So many Favorites - That first big sap flow after you tap
Least favorite - End of season cleanup
So many Favorites - That first big sap flow after you tap
Least favorite - End of season cleanup
Camp Wokanda
Peoria Park District
2023 - 210 on 3/16 shurflo, sap storage shack w/ 1100 gallon tank - 123 gallons
2022 - 210 on 3/16 shurflo, homemade vac filter & water jacket canner - 104 gallons
2021 - 215 on 3/16 shurflo, added 2nd membrane to RO - 78 gallons
2020 - 210 on 3/16 shurflo, upgraded hp pump on RO - 66 gallons
2019 - 150 on 3/16 shurflo, Deer Run 125 dolly RO - 73 gallons
2018 - 120 on 3/16 shurflo, 2x6 raised flue w/hood, homemade arch w/ AUF & AOF - 34.5 gallons
2024 was my 4th year, but my second year of having a significant number of pails and buckets to clean, dry and put away.
This is not my most favorite.
But I also wanted to mention, it is also not my least favorite.
I'm finding that splashing around with a water hose outdoors on the first warm days of the year is not my least favorite at all.
It might help that I only have maybe 20 minutes a day to put towards it, so it's taking over a week but at least I'm not doing it for long.
But it's just nice to be outside.
2024: 28 taps, 7 gallons. RB5 purchased but not opened :-(
2023: 30 taps, 17 trees, 11 properties, Sugar Maple & Norway. 2x3 flat over propane & kitchen finish. ~11(!) gallons.
2022: 9 taps, 5 trees, 4 properties. 3 hotel pans on 3 Coleman 2-burner stoves burning gasoline; kitchen finish. ~3 gallons.
2021: 2 taps, 1 sugar maple. Propane grill then kitchen finish. ~Pint.
All years: mainly 5/16" drops into free supermarket frosting buckets. Some plastic sap buckets hanging on 5/16 sap-meister.
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