Backyard Syrup Enthusiasts 2023
I know, it's not even 2023 yet, but thought I would kick it off as I started tapping today. Several things at play for me down in Southern Maine: - New Maple gear as Christmas present
- Big thaw and rain over New Years
- Warm January predictions
- Need to wrap up sugaring by early/mid march for family reasons
- General impatience
So this will be a bit of an experiment: We'll see if my tap holes will last me into early March!
2023 - 40-ish taps (25-30 “effective” ones), tapped mostly in New Year’s Eve. 5 gallons of syrup.
2022 - 70 taps - 12 gallons of syrup
2021 - 72 taps ~ 8 gallons of syrup
2020 - 8 taps on droplines into buckets, stove top boil, < 1 gallon syrup
A neighborhood consortium of red maple trees, a renegade group of neighborhood kids emptying 5 gallon buckets, a homemade RO, a 3 pan cinderblock evaporator near the street, and 1 very patient wife