Originally Posted by
berkshires
Those are adorable!
Sounds like you've had a bit of sap from a few trees. How much so far? You considering doing a boil yet? See what I meant about things starting slow at the beginning of the season?
Gabe
The only day more than a degree above freezing was last Sunday when I was installing the taps on the line, which took me most of the day, making my way through the deep snow, so some lines did not have much time to run and some trees have not started to run yet. I collected 5 gallons of sap that day. The other two days were just slow dripping and I have not measure that yet. Later this week, the trees should be gushing.
I made three more of the pail frames last night for a total of 8 and will likely make 8+ more today. In the end I might have 24 of them, one for each pail.
As aamoyotte said, storage of them will be the issue, compared to just using rope. Finding a place where I can still dig them out next spring out of the snow where they are stored. If I do make a permanent sugar shack this summer, perhaps they can be stored in there.
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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