Looks like I'm waiting till March this year. All I'd do is make ice. Extended forecast looks cool. Has the makings of a short season. Its the latest I've ever tapped.
Looks like I'm waiting till March this year. All I'd do is make ice. Extended forecast looks cool. Has the makings of a short season. Its the latest I've ever tapped.
Father Son Syrup
Since 2006
200 taps on buckets
2 x 6 Dalliare raised flue
15 x 21 sugarshack
Kubota L3010,Polaris Ranger & Kipor Sap Buggy
A wife that loves me. ❤
Tapping has been on my mind, too. But, as other said, it depends on the temperature so I'm just waiting. My dad says you can only get a good idea on the weather less than three days out. Beyond that, things may change. Thankfully this gives me time to do more work on the sugar shack. It won't be perfect but it will be usable.
Daniel & Eleanor Bliese
Heritage Woods, LLC
SW Michigan
Smoky Lake 2x4 raised flue on Corsair arch
The RO Bucket 80gph Single Post
100 taps on buckets
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North West MI here. (Grawn)
Going to tag the trees that I will have my 50 bag holders on this year by the end of the week. The forecast is looking good for next week to get things started so I may just hang 20 - 30 in the more open areas and see what I can collect.
Latitude:N 44° 50' 25.0463"
Longitude:W 85° 38' 57.8906"
New for 2022 (My 10th year) a 9" CDL Vacuum Filter Press
2016/2017 12' X 16' Sugar Shack 6/12 pitch roof W/ 3' X 4' Cupola.
John Deere HPX 4X4 Gator (Pop's left it to me when he died)
New for 2020 HB10 RO In A Bucket, a game changer.
2015 Purchased 50 used Bag holders.
2016 Purchased a home made evaporator and "everything" that went with it.
20 acre Sugar Bush
We're hoping to put our taps in this Sunday, Feb 20. Forecast shows 34 on Sunday then above freezing in the day all week.
I'm waiting for the rain to go thru the first part of next week in southern Mi. It might thaw things out and knock down the snow a bit. I will tap mid week or towards the end of next week. It's going to take a few days for the bigger trees to thaw out especially.
I am going to start tapping trees later this week. I have this gut feeling that we are going to go from too cold to too warm way fast this year. This is the latest I have ever tapped.
42° 7' 14 N
50-60 Taps
Homemade 2x4 Arch
I do it for fun with family and friends!
We tapped
We tapped some of our trees yesterday in Kalamazoo. We are planning to tap more today.
Drilling today. Looks like couple days on, couple days off.
5th generation
2 1/2 Buckets
815 gravity
2 new flat pans. Back pan now has 16 V's
Rebuilt the block arch 3x12
Homemade pre-heater,steamhood
MES Dolly RO
We put in 10 taps yesterday evening. Today is supposed to be a high of 42 and mostly sunny in our area. We will put in more taps (for a total of 50) but we won't be able to pick up our hood until March 6th. We might try some small-length boils just to get the hang of running our rig for the first few times (and to keep the steam down).
Daniel & Eleanor Bliese
Heritage Woods, LLC
SW Michigan
Smoky Lake 2x4 raised flue on Corsair arch
The RO Bucket 80gph Single Post
100 taps on buckets
My little helper (2).jpgPartial sap bag (2).jpg
I hung 30 of the 50 bag holders I will have out this year and with the warmer temps we are getting here in Traverse City MI area the bags are starting to slowly accumulate some sap. We just need a few more days with the sunshine like we had yesterday to really get things going.
Latitude:N 44° 50' 25.0463"
Longitude:W 85° 38' 57.8906"
New for 2022 (My 10th year) a 9" CDL Vacuum Filter Press
2016/2017 12' X 16' Sugar Shack 6/12 pitch roof W/ 3' X 4' Cupola.
John Deere HPX 4X4 Gator (Pop's left it to me when he died)
New for 2020 HB10 RO In A Bucket, a game changer.
2015 Purchased 50 used Bag holders.
2016 Purchased a home made evaporator and "everything" that went with it.
20 acre Sugar Bush
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