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    Saturday, March 13th.....Just finished collecting sap from my 50. 21 gallons over the past 48 hours. So there was an improvement but I sure am not bragging. Better temps ahead and a solid snowfall prediction for Monday. Still not seeing buds which is the only good thing to report. Hoping others are doing better. Next report is Monday.
    2019 47 taps and 10.75 gallons of syrup
    2020 45 taps and 21.25 gallons of syrup
    2021 50 taps and 13.5 gallons of syrup
    2022 50 taps and 18.5 gallons of syrup
    2023 49 taps and 18 gallons of syrup
    2024 49 taps and 9.75 gallons of syrup

    56 acres above the Mississippi River in SW Wisconsin
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    Hi Irish Ridge - follow you and Mr. Sugar Maple and Lulu since you're nearby,....I'm actually relieved to hear your sap yields - we have 35 taps and I was expecting a record harvest only to find (and extremely grateful for) 35 gallons collected over the week. The bigger Amish boys the next ridge over said their trees shut down late Mon-Thur last week. Things are flowing now, slow and steady, looking for a good boil Fri-Sat this next week.
    Tom

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    Monday, March 15th.....Thanks for the update Tom. I was curious as to what others are experiencing. Didn't boil this weekend and not sure when I will next. I have 25 gallons of sap buried in snow and hopefully another 25 in the woods. Will probably collect midweek and Saturday and then do one final boil this weekend. If the forecast holds the season is looking more and more like it is pretty much over for me. Each year is certainly different. 7:30 a.m. and snow flakes are just beginning this fine Monday morning.
    2019 47 taps and 10.75 gallons of syrup
    2020 45 taps and 21.25 gallons of syrup
    2021 50 taps and 13.5 gallons of syrup
    2022 50 taps and 18.5 gallons of syrup
    2023 49 taps and 18 gallons of syrup
    2024 49 taps and 9.75 gallons of syrup

    56 acres above the Mississippi River in SW Wisconsin
    43.01N

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    Hi Irish Ridge, The weekend was not very good for us either, as far as sap runs had 200 gal in storage, collected 60 gallons Friday 155 Gallons Saturday 40 gallons from the17 tubing taps. the tubing was running on Friday where as the buckets were all dry.
    12x16 Sugar House 2x6 Maple Pro wood fired evaporator Arctic Cat 4x4 1980 Snowmobile 225 taps on buckets 17 Taps on 3/16th tubing on steep hillside

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    Thursday, March 18th.....Hadn't checked for 48 hours due to the snow. Found 5 gallon pails near overflowing. Sap running the best it has all season. Seeing buds beginning to change shape and color. A very different season to say the least. A check of the weather reveals another good 48 hours at most. The decision has been made to pull taps on our last sap collection which will be Sunday afternoon. A strong last couple of days here will really help in boosting me above my least productive year. Hey Vernon County, be prepared to work this weekend and make the most of it.
    2019 47 taps and 10.75 gallons of syrup
    2020 45 taps and 21.25 gallons of syrup
    2021 50 taps and 13.5 gallons of syrup
    2022 50 taps and 18.5 gallons of syrup
    2023 49 taps and 18 gallons of syrup
    2024 49 taps and 9.75 gallons of syrup

    56 acres above the Mississippi River in SW Wisconsin
    43.01N

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    Boy I found a lot of work on Friday. Check my post out.
    Last edited by Mr Sugar Maple; 03-22-2021 at 07:41 PM.
    12x16 Sugar House 2x6 Maple Pro wood fired evaporator Arctic Cat 4x4 1980 Snowmobile 225 taps on buckets 17 Taps on 3/16th tubing on steep hillside

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    Tuesday, March 23rd....Last report was Thursday - taps flowing well. Friday morning the 24th, a college roommate decides he has to see this operation. A good fire is already underway when he arrives and we go to collect sap. Some trees were easily at 2 plus gallons during the overnight. This task took us until 2 p.m. and then we were able to relax and catch up as we fed the fire. He stayed until 6 or so. I stayed until 9 p.m. or so and then checks every few hours through the night to try and stay caught up. Saturday was just more of Friday. Sap slowed a little but the wind sped up a lot. The decision was made to keep going through the night again. Finished up at 7 a.m. with some daylight. Sunday afternoon we started back up. With a boil on, we also made our last collection of sap, taps, hose, and buckets. Sap was losing the nice clearness and the flow has really slowed. With the warm wet forecast we did not feel bad at all punching out in the woods. Moving on, we finished outside boiling on Monday morning. Today we finished on the gas stove.

    The last week with exceptional sap flows allowed us to make half of our sap in this final week. What had looked like a middle of the pack season turned into our third best year. 50 taps gave us 13.5 gallons this spring. All that is left is the clean up of 65 pails, some pans, and such. An enjoyable season once again.

    Mr. Sugar Maple, I checked out the post. I get tired just thinking of your operation, but it sure sounds fun as well. When you spoke about the long hike up it reminded me of my buddy helping me on Friday. He pointed at a couple of trees with buckets and was going to go get them. I told him, you follow me, we'll do it together. He asked why. When we got to the edge of the ledge and looked down he understood. Takes a special breed to be able to work these ridges. Hopefully the noises have stopped coming from under your cabin. Have a good end of the season.
    2019 47 taps and 10.75 gallons of syrup
    2020 45 taps and 21.25 gallons of syrup
    2021 50 taps and 13.5 gallons of syrup
    2022 50 taps and 18.5 gallons of syrup
    2023 49 taps and 18 gallons of syrup
    2024 49 taps and 9.75 gallons of syrup

    56 acres above the Mississippi River in SW Wisconsin
    43.01N

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