Cheer up yoopers, only 5-6 weeks till tapping(hopefully). Is this the year we’ll be boiling into May?
Cheer up yoopers, only 5-6 weeks till tapping(hopefully). Is this the year we’ll be boiling into May?
2006 - 12 taps on open fire
2011 - 50 taps new 2 x 4 flat pan + warmer
2012 - 65 taps new 16 x 16 sugar shack
2013- 75 taps and no more, well maybe 85 now
2016-97 taps
1 Lab and my wife's Springer
i will have to use snowshoes & a shovel but i hope to be tapping on 3/15
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Thinking about tapping this weekend as well in the Keweenaw. First I gotta find where I left my sugar shack, dig out the sugar shack, evict any critters living inside, clean all my equipment... we'll see if I get to it! Looks like sap flowin' weather is on the horizon though.
All my life I wanted to make my own syrup. Now I'm livin' the dream!
We tapped 91 trees in the western end of the U.P. And the sap was flowing yesterday. Good luck, but I know you get a little more snow up in the copper country.
Put out 110 taps this weekend. we walked on top for most of the time. used shoeshoes too. some bags have a couple of inches of sap so will be collecting soon. the first few collections probly won't be much fun. on a positive note, i found my trailer and woodpile!
We put in approximately 150 in Saturday snowshoeing was a must.
UPV, where u located in foster?
I'm with Plungerke. I believe you were out there last season.
Got my 38 taps in yesterday afternoon and the sap was already flowing in the south-facing trees. Looking forward to a good week ahead!
All my life I wanted to make my own syrup. Now I'm livin' the dream!