Today was the first day where I had sap running in a line that I tapped in December, and also two lines that I tapped a couple days ago, all draining into the same barrel. It was a good opportunity to see how the sap was flowing from taps 7 weeks old versus two days old. The 7 week old taps ran as well or better than the new ones. Not a scientific method, but I compared the drop rate of the lines.
We will have to see how they are flowing two weeks from now.
Today was a day I thought the sap would be racing, where it would dribble a steady stream out of the tubes, but they only dripped. I am not sure if that is because it is February, or just some days are like that.
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.
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