CRM - Wilton 2024
Glad we made the early tapping decision again this year. Caught a nice run over the last three days.......160, 195 + 404 gal. Not happy about the sugar content though, running avg. of 1.5%. I wonder if that's a result of our never ending 2023 rain. First boil was Friday, and after crunching the 355 to 8%, we barely drew off about 1 gal. after sweetening the pan. Longer boil yesterday, and drew off about 7 gal. Golden.
All four Shurflo's are chugging away. Seeing around 21" on the 3/16 tubing runs; and up to 25" on the mainline. Warm day yesterday, so I expect collection will be a lot lower today. Coming up on an extended cold snap this week; probably going to grind to a halt for a few days.
Overall, good start to the season. Hope everyone is off and running.
2017 - 3 taps hanging buckets.
2018 - 32 taps on 5 gal. buckets.
2019 - New Mason 2x4 XL. 80 taps
2020 - Barn / Sugarhouse finished. 125 taps. NextGen 1x40 RO
2021 - 157 taps, 100 on 3/16 tubing w/two Shurflo set-ups, the rest on buckets
2022 - 225 taps. 175 on 3/16 tubing, rest on buckets.
2023 - 300 taps. 261 on tubing, 39 on 5 gal. buckets. Four Shurflo 12V set-ups.
2024 - 340 taps. New SL 2x4 hybrid pan. Added second 1x40 membrane to RO