Originally Posted by
Biz
I will call this the "mid season update" Feb 23rd, with the cold weather setting in. Sometimes we have not even tapped by now! But so far we have made just over 30 gallons on 3000 gallons of sap, over 50% of last year's total. Most ever by far at this point in the season. We normally run through early April so it will be a very long season. Sugar content has not been stellar as you can see. We have about 300 taps now but 100 of those have only been in for the last week. Now we finally get a break to fix some problems...
Dave
I know, right? Normally I get 1 to 5 gallons per tap in February. This year so far I'm over 11! That's on buckets! What a crazy year.
GO
2016: Homemade arch from old wood stove; 2 steam tray pans; 6 taps; 1.1 gal
2017: Same setup. 15 taps; 4.5 gal
2018: Same setup. Limited time. 12 taps and short season; 2.2 gal
2019: Very limited time. 7 taps and a short season; 1.8 gals
2020: New Mason 2x3 XL halfway through season; 9 taps 2 gals
2021: Same 2x3, 18 taps, 4.5 gals
2022: 23 taps, 5.9 gals
2023: 23 taps. Added AUF, 13.2 gals
2024: 17 taps, 5.3 gals
All on buckets