How's everyone season going up north?? Has been for a good season, or not so? Curious if everyone is reaching their goals and averages as far as syrup per tap??
How's everyone season going up north?? Has been for a good season, or not so? Curious if everyone is reaching their goals and averages as far as syrup per tap??
18x30 sugarshack
5100 taps high vac
3x10 inferno with steampan
7'' wes fab filter press
10'' cdl air filter press
D&G 3 post reverse osmosis w/recirculation
Well winter has come back to us . Syrup season here was stop and go all spring but am happy with the end result had about 130 taps and got 135 l of syrup so I guess that's not to bad also haven't boiled in two weeks. Just got to get things cleaned up and ready for next yr.
It's been stop and go here for me too. In reality, more stop than go. This ice/sleet/snow storm is not helping.
~ Karen ~
2012 - 10 taps, 1 turkey fryer - 169.5L sap 4.2 L syrup
2013 - 23 taps, 2 turkey fryers - 748.5 L sap 17.56 L syrup
2014 - 22 taps, 509 L sap 12.5 L syrup
2015 - 28 taps, 1093.75 L sap 25.1 L syrup
2016 - 25 taps, 1223.5 L sap 28.25 L syrup
2017 - 21 taps, 518.5 L sap 12.7 L syrup
2018 - 28 taps, 2 turkey fryers & Denali 3 burner propane stove - 798L sap 16.9 L syrup
2019 - 28 taps, 1409.5L sap 40.12L syrup
Sugar, Norway, Manitoba, Silver and Freeman Maples
I'm in the northern section and this years sap season has been a complete bust. We've had a few day here and there of sap flow followed by several days of freezing or near freezing or snow. I normally have my first boil late March and get 4-5 weeks of "spring run" We are now halfway through April and I've not boiled once. The small amount I did collect has been in frozen storage and probably not worth boiling. (and by "frozen storage" I mean outside in barrels)
Currently looking out my window I see the freezing rain and ice pellets changing over to snow.
2016 - 90 taps and a brick lined oil tank arch (60L of syrup)
2017 - 100 taps (60L)
2018 - 60 taps (12L of syrup)
2019 - 75 taps (22L of syrup)
2020 - 75 taps (25L of syrup)
Around Lac Mégantic, we have made syrup in February, and it is start-and-go since. About 1/3 of usual crop, still have snow on the ground, freezing rain last night....
Around Montreal, they had a good season, almost finish, in east part Bas-St-Laurent they only start the season !
200 Buckets 2015
14 x 16 Cabane à sucre
2 x 5 Cantin evaporator
For southern and eastern Ontario the season has been good.
Central and more northern parts of the province have struggled to get enough sap to boil. Sugar bushes 15 miles apart have seen significant differences in yield due to the unseasonably cold spring.
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4,600 Taps on vacuum
9,400 gallons storage
3 tower CDL RO
3.5'x14' Lapierre Force 5
Twitter & Instagram: @ennismaple
www.ennismaple.com
Hasn't been so great in my part of Central ON. Gathered on Fri for the first time without 2 inches of ice in the buckets. Talked to a guy on gravity pipeline and they have only boiled down once as their lines were frozen most of the season. I'm too new at this to tell for sure but I think the sugar content is higher this year than last in the sap I have been able to gather. Seems less boiling for more yield. Should be another run this weekend if I can get back into the sugarbush, we got a foot of heavy snow last night. Oh well, no buds yet lol
Rob
2017- 75 taps 21 liters of syrup, 20x48 sugar shack
2018- 150 taps 35 litres syrup 2x6 Lappiere evap, Auf, steamhood
2019- 200 taps?- 150 on buckets- 50 on 3/16- the 3/16 still in the box due to time and weather this year- 43 liters syrup- tapped for week and a half
2020- 204 taps- 170 buckets- 34 3/16 gravity tapped March 19th
Kawasaki Mule Pro FXT SXS on Tracks- sap hauler
Wife and kids who like sugar’n almost as much as me.
Sounds like everyone is suffering from the ole polar vortex this year. When it's cold it's too cold and when it warms it gets warmer, can't win.
18x30 sugarshack
5100 taps high vac
3x10 inferno with steampan
7'' wes fab filter press
10'' cdl air filter press
D&G 3 post reverse osmosis w/recirculation
4,600 Taps on vacuum
9,400 gallons storage
3 tower CDL RO
3.5'x14' Lapierre Force 5
Twitter & Instagram: @ennismaple
www.ennismaple.com
I had to shut down two weeks ago. Had a fantastic year but I was getting low on wood and I was getting tired of the long boils. The trees continued to run well for another 10 days.
2'x4' Smoky Lake Hybrid Pan
Copper parallel flow preheater & hood
17'x12' Sugar Shack
130 taps
Two chocolate labs to help collect sap
Brookfield, Nova Scotia