Eastern Ontario 2024

[Maplelane1]

Up in our neck of the woods, Staples, was boiling too. I imagine that for larger producers you have to make hay when the sun shines, so to speak.

So was Sandy Flats....

[Maplelane1]

Well I pulled the trigger and tapped all lines today but did not connect them to vacuum. They’re running, slowly but they’re running ! Getting ready for next week…forecast looks promising.

[Vandy]

I am still waiting, but prolly should have tapped yesterday.. 14C tomorrow

[limestone]

We tapped our bush yesterday and had a decent run today. It got to +7 with full sunshine thisaft a great day to start the ‘24 season.

[Maplelane1]

It ran a bit yesterday... But this morning our taps that are on tubing/vacuum are flowing quite well. Tested some sap on Sunday and was seeing 2.5%. Not bad ! Cold snap coming wed through friday. May have enough after tomorrow for first boil.

[Coatesy]

Letting a few trees chill this year. Put in 21 taps yesterday pulled 39L sap this morning ing and buckets almost 3/4 full again today.

[Bricklayer]

Finished tapping yesterday. Spent hours today chasing down leaks and more deer chews. Problems with an electric releaser. Etc.
This is the first time I’ve ever ran my vac pumps all day and all night in February . Just came back from checking on them and sap is still comming in strong.
Beautifull night to be walking in the bush.
Looking forward to Thursday’s cold snap so I can get caught up with other maple related stuff. Been such a crazy quick start to the season.

[Maplelane1]

Well here you go, Bricklayer, the cold snap is here and boy did it roar in like a lion. Temps here dropped from +11 at 2pm to -1 by 3pm. And the winds ! We were frantically pumping sap from our holding into head tank yesterday - sap was freezing, a tree fell not more than 30 meters from me but, we got er done. Set up the evap later today and hopefully boil tomorrow. Weather is looking good for another run over the weekend...

Crazy season for sure.

[Vandy]

I am 60% tapped between Tuesday and Wednesday. Some buckets tapped Tuesday were full last night. Making ICE today and will use for sap storage over the weekend.

[Big_Eddy]

We tapped last Friday. 160 buckets +/-.
Sap was streaming down the trees before we could get the spiles in. Saturday was frigid so we went hiking. Collected a 100 gallon tank full of ice blocks Sunday, then another 100 gallons or so sap between Monday and Tuesday.
Today’s goal is to get to Sugar house cleared out and the evaporator pans connected together and start boiling.
Today should be a good sap day. The forecast going forward is too warm though, and without any snow in the woods, there is no chilling effect to help. Of course the forecast changes daily, so there is hope.