My plan 2022/23

[Swingpure]

I put up the wires for the three new short lines to connect to, and made 14 drops. The other 8 will be drops that fall directly into the pails.

The tubing went easily onto the fittings, in contrast to the last roll I purchased a couple months ago. Having always worked with the blue tubing, the green tubing certainly appeared different. All 14 drops were made from new tubing and new fittings. The other 8 direct drops will be from drops from last year that I had cleaned.

Once again never having done it, when it comes time to clean the nitre from the pan, I will drain all of the sap in the pan into pails and number the pails so that they get poured back into the pan in reverse order, poring them in at the drawoff end of the pan.

I will power wash the nitre off and take the occasion, to power wash the bottom of the pan at the same time.

I will have reversed the pan a couple/few times first to try to remove the nitre before power washing, but as I type this I think in both cases I have to empty the pan, why not power wash it all of the time?

[bigschuss]

Once again never having done it, when it comes time to clean the nitre from the pan, I will drain all of the sap in the pan into pails and number the pails so that they get poured back into the pan in reverse order, poring them in at the drawoff end of the pan.

I will power wash the nitre off and take the occasion, to power wash the bottom of the pan at the same time.

I will have reversed the pan a couple/few times first to try to remove the nitre before power washing, but as I type this I think in both cases I have to empty the pan, why not power wash it all of the time?

I know you've never done it before....thought I'd chime in. I have a Mason 2x4 and boil about 600 gallons of sap each year. In the 12 years I've boiled with it, I've never had to reverse the flow...EVER. I've never had nitre build up. I think that you're going to find it absolutely unnecessary to drain and powerwash your 2x4 mid-season, let alone reverse the flow. It just won't be an issue. I think a lot of information you read online and in the producer's manual applies less to small time hobbyists and more the larger operations.

[Swingpure]

I know you've never done it before....thought I'd chime in. I have a Mason 2x4 and boil about 600 gallons of sap each year. In the 12 years I've boiled with it, I've never had to reverse the flow...EVER. I've never had nitre build up. I think that you're going to find it absolutely unnecessary to drain and powerwash your 2x4 mid-season, let alone reverse the flow. It just won't an issue. I think a lot of information you read online and in the producer's manual applies less to small time hobbyists and more the larger operations.

Thank you! That is helpful!

[Pdiamond]

I like to use canola oil. It works real good for me.

[Swingpure]

I perhaps should have been watching the football games, but it was a very nice late November day here and I installed the three short lines with drops, with no issues. I decided not to tap two trees. I always give them a second look before installing the drops, and with the leaves off, I felt the trees were not healthy enough to tap. I did double tap two large trees, so I still ended up with 22 new taps.

Our snow is in the process of melting, when it comes back, where I had been thinking I would walk the lines twice a month to keep the path to the taps passable, I decided I will try and walk them twice or so a week. Not only will that help to keep,the paths even more passable, but will help me to stay in shape during the winter and will allow me to keep an eye open for any fallen branches on the lines.

[Pdiamond]

Yes, sir its warmed up here also. most of all the snow we got is gone.

[Swingpure]

I mentioned in an earlier post about seeing a TV commercial about Maple Syrup. They are not super special, but it is so rare to see commercials on our favourite liquid. (I guess for some it is their favourite non alcoholic liquid) I videoed them off of the TV. A little funny.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/05cB...WVFyJnTuapHt0A

https://share.icloud.com/photos/00eN...bI3F70p3wimqeQ

[berkshires]

I mentioned in an earlier post about seeing a TV commercial about Maple Syrup. They are not super special, but it is so rare to see commercials on our favourite liquid. (I guess for some it is their favourite non alcoholic liquid) I videoed them off of the TV. A little funny.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/05cB...WVFyJnTuapHt0A

https://share.icloud.com/photos/00eN...bI3F70p3wimqeQ

Thanks for sharing, these are really cute. And in that vein, here's something that's not maple for breakfast. Just heard about it from a colleague from work and made it for Thanksgiving. It was a big hit: https://smittenkitchen.com/2007/11/n...ple-cream-pie/

Gabe

[Swingpure]

Thanks for sharing, these are really cute. And in that vein, here's something that's not maple for breakfast. Just heard about it from a colleague from work and made it for Thanksgiving. It was a big hit: https://smittenkitchen.com/2007/11/n...ple-cream-pie/

Gabe

We have a restaurant near us that specializes in pickerel (walleye) and people come a long ways to eat there. But they also have a Maple Cheesecake that is Orgasmic. It is to die for. If i was on death’s row and got to pick my last meal, this maple cheesecake would be part of it.

[Swingpure]

If you have a raised flue pan feeding into a finishing pan, do you need two float boxes, one for each pan?

I have sent my pan maker a few questions about getting a raised flue pan into a finishing pan versus the divided pan. The two three key questions, are cost difference, expected boil rate differences, and is it worth while to have a flue pan on a cinder block evaporator?

Today I finished restacking my firewood for the 2024 boiling season. I had it stacked in two 6’ tall rows and thought I did a good job, but found it on the ground a few days ago. When I restacked it, I put it into three, less tall rows. All those finely split logs took time to restack.

I have watched some other evaporator videos, mostly to look at the pans, but in almost case I noticed how full they stacked the firebox