Had a dead mouse in my sap tank. Should I dump it all or boil it anyhow?
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Had a dead mouse in my sap tank. Should I dump it all or boil it anyhow?
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2017 - Same taps, gonna try homemade reverse osmosis, homemade steam hood, evaporator inside this year.
2016 - 100 taps, only 4 Gals, what a crappy year.
2015 - 100 taps on gravity line - 12 Gal??
2014 - Mason 2X4 Hobbly XL, 90 Taps on Gravity Lines - 23 Gal Syrup
2011 - Block arch, Steam Pan, 25 Taps in Jugs - 1.5 Gal Syrup
2010 - Turkey Fryer, 10 Taps - 1 Gal Syrup
I like 'em braised with a little garlic.
I'll just answer with a response I got from an old timer many years ago......Ring as much sap as you can out of that critter and move on son.
In reality, it's only one bucket of sap. Dumping it should not be a huge loss.
Last edited by buckeye gold; 02-26-2018 at 07:31 AM.
Dump the mouse, boil the sap. Doesn't work so well the other way around.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
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I had that happen to me once and I dumped the sap. When living things die they release things and so I considered the sap contaminated.
About 300 taps
2'x6' air tight arch
Semi complete 12'x24' sugarhouse in Somers, CT
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Very first bucket this year, top of the hill, farthest away, can see it's 3\4 full walking up to it. MOUSE and 6 turds...dumped it out walked the bucket all the way back to clean it out. Ohh mother nature, you got me good this year. Hahaha
Matt Durrell
2012 - 12 Taps hand me down 2x2 and made a barrel stove
2014 - 20 Taps 8x10 timber-frame shack
2015 - 25 Taps
2016 - 28 Taps new 110 acres
2017 - 12 Taps january, 55 Taps spring and 15 Taps fall, same ol 2x2
2018 - Helping another sugarmaker 5000 Taps, 57 at home
F72F56D0-DB61-46FC-98E5-19EE9E292CE8.jpg found this yesterday
Yeah, we've had a few mice and squirrels in buckets over the years. Hide the bodies and keep the sap.
2014 Upgrades!: 24x40 sugarhouse & 30"x10' Lapierre welded pans, wood fired w/ forced draft, homemade hood & preheater
400 taps- half on gravity 5/16, half on gravity 3/16
Airablo R.O. machine - in the house basement!
Ford F-350 4x4 sap gatherer
An assortment of barrels, cage tanks & bulk tanks- with one operational for cooling/holding concentrate
And a few puzzled neighbors...
http://s606.photobucket.com/albums/t...uckethead1920/
The difference between a Vermont Sugerer and a New York Sugarer is that when a New Yorker finds a squirrel in his sap bucket he looks around carefully to make sure no one is looking and he tosses the squirrel and puts the sap in his gathering tank. A Vermonter finds a squirrel in his sap bucket and he looks around to make sure no one is looking and he carefully wrings all the sap out of the squirrels fur into his gathering bucket before he tosses the squirrel and gathers the sap.
Steward's Dairy Farm
3x10 Leader Vortex Maxflue Revolution pans and steamaway
Leader Extreme 2 RO
2000 vac
45 gravity
Don't boil it more than 5 minutes or it'll be overdone, or throw it away if you're not hungry.
2019-2023 40 to 50 taps to get 8 to 10 gallons of syrup
2018 Built the sugar shack, produced 10.5 gallons (converted some to sugar,& cream). taps varied 45 to 50
2017 Built 2x4 arch for a divided pan, 8.5 gallons from 30 taps increased to 42 taps during season.
2016 Produced 3 gallons & 1 quart Syrup, Block arch & 3 buffet pans, 12 taps
2015 Thought about tapping