighbors to the West!
Regards,
CHris

[johnallin]

I am definitely not ready to stop. Can't explain it but just really enjoy making syrup. If the forecast for this area holds true, I'll be cutting more wood in the next few days.
As of tonight, Wed, Fri, Sunday and Monday look pretty good.

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[WoodButcher]

Boil it if ya got it John!
But i believe most of us just have tapholes that are dried up or barely running is all... Ill boil the remaining this weekend and thats it.
I havent had a large run for a couple weeks. still average numbers, just not the runs we normally see.

[Kh7722]

Decided to pull the plug tonight, it breaks my heart to have it come to an end lol. All in all it was an awesome year, despite the really low sugar content 1.2-1.4 tops we still made just over 200 gallons of great flavor from about 675ish taps. Time to clean it up and start thinking about next year and trying to make life a little easier

[heus]

Jeremy and Chris thanks for the posts. I was starting to feel like I did something wrong. I swear there were some sugar maples in my woods (that normally run great) that I never witnessed running all season (yes I were drilled into good wood). My sugars, like many others around me did not change colors this fall they just dried up and turned brown. After the initial warm spell in February, many others never ran at all I dont think. I am still going to switch to zap bac taps next year from the check valve spouts.

[johnallin]

Decided to pull the plug tonight, it breaks my heart to have it come to an end lol. All in all it was an awesome year, despite the really low sugar content 1.2-1.4 tops we still made just over 200 gallons of great flavor from about 675ish taps. Time to clean it up and start thinking about next year and trying to make life a little easier

Kevin, 200 gal from 675 taps is a healthy amount, that Is an awesome year. As of last night (boil 15) I'm a tad over 26 gallons from 205 taps...I'll take your gal/tap avg any day. Our sugar was right around 1.5-1.7 all season.

[johnallin]

Boil it if ya got it John!
But i believe most of us just have tapholes that are dried up or barely running is all... Ill boil the remaining this weekend and thats it.
I havent had a large run for a couple weeks. still average numbers, just not the runs we normally see.

Jeremy...I said I wasn't ready to quit, I just hope the trees feel the same way. I made more syrup this year than any of the past 12, and Yes, I will boil it if I have it.
I feel bad for anyone that didn't have some of the runs we (and lots of others) saw this past month.

[karl evans]

We are getting terrible winds now. I just thought fitting... we began our season fighting to get the woods cleaned up from the damage when tornado's went through last fall, now if there was any doubts about when to stop producing, this wind damage will make up my mind for me. I sure hope the last 2 years of wind storms is not becoming the norm.

[johnallin]

After Monday's boil, not much of anything over here this week. I went around today and checked, and re-hung bags. Some have 1/2-1 gal many are empty. The 3/16 tube tank has 50 gallons in it. My trees are still pretty tight and I'm hoping for some kind of run Sunday.
If not, I will collect what little is out there and do a small boil tomorrow.

[WoodButcher]

Pulling taps and boiling what I have left today. Weirdest season in a long time... My sample bottles go from dark to light, but boy does every grade taste fantastic this season!