Eastern Ontario 2019

[paulslund]

I was expecting to come home to a decent sap run yesterday but was disappointed in many of my trees.. The few sugars I have did pretty well (I think one of them gave up 6-7 L yesterday) and a few of the open silvers did well (2-4L), but the bush trees barely gave up 1L. Based on the weather forecast, today's the last day I'll likely see any sap so hoping for a good run. I think I might skip out work early tomorrow to start boiling mid-afternoon..with the temps not going down much below +10 overnight Friday night I don't trust it to not spoil on me for my normal Sat AM boil..and I need every last drop I can get (had a bucket break on me last weekend.. found it on the ground..had about 8L in it the day before ).

[ennismaple]

The sap ran very well late yesterday. Can't get to the camp until early tomorrow morning so it will be a long day tomorrow!

[Run Forest Run!]

Collected other 60L yesterday which brings me to 1405L of sap for the season. Got it all boiled down to nearup which is now on the stove. Looking forward to this afternoon when the temperature will rise above freezing. In the meantime I've got batch #13 to bottle and then I will update my stats.

[paulslund]

Collected other 60L yesterday which brings me to 1405L of sap for the season.

WOW! Nice going Karen!

[MikeC82]

We finished up on the weekend. I pulled the taps and it's still pouring out of the holes. Sad to see - but ran out of time and wood. Only had so much time to collect it. Next year we will tap in stages as some people seem to do and hopefully make things more manageable. On the plus side - the sugar content from our trees was outstanding this year compared to last. We got 75% more syrup from roughly the same amount of sap. Don't really understand that but won't complain!

We ended up with almost 75 liters which should do our four families nicely for the year - as well my mother-in-law's baking.

Thanks to Galena, and everyone else who offered much-needed and helpful advice. Much still to learn. Hope everyone has a great summer!20190411_082455.jpgbottles.jpgimage4.jpg

[Run Forest Run!]

Finished bottling batch #13 and got 7L of light. Batch #14 is finishing on the stove right now. Temps are hovering around freezing and no sap has started to drip at the moment. If it does, my propane tanks are full, the pans are clean and I'm ready to go!

I have updated my signature stats and can't believe how fortunate I have been this year. I am also buying a small freezer to hold ONLY syrup. Pinch me, I must be dreaming.

[Bruce L]

Finished bottling batch #13 and got 7L of light. Batch #14 is finishing on the stove right now. Temps are hovering around freezing and no sap has started to drip at the moment. If it does, my propane tanks are full, the pans are clean and I'm ready to go!

I have updated my signature stats and can't believe how fortunate I have been this year. I am also buying a small freezer to hold ONLY syrup. Pinch me, I must be dreaming.

Glad you’re getting a great year Karen,just wondering about your profile,what are “Freeman Maples “

[Run Forest Run!]

Glad you’re getting a great year Karen,just wondering about your profile,what are “Freeman Maples “

Bruce, it is a cross between a Silver and a Red maple. The saplings that I got were part of a selection of Ministry trees that the Ontario government offered back in the late 80s.

http://reforestlondon.ca/tree-month-freemans-maple

[Galena]

There are quite a few Freemans around here, they make good yard maples. Think they have a high tolerance for road salt and stuff like that. There are a few on a nearby vacant property that I would love to tap, and I have permission to tap them, but am afraid that they would swamp me out like my own trees already do! The trunks tend to look like red and the branches like silvers. I can get some pics.

[Run Forest Run!]

Batch #14 finished; 1.4L of light. Total syrup so far this season 41.12L!