The kids were skating on our back field yesterday. We put in about 30 taps yesterday with mostly dry holes. We will finish this afternoon to be ready for this week.. Still too cold...
The kids were skating on our back field yesterday. We put in about 30 taps yesterday with mostly dry holes. We will finish this afternoon to be ready for this week.. Still too cold...
Batch boiling 100+ taps on my homemade AUF arch
Family of 7 that puts syrup on everything
As it's going to be a slow day today I figures I'd catch up on record keeping from last year...and am somewhat astonished to see that my official total of 801l gathered last year is wildly off...apparently by almost another 20l!! So am going to finish wading through all those daily figures til I can figure out what I missed before. Then will run a test fire in the new sugar shack :-)
Been tapping since 2008.
2018 - 17 taps/7 trees...819l sap, approx 28l syrup
2019 - 18 taps/8 trees...585l sap, 28l syrup...21:1 ratio
2020 - 18 taps/8 trees...890.04l sap...gave away about 170l, 30l snafu'd....23l total for me from approx 690l
2021 - 18 taps/8 trees...395l sap, 12 l syrup
2022 - 18 taps/8 trees....7 sugars 1 red due to #2 having surgery so had the season off....582l sap, 18.5l syrup
2023 - 18 taps/8 trees...all sugars again. 807l sap, so far approx 14l syrup
Too much snow and ice in the bush yet for sap to run,got another mainline tied up today,will get laterals hooked to it tomorrow if it stays too cold for sap to run
7th generation maple producer in sugarhouse built in 1892
2x World Champion Maple Syrup Producer
1250 taps on cv adapters
Leader Vortex 3x14 with Max Flue and Revolution Syrup Pan,Enhanced Steam Away
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Had our first boil yesterday. 100 gal of sap from 110 taps. 2.75% sugar. Pans are sweet now. Still have 20 taps on tubing that went down over the winter and froze into 4” of ice. Will put them in if they thaw out in time.
Mark2'x5.5' homemade evaporator
10'x12' sugar house, 8'x12' wood storage
100 taps
Anddddddd I have poison ivy for the first time in 2019 lol, and only got 20 L sap today.
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2018 28 tree's, 32 taps... 1206 L collected, 19.6 L Finished
2017 14 trees, 16 taps... for now465.5 L collected, 10.5 L Finished
2016 26 trees, 38 taps... for now
2015 7 Trees, 7 Buckets
2014 13 Trees,9 Buckets,5 Water Cooler Bottles,1 Turkey Fryer,ended up with 12 L syrup,light to very dark color
2013 9 Trees ,13 taps and buckets,1 Turkey Deep Fryer,Close to 15 L of syrup , light to dark color
So, you are 'starting from scratch' again this year? Try the chicken, I'm here all week.Originally Posted by BrutemanAl
Sorry to hear about your misadventure so early in the year Al. I can't imagine!
~ 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
Poison ivy in March...that must be one hellaciously stubborn poison ivy patch you got there Al! Get some dock leaves! :-)
Been tapping since 2008.
2018 - 17 taps/7 trees...819l sap, approx 28l syrup
2019 - 18 taps/8 trees...585l sap, 28l syrup...21:1 ratio
2020 - 18 taps/8 trees...890.04l sap...gave away about 170l, 30l snafu'd....23l total for me from approx 690l
2021 - 18 taps/8 trees...395l sap, 12 l syrup
2022 - 18 taps/8 trees....7 sugars 1 red due to #2 having surgery so had the season off....582l sap, 18.5l syrup
2023 - 18 taps/8 trees...all sugars again. 807l sap, so far approx 14l syrup
Hey everyone!
Good to be back on the forum reading everyone's post.
We're just getting started as we spent March break up at the cabin.
Set two "test spiles" yesterday to see how one of the maples was making out. One taps was dripping about a drop / 2 seconds the other was barely doing anything.
Today, after the kids head off to school, I'll get the rest of the the spiles in and buckets hung.
Then onto the evap.....we'll get it out of storage, in position, gravity tank installed and then give it a good clean boil so we're ready to go.
Bumping up to 14 taps this year, 1 or 2 will be on Norway maples so we'll see how that turns out.
Good luck everyone!
2022 - 21 taps: 470 litres of sap / 15.75 litres of syrup (stopped season short)
2021 - took the season off
2020 - 20 taps: 524 litres of sap / 18.75 litres of syrup
2019 - 14 taps: 416 litres of sap / 15.25 litres of syrup
2018 - 9 taps (309 litres) + a generous neighbour (114 litres): 423 litres of sap / 14.5 litres of syrup
2017 - 4 taps: 55 litres of sap / 1.5 litres of syrup (just enough to get us hooked)
www.fort-wisers.ca
Oh man..that sucks! Sorry to hear that. I have heard that poison ivy never sleeps.. I guess that's what they mean.
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2023 -30 trees -24 vacuum, 6 buckets. ~1,845 L sap; Syrup count: 49.25L
2022 -30 trees -24 vacuum, 6 buckets. ~1,530 L sap; Syrup count: 48.65L
2021 -29 trees -23 vacuum, 6 buckets. ~1240 L sap; 34.5L of syrup
2020 -30 trees 32 taps. ~900 L sap; 27.1L Syrup.
2019 -27 trees 31 taps. ~725 L sap; 22.2L Syrup.
2018 -19 Trees 20 taps. ~750 L sap; 18 L Syrup
2017 -4 trees 4 taps. ~60 L sap; 1.5 L Syrup
Wow Al, that's terrible about the poison ivy! I didn't even know it was a possibility this time of the year, now I'll know to be a little more careful.
Got the remainder of the spiles and buckets up just now, 14 in total, a few were dripping at a decent rate already.
Fingers crossed!
2022 - 21 taps: 470 litres of sap / 15.75 litres of syrup (stopped season short)
2021 - took the season off
2020 - 20 taps: 524 litres of sap / 18.75 litres of syrup
2019 - 14 taps: 416 litres of sap / 15.25 litres of syrup
2018 - 9 taps (309 litres) + a generous neighbour (114 litres): 423 litres of sap / 14.5 litres of syrup
2017 - 4 taps: 55 litres of sap / 1.5 litres of syrup (just enough to get us hooked)
www.fort-wisers.ca
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