Today was +1 and the sap flowed a little bit. I love seeing it flow in the lines. So all 111 taps are in.
I replaced my last nine buckets with drops to 5 gallon pails. I added weights to all of the lids on the 24 pails (36 taps) and remembered to drill some small holes in the pails to allow air to escape when the sap flows in.
Next Wednesday March 16, if the forecast holds, the sap should be gushing for several days. That is when it will become very real.
I am going to finally test my RO Monday and get the evaporator all ready. I hope to be boiling on 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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