Southeastern WI Tapping

[gatzow]

Collected another gallon per tap today to keep the boil going from yesterday. A couple trees look like they are getting there but most of my Forrest trees look really good yet. Sap is still clear and tastes great. Sand looks to be bad but I’m gonna keep chugging away. I have plenty of wood since the year sucked so bad so I might as well try to use some of it up! Next 3 or 4 days look “right” but who knows at this point. Should be at 60% of last year after todays boil.

[WI Sugarpop]

We did our last boil today. Will finish everything in the evaporator tomorrow and clean up and be done. Should have 75+ gals of syrup.

[1arch]

Perhaps the spring peepers theory has been debunked this year 🤔

[WI Sugarpop]

I think you're right, we haven't heard them yet.

[WI Sugarpop]

Is anyone going to the open house at Smoky
Lake next Saturday and also Plymouth's Maple Festival?

[1arch]

We are going to be at the Plymouth maple fest. We have an Arch Solar booth there. Stop in and say hi.

[Super Sapper]

Is anyone going to the open house at Smoky
Lake next Saturday and also Plymouth's Maple Festival?

I will be at Smoky Lake.

[Super Sapper]

Smoky Lake will have a filtering demonstration this Saturday. They asked me to bring my products again, so I will be there.

[littleTapper]

Going to fire the thread up for another year. Hopefully a moderator can remove 2021 from the thread title.

Hope everyone is getting ready! I've been busy and am ready to get running tubing soon. Adding in another property; so that made for a few changes. Should add in another 35-40 taps this season; all sugars on 3/16. The new property will run into a shurflo to push back up to a tank near the road so I can easily collect. Got a leg tank for my trailer to haul sap from both remote places. Also switching from a single 55-gallon drum to a tank for collection at my original remote place, so I can go more days between hauling sap back home.

Also found a nice 300 gallon milk bulk tank for sap storage at home. Using my old IBC for more RO permeate storage. Also running new lines at home on my flat ground to make things a bit more simple and hopefully work a bit better.

And, for now before the craziness hits, we decided to remove all the carpet from the upstairs of our house (4 bedrooms, hallway, stairs) and refinish the oak floors underneath. One room at a time. I don't think I'll have that done before maple season, but it keeps me busy along with work and running the kid to robotics team stuff, and trap shooting for him starts soon....ugh.

[DrTimPerkins]

Going to fire the thread up for another year. Hopefully a moderator can remove 2021 from the thread title.

Took out the "2021" from the thread title.

Best of luck with the 2025 season.