Birch Tapping one Month Away

[KenWP]

Guess I have to tap a few here also.Need to make a couple of liters of syrup for my Moms freind. I want to try the lower sugar method like you suggested last year. 60 brix on a hydrometer works out to 53.5 on the hot scale.See if that will keep it form burnig the sugars as much and make it a little less like molassas.

[BC Birch Tapper]

Well we got about 140 trees tapped today which also included a bit of brushing on the trails. We'll get the rest in tomorrow & collect on Wednesday.
Nice day & the sun had a bit of heat....approx 8 deg C,

[BC Birch Tapper]

Guess I have to tap a few here also.Need to make a couple of liters of syrup for my Moms freind. I want to try the lower sugar method like you suggested last year. 60 brix on a hydrometer works out to 53.5 on the hot scale. See if that will keep it from burning the sugars as much and make it a little less like molassas.

That should do the trick Ken, when your starting to get little bubbles forming on top you should be close. I keep reducing the temperature the closer you get to 60 Deg. If you're doing it on the stove just put it #2 or # 3

[BC Birch Tapper]

Another 120 trees tapped today. Still another 50 or so to go tomorrow and will likley collect as well.
Had a surprise in our field, this morning....a brand new minature Donkey. Very cute.

[KenWP]

So it was a tiney minature donkey then. She who has to be obeyed figures we should get birchs tapped as she likes the syrup to make me cookies.And I hate a empty hibou with a passion.

[BC Birch Tapper]

Yes a tiny minature donkey, all grey & fuzzy with a black stipe down her back. Haven't got a name yet, but extremely cute.
Pictures are on moose meadows farm facebook.

Pulled in 600 litres of sap & kinda lost track of the # of taps but should be pushing 300.
Oh yes and the new steam hood is working wonders. Stops the rain inside the sugar shack

Anyway....Off to bed!

[BC Birch Tapper]

Ran til midnight last night & had to pack her in. Cooler temps today only collected about 250 litres & which give us a chance to catch up a bit. Got the scouts coming over tomorrow moring & my daughter's birthday so I don't mind the repreve.
May not get much flow til Monday if the weather man is on his mark.

it's all good, I don't mind the sleep

[BC Birch Tapper]

temps way too cold & snowing so we're on a break. I don't mind sleeping in actually.
Daughter's birthday, 6 10-12 yr olds, home made pizza, but they're out in the barn so the can crank the tunes as loud as they want.

Had a birch tapping workshop today & a scout troup out as well. Always good to share.

Weather is supposed to warm up in a day or so. It would be nice to get some heat & some flow.

[BC Birch Tapper]

Collected 2700 litres of sap & slowly getting though it. Still cool temps only single digits & freezing every night. Not huge flow yet bu the temps are supposed to warm up. I've been hearing that for 2 weeks, but eventually it will have to happen.

[canuck]

Do you use the same brix count for birch as maple?
Thanks Dave