Originally Posted by
Someclown
With the above 0 temps. and forecasted rain next week that will help thaw things out and get sap flowing. I have a lot of trees in the clay belt so it takes a bit to get them flowing but the ones on rock and sand do start earlier. It takes about a week of above temps. around here to get things moving but last few years have been weird weather as it went from winer to summer quickly
Another good tip before you get boiling is to grab yourself a set of welders gloves to stoke the fire, make adjustments if needed and pick up warm items like pans to move around. On a few occasions when I first started I scrambled a couple times looking for something to pick hot items up and load the firebox with then I was adding wood to the woodstove in the house one day and I always put welders gloves on for that and BABAM, I purchased a second set. They're about $25.
I picked up the welding gloves as you suggested at Canadian Tire. I also made 9 more frames for the buckets, 7 to go.
Today was -3 and snow. The weekend will be cold and snowy, but next week certainly warms up with a few days where the temperature stays above freezing overnight. It will be interesting with all of the snow on the roots if the sap, will still flow those days.
Last edited by Swingpure; 03-11-2022 at 06:54 PM.
2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
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