Thanks Les. I have more syrup finishing on the stove that looks like another 8L - but I don't want to jinx it. Dare I think that I could be at, or near, 40L for this year......?
My ratio this year is close to 33:1 with only one small sugar maple in the bunch!
Enjoy your golden harvest for 2019!
~ 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
You sure did well for a bush that is so mixed, Karen! Well done and I hope you get your 40l :-)
Well crunched some numbers and here's what I got so far....318.7l sap made 15.9l syrup. Ratio went from 16.5:1-29.6:1, averages out to 20:1. Have no idea how this last big batch of 114l is gonna pan out (haha yeah I'm funny) but think I'll get 5.5-6+l finished. Stay tuned!
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
All of your sugar numbers are amazing!
As much as I may complain about the weather, sap brix, lack of sleep or my wife what I love most about sugaring is how little control we have over what we get. Makes is that more special if you ask me.
And I’m moving over here. Southern Ontario is a bit of a snoozer.
Are you really moving out this way, Smokeshow? And just curious, would Southern Ontario include Port Colbourne? I have friends there who want to sugar but aren't really set up for it.Originally Posted by Smokeshow
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
Those are nice numbers Gelinas, is that before or after the poor man's ROing. Just curious
LOL actually only made one batch with the poor man's RO - and that one is the pissiest little b*****d of the bunch. Mind it was made from only a one-day run of 22l and change, so maybe that's why I'm getting so much attitude from it. I took off approx 16l straight liquid sweet, 3' sweet trapped in ice, and the last 3l were straight ice.
But I have to spiff it up and make it look less cloudy somehow, or it'll be like the little kid with their finger stuck up their nose during the annual family portrait. Have to do SOMETHING to it to make it behave.
ETA...isn't Gelinas a hockey player?
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
Galena I didn’t mean in the physical sense. Just the thread I post most often in.
I’m in Halton so could be considered central Ontario but I’m on the cusp for sure.
I had a short run. Only collected sap for two weeks, probably could have for a couple more days, but I would have had to closely monitor the sap as it was turning fast.
Adding up the numbers, it looks like I did fairly well.
I finished about 33L of syrup, not counting a couple of boil overs. And what dripped out of the filter, that is in an open jar for immediate use.
Those 33L came out of ~954 litres of sap. Putting me at about 29:1, which is nuts.
I collected more sap than that, but I gave away about 125L of sap. Putting me at about 1080 litres of sap collected, in two weeks, from 20 taps (all sugars).
Hahaha, right
Sorry Galena
I need to find some trees like that
Hehe no probs, better than last year when someone's autocorrect kept calling me Glenda!
In terms of trees...all I can say is that when I saw the listing for me house, the words 'Mature maples' leapt out at me like a flashing neon sign. There were other reasons why I bought my place but that was definitely a factor in its favour!
Plan to leave the spiles in til the weekend, more out of curiousity than anything else. My reds aren't budding yet, adn the sugars nowhere near close to. Yet I was fishing sap moths out of buckets this evening. Not a lot but still. Didn't collect today, thank gawd.
Think I got through about 70l sap today. Plan to wrap it up for tonight sooner than later so I can actually relax. Also, have to work tomorrow so can't stay up til 1am running on Fireball and drips of syrup!
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
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