Anyone else still collecting

[Evella]

I know there might not be a lot of us in Rhode Island but just curious if people are still collecting. It’s my first year making maple syrup, it started as a little project with my kids. Now I’m obsessed. Started with 3 taps and a couple of buckets. I got 12 gallons of sap. Now I have 19 taps and in the last two days collected over 40 gallons of sap,which I have no idea how I will store or boil down any suggestions would be great. Good luck with the storm!

[BSD]

I know there might not be a lot of us in Rhode Island but just curious if people are still collecting. It’s my first year making maple syrup, it started as a little project with my kids. Now I’m obsessed. Started with 3 taps and a couple of buckets. I got 12 gallons of sap. Now I have 19 taps and in the last two days collected over 40 gallons of sap,which I have no idea how I will store or boil down any suggestions would be great. Good luck with the storm!

the end closing in for RI, not far behind you in CT.

you can buy food grade buckets at Lowes (blue ones are FG, despite the fact they don't say it). Otherwise i've seen some guys use big Igloo coolers (after a good scrubbing)

[Evella]

Food grade buckets and coolers is what I have been doing. I guess I’ll jist have to get more

[BSD]

Food grade buckets and coolers is what I have been doing. I guess I’ll jist have to get more

next step up is a 55 gallon open top drum. then get a food grade liner.

[Evella]

The 55 gallon drum may be the way to go. I bought some more buckets and now have 80 gallons. I have no idea how I will boil it all down in a weekend in just a fire.

[5050racing]

Evella it's amazing how this addition starts and now you find yourself with all this sap and trying to find a way to make syrup it's fun we have experienced what your going thru! I've had to build a reverse osmosis machine that's how bad my addition as gotten! I started with a few trees now not sure but about 50 taps collected about 1300gal of sap this year.i went from buckets to drums now many 275gal tote tanks! Good luck and enjoy what's left of the season!