Decided to hold off on tapping in with the forecast change. Maybe next week now.
Openwater don't under understand the HWW?
Decided to hold off on tapping in with the forecast change. Maybe next week now.
Openwater don't under understand the HWW?
collected 13 gallons of sap this afternoon from drops into buckets
2020 - 1st year - 13 black walnut taps - 4 bottles syrup
2021 - 50 taps, 22 black walnuts/28 red maples - 4 gallons syrup
2022 - 54 taps, 11 black walnuts/41 red maples, 20 on solar shurflo vacuum - 8.5 gallons syrup
2023 - 47 taps on 45 red maples, 43 on solar shurflo vacuum
Collected 18 gallons today. 2.0% sugar on both the walnut and maple sap.
2020 - 1st year - 13 black walnut taps - 4 bottles syrup
2021 - 50 taps, 22 black walnuts/28 red maples - 4 gallons syrup
2022 - 54 taps, 11 black walnuts/41 red maples, 20 on solar shurflo vacuum - 8.5 gallons syrup
2023 - 47 taps on 45 red maples, 43 on solar shurflo vacuum
Maybe I should have tapped LOL
I think I made a mistake! Thursday I checked my one main line and it was running fairly well.
The forecast here for yesterday wasn't too promising, although it turned out to be really sunny and nice.
I hesitated and didn't hook up my tanks in the morning, thereby loosing a pretty good run. This morning
I set out my barrels and hooked up my cage tank that has 100 taps running into. It will run some today but
after that, it looks like a week of Antarctica here. Whatever runs in the tanks now will keep until we get into serious
sap weather.
115 red maples on vacuum
100 taps on 5/16 gravity
35 taps on 3/16 gravity
50 taps on shurflo vacuum
about 60 buckets on giant roadside sugars
neighbor bringing from 45 taps
30'x 8' Aof/Auf Evaporator
Homemade 125gph Ro
Lots of Homemade Equipment!
http://s848.photobucket.com/albums/a...%20Sugarshack/
Good day today - collected 27 gallons.
Got 18 gallons black walnut and 40 gallons of maple, total, to boil tomorrow.
First attempt using the RO5 and first burn in the evaporator. Hoping to be done by gametime.
2020 - 1st year - 13 black walnut taps - 4 bottles syrup
2021 - 50 taps, 22 black walnuts/28 red maples - 4 gallons syrup
2022 - 54 taps, 11 black walnuts/41 red maples, 20 on solar shurflo vacuum - 8.5 gallons syrup
2023 - 47 taps on 45 red maples, 43 on solar shurflo vacuum
Caught between a glacier and an iceberg! Looks like favorable weather starting next Friday.
115 red maples on vacuum
100 taps on 5/16 gravity
35 taps on 3/16 gravity
50 taps on shurflo vacuum
about 60 buckets on giant roadside sugars
neighbor bringing from 45 taps
30'x 8' Aof/Auf Evaporator
Homemade 125gph Ro
Lots of Homemade Equipment!
http://s848.photobucket.com/albums/a...%20Sugarshack/
Got out into the woods today to start preparing for tapping. I'm planning to start drilling on Thursday and finish on Saturday with the help of my son, grandson and some friends.
I'm near Kittanning which is right in the middle of the western half of the state. The forecast here calls for highs in the the upper 30s every day next week, starting on Monday, and I want to be ready.
680 5/16 taps on gravity
red and sugar maples
2 Homemade ROs
Stovetop evaporator
Filter press by Daryl
Star San Tube Pump
Drying rack for hydrometer
Loves tapping in snow
North Central in Tioga County and we are getting more snow and ice. Probably another 15 inches of snow by this weekend. I won't be able to tap till this weekend at the earliest. Only had 1 day over 32 this month so far and most nights in the teens.
Just over the hill from PaddyMountain. We spent monday tapping our mountain Red Maples. We still have our lower woods of Sugars to tap and hopefully can squeeze that in Saturday. Got home from work a little early today and hiked up the mountain to fix some leaks. Four wheeler has no interest in getting us close to the teees. Went from 8" to 21". Alot of mainline still under snow. That crust was a bear but that was a great time in the woods. Ice falling off of trees as the wind kicked up and rolling 100s of yards down the mountain on the hard crust. Occasional limb falling kept you alert. I haven't had that good of a time in the woods in a while.