I finished all of my tapping today, tapping the final 27 taps with drops to pails. I sold the buckets I had, as I was disappointed with them. Some of the pails I dug way down to the ground in the deep snow, so that the drop line was the correct length.
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Today was very sunny and around the freezing mark and some marginal sap was flowing in the lines. Tomorrow will be a hair above freezing. The significant temperature change seems to start around March 14 and I could see doing some boiling by March 17.
I am going to replace the nine buckets I already have up with pails and will do that Thursday.
2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
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2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8” pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.
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