Where I help boil they're @ 1/2 a crop,may have boiled today...was snowed in. Nice visit w/Paul,Serena and Jameson on Sat. Made around 80 Gal. on Sun. not bad for not really having any sugaring weather.Looked @ last years notes and we had a freeze up right about this time last year as well.No light syrup either...we need a nice warm up after this coming cold spell.
I threw in the towel and pulled my taps last weekend. Sap is still flowing pretty good, even though I tapped crazy early. But I just don't have any more time.
2016: Homemade arch from old wood stove; 2 steam tray pans; 6 taps; 1.1 gal
2017: Same setup. 15 taps; 4.5 gal
2018: Same setup. Limited time. 12 taps and short season; 2.2 gal
2019: Very limited time. 7 taps and a short season; 1.8 gals
2020: New Mason 2x3 XL halfway through season; 9 taps 2 gals
2021: Same 2x3, 18 taps, 4.5 gals
2022: 23 taps, 5.9 gals
2023: 23 taps. Added AUF, 13.2 gals
2024: 17 taps, 5.3 gals
All on buckets
gathered 4700 gals of sap on Monday.Boiled, today, made 80 gals. of med today,after plowing 18" of snow
Paul & Serena
Sugaring for over 50 years.
4000+ taps on vacuum
4 Airtech Vacuum Pumps
4 X 12 Force 5 with D&G Pans
Lapierre 1200 GPH RO
www.paulssugarhouse.com
My problem now is that I have no way of getting my sap if/when it begins to flow again. There is just too much snow for my snowmobile. I either need to get out with my snowshoes and start packing down all my access trails or hope for a good rain to condense down the 4' of powder we've gotten in the past 10 days.
16x24 Timber Frame Sugar House
Mason 2x4 Evaporator
90 trees on buckets
that last snow was something else everybody panicked, got 12in in my area of westfield and figured i would go out an open my bush at 620+ ft with dozer thinking there would be 18 in plus.... nope got there and was only about 6 in of snow on the ground go figure that. sap is coming in slow still but it gives me time to rework little things that have overlooked while trying to move forward, its only a matter of time right... before the sap starts pouring , then it will be the " what day is it.... " game till it slows
2x6 leader WSE with AUF, hood,preheater
waterguy RO
leader 16 gal custom water jacketed canner
10 in short stack wes fab filter press
540 taps on tubing with vac & always adding
2- benders running 25" hg from GAST vac pumps
few stainless bulk tanks
1978 chevy 1 ton 4x4 dually
IH T340 dozer with 6-way blade
We really got hit hard up our way. Thought that it would shut us down for awhile.....WRONG!! Stopped this morning and our totes which are burried were 3/4 full.......buckets hardly anything.........so hard to predict.
1st Year Turkey Fryer Guru-10 taps and No Clue
2nd Year Warming Pans on a Barrel Unit-25 taps Still No Clue
3rd Year 2 X 3 Divided Pan on a NEW Homemade Barrel Unit-45 taps Starting To Learn
4th year (2017) Mason 2 X 3 Inside Small Shack-85 Taps I Think I'm Addicted!!
Lots snow in the woods trees didn't do much this week but I grabbed 30 gallons or so
1st Year Turkey Fryer Guru-10 taps and No Clue
2nd Year Warming Pans on a Barrel Unit-25 taps Still No Clue
3rd Year 2 X 3 Divided Pan on a NEW Homemade Barrel Unit-45 taps Starting To Learn
4th year (2017) Mason 2 X 3 Inside Small Shack-85 Taps I Think I'm Addicted!!
Bottled 7 gallons yesterday from what I boiled during the week that puts me at 24 for the year
Just boiled off the last of the nearup for a bit under another gallon. That brings me to a bit over two gallons for the season. Not much, but my priorities were very much divided, so I'm just happy I got to get out and made some darn good syrup. Had my mom up this weekend to help look after the baby. We had some of the fresh syrup on French toast. It was fantastic! And she enjoyed watching the finishing, filtering, and bottling process.
Last edited by berkshires; 03-18-2018 at 01:25 PM.
2016: Homemade arch from old wood stove; 2 steam tray pans; 6 taps; 1.1 gal
2017: Same setup. 15 taps; 4.5 gal
2018: Same setup. Limited time. 12 taps and short season; 2.2 gal
2019: Very limited time. 7 taps and a short season; 1.8 gals
2020: New Mason 2x3 XL halfway through season; 9 taps 2 gals
2021: Same 2x3, 18 taps, 4.5 gals
2022: 23 taps, 5.9 gals
2023: 23 taps. Added AUF, 13.2 gals
2024: 17 taps, 5.3 gals
All on buckets
Made another 2 gallons today from my taps in Westfield
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