the sap didn't run much this weekend in lyman. Did anyone in nothern nh have any better results?
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the sap didn't run much this weekend in lyman. Did anyone in nothern nh have any better results?
I tap in sugar hill and on oregon road at the Hicks farm. We tapped 350 by 10:00 Saturday and picked up 125 gallons at 5:00. The other 187 were tapped by 12:30 and ran about 50 gallons. Yesterday I picked up 200 gallons Sap is running about 1.7%. Vacuum is helpful.
30x8 Leader revolution, wood fired blower, steamaway/hood. 903 taps all but 54 on pipeline and 3 vacuum systems. Hauling sap this year with a 99 F350 7.3 diesel dump and of course back up is the Honda 450 and trailer.
no vac this year all gravity pipeline about 200 taps about 70 of them soft maple
here at the house we have 272 on vacuum and over 1/2 of them are reds. A good day and I can get 300 gallons of sap and some have almost no tops just straight poles. I tap them because they are there and not hard to get to.
30x8 Leader revolution, wood fired blower, steamaway/hood. 903 taps all but 54 on pipeline and 3 vacuum systems. Hauling sap this year with a 99 F350 7.3 diesel dump and of course back up is the Honda 450 and trailer.
my soft maples are at home hope to have vacuum next year
Ran Today in Lyman
Just finished up tapping everything except the buckets; about 750 taps total.
Got about 400 gallons of sap in the tank right now that ran today.
First boil tomorrow.
Some of mine are reds also and have poor tops. I tapped twice as many as I planned hopeing to get at least 40 gallons fo sap a week. So far am at about 3 cup fulls from 3 days of running. Today probbably 30 trees flowed and still nothing.
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..
had my first boil of the year today. sap ran Tuesday during the day and night
maybe all the hard work will pay off yet.
hobby gone wild
150 taps
experimenting with vacuum
two old sap sucker pumps
never ending list of wants
rebuilt sugar house 12x16
First Boil Also
First boil today also. 400 gallons of sap but didn't quite have enough to take off.
With a predicted high of 31 deg tomorrow and Friday, it looks like it will be too cold here in Lyman NH for the next couple days, but hopefully the weathermen are wrong and it will be a little warmer.
2012: Probably 750 gravity taps and 50 buckets.
600 gal stainless milk tank.
2 - 100 gallon stock tanks
one 30 gal barrel
50 buckets
3' x 10' Waterloo Raised Flue wood fired evaporator w/ open pans.
12" x 20" Filter Canner
Sawmill next to sugarhouse solves my sugarwood problem
Gather with GMC 3500 2wd Pickup w/ 425 gallon Plastic Tank.
Been tapping here in Lyman NH since 1989 but I've been sugaring since 8 years old in 1968.
Supposed to be colder here also. Wind is blowing a hundred miles and hour so tomorrow will probbably have to hunt down buckets.
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..
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