LMP Maple 2024

[LMP Maple]

Cold day today. Sap not running like I thought it would hopefully tomorrow. I ran a recirculation line for my sureflow today hoping that will get some of the surge out of the pump to coax a little more sap. Was inspected this AM for the quality seal for NH. This is a great program for the cost and helps to ensure that what you are making is the right density etc. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to learn etc. $25 bucks I think. SHOULD be boiling tomorrow but I am so confused this year who knows. 32 right now at my place.

[red maples]

I was inspected when I first opened the sugarhouse like 14 years ago. but never followed through with the seal of NH. Have had Dept of ag. stop in the last few years during maple weekend and regularly enter in the fairs which is checked by the Dept of Ag and anyway and not sure who did yours but when I see Janice she always says yeah your good I see your stuff in the fairs and its spot on...

was much colder than I though it was gonna be thursday night as well. got like 30 gallons yesterday. but with 30*F last night and low pressure system should be good a good sap run I just hope it goes for a while since there are no freezes coming for a few days.

[LMP Maple]

Strange is all I can say about this year. Boiled twice over the weekend. One I did not even RO as it was such a small amount. Today boiled about 80 gallons. Every day that I think it is going to be a big run nothing or close to it. 22 inches at the pump and still not much to show for it. Even with a week of cold temps the recharge just didn't happen. Not really sure what to make of it. Was like the first big run was the one big thaw and that was it. Quite a few smaller runs but nothing to write home about. Also picked up a tick in the woods the other day to add to the fun.
Not sure, no peepers yet but I cant see any more sap this week unless the trees have something planned. I am probably at 10-12 gallons finished syrup or so, I would like to get to 20 but does not look like it is in the cards. I see boiling water in my future for maple weekend......

[LMP Maple]

Not saying its over but not looking good here in Hudson. Pump was on for 4 hrs 19 on the gage maybe brought in 10 gallons...Maybe... I shut down the pump and I will try to fire everything back up after the warm spell. Looks like we may see some freezing temps here by Thursday but marginally cold at best and the long range looks not so good. I guess we take what we can get but this seems awfully short. Maybe the trees will make it though this week.

[LMP Maple]

No Sap and we wait........optimistic that we can get one more run......no peepers yet still need to listen tonight

[CaptT820]

I think if the sun was out this week, we'd be done. The weather is saving us. I collected a fair amount of sap (for us) on Tuesday this week, which was surprising. My cold maples were still running yesterday morning. I think we'll just squeak through on the weather. We really need tonight to get below freezing for several hours. Good rule of thumb for me, if its above freezing for 5 days and 5 nights consecutively, we're usually done. Here's hoping we are not done.

[LMP Maple]

Well that's it for me for 2024. Canned up everything and boiled out the front pan. Made 11 gallons this year. Made every grade except for fancy. I will leave my taps in for a week or so hopefully to get enough sap to flood the pans and let them sit until July or so for the clean up. Not really sure what to make of this year. There were certainly days I thought I would be buried that did not materialize. I'm wondering a bit about my 3/16 lines and the three year drop off but not convinced on that as sap was flowing in the lines with the vacuum just never really hit high gear. The low sugar content certainly did not help matters this year either. I am definitely going to be shooting to tap any time in January next year that we get any thaw as the best run I had was in early February. Had a blast. Made some real nice syrup even though it was not a lot and on the bright side did not have to get any more oil For those of you still in the game keep plugging.

[4 Paws Sugar Shack]

Sad to see you cut it short. This month has been hard. I'm going to leave the vacuum on until Wednesday then we are wrapping up the earliest we ever have

[24 Maple]

Strange year for sure. I managed to get 6 gallons. Lots of ideas and hope for next season. I guess it’s time to call it over. Enjoyed following along with your posts.