Cold with a few inches of snow is here, might get a few more days out of this
season, I knew it would come back.
Cold with a few inches of snow is here, might get a few more days out of this
season, I knew it would come back.
120 buckets, and 18x48 Dom.Grimm pan, 14X24 preheater pan ;10gph
Snow here also. It is actually getting white on the ground. Now if it goes below freezeing it will help.
maybe 50 taps for 2011
Finally ready to boil when I get enough sap
I just might be crazy.( make that I know I am)
Trees all tapped except the ones with 5 feet of snow.
Enough rabbits to keep Elmer busy..
We've got a foot and a half of the white stuff, if the sap starts flowing again it will be worth putting up with more snow!
After finding the old sugar bush yesterday I wish I could get ahold of another 20 buckets and really push the sugar maples for the few days left of the season. I might have to boil 24-7 but what the hell it only comes once a year.
maybe 50 taps for 2011
Finally ready to boil when I get enough sap
I just might be crazy.( make that I know I am)
Trees all tapped except the ones with 5 feet of snow.
Enough rabbits to keep Elmer busy..
Officially we got 24 cm, about 10", but it blew like ... so we've got bare spots and then 3 or 4 feet. We've had more than 36 hours of freeze so something will start to flow tomorrow. I need to clean and re-hang buckets. Then try to get the new ( new to me ) extractor tank going. See post in vacuum.
Having a bit of fun trying to figure out how it was hooked up and how I should hook it up.
Something is going to flow tomorrow and Thursday. Maybe buddy, maybe good. Hmmmmm Anyone got any firewood ?
Brent we got lots of wood sap has not ran here in two day but thing just opened up at 4pm today collected at 9pm and picked up 320gallons of nice clear sap should be a great weekend!
Mike
2x6 3 Flat Pans Small Brother
with blower
Stainless Steel Evaporator
Home Made Back Steam Hood with pre-heater
600 + Tap
Delaval VP 76 gas powered vacuum system to The Sugar Shack
Restoring and still having Fun!
http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/mikes-maple/
Good to hear you got another flow. We had a flow here to but this morning I had a 4' drift right across the field between the house and the bush. I went to work in a funk. Came home a bit early and the strong sun had eaten way the drift enough to get back and there was a strong trickle into the tank on the pipeline, but the inside of the tank had gone mouldy ... and the wood that is left will not burn hot enough. D O N E
So I split some wood for next year and we spent the night bottling.
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