Backyard Syrup Enthusiasts 2023

[maineboiler]

Sap still going strong up unto yesterday. Looking like a banner year. Bottled 11 gallons of Amber Rich and should finish and bottle at least 10 more in the next few days. This Nor’easter should shut things down for awhile, which is OK I could use a break

[mainebackswoodssyrup]

Interesting.....I'm not familiar, so fill me in on what can happen. I thought I'd have the day off from maple today, but NO, many of my buckets were full. I had planned on leaving them partially full as ballast during the storm, and empty them Wednesday. I was surprised to see them full. Is that part of the "funny things" you're referencing?

Yes MV, precisely. I don’t know the science behind but I believe barometric pressure with these big low pressure systems plays a role. We pulled all night and still are right now at 33-35 degrees About done but at 3 PM it was ripping. Vacuum also increases a little on our Shurflo set ups. Someone on here can probably explain it, but it has been an observation we’ve made in the past. We will be boiling again Thursday.

[BRL]

Got started late this year and missed that first week of warm weather. Saps flowing pretty good have about 11-12 gallons to run through the press and bottle. Trying to figure out why my new RO isn't working so that's frustrating. Here's a little video from our last boil.
https://youtube.com/shorts/g9tBi3EQrx0?feature=share

[Mvhomesteader]

Thanks mainebackwoodssyrup! You must be right in your observations because I collected another 38 gallons today off the 42 taps. Now I've got two boils on ice, so to speak. Looking like Saturday and Monday for those two. If I keep at this rate of 35 to 40 gallons a day, for me that's a boil equivalent every other day. Looking at next weeks weather, wow! Does it look like a sap flow. I'm relatively new at syruping, but I can't remember a March with so many 40/20 days/nights. My weather shows such a pattern thru the 29th which is the last day I can see. Holy moly that's going to be a lot of sap. If it works out as currently flowing, that's 490 gallons of sap. Even at 2% that's another 9.8 gallons of syrup. In some way I hope I'm overestimating, as I'm not sure I have enough energy to get that done!

[mainebackswoodssyrup]

Same here, ran hard this afternoon. We’ll be over 325 gallons to boil tomorrow. Nice to have a more traditional season for a change. 6-8 week seasons with steady flows used to be the norm. The last 2-3 years have been wacky, this year restores some hope. Certainly looks like great sugaring weather. It would be quite something to get through March without hitting 50 degrees. We won’t quit until the trees do, still liking the long term outlook!!

[mainebackswoodssyrup]

Well I was wrong, more like 440 gallons to boil today. Running hard again today……

[maineboiler]

Nice set up!BRL

[Mvhomesteader]

The odyssey continues! Boil #7 was just under 1.75 gallons from 75 for a ssc of 2.21%. With my yearly total just shy of 12 gallons, and with what was left over from last year, I've met my goal to stay in syrup for another year. Now it's all gravy, so to speak. What I put up from now on is that much less I'll need to do next season.

The collection of sap continues with another 35 gallons coming in today. I expect nothing tomorrow as it will be too cold, but that cold will recharge the trees for Monday and beyond. I expect quite a week. I've got two more boils on ice (150 gallons) one monday and probably Wednesday to keep up.

[maineboiler]

Well done. Next week should be busy, at least to Thursday

[BRL]

Nice set up!BRL

Thanks Maineboiler! Sap ran pretty good over the weekend. Finally figured out what was wrong with my RO I built. I wish I build this years ago! Maidan voyage yesterday only running 1 post right now.

https://youtube.com/shorts/8nW_GJW9KPI