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  1. #1
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    Default Eastern Wisconsin

    How's everyone doing in eastern WI. We have 274 gals. of sap. Got our third boil finished today. Got 7 gals of syrup. Should really run this week. Gonna have to go like crazy after work every day this week.
    150 on 3/16 gravity 2018 and 120 sap sacks
    14 x 20 sugar shack
    2014 New custom 2x6 arch "The Firestorm" w/ preheater, AUF & AOF
    Smokey Lake pans and water jacket bottler
    2024 new 2x8 set of drop flue pans and hood from Smoky Lake. Lengthen our arch.
    Just a hobby but seems like more work every
    year
    3 generations working together
    Wife that guards our syrup
    43.74° N

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    I've only got 10 taps in (half in box elder), but managed a half gallon of syrup this weekend. Probably another half gallon by the end of the week.

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    boiled for the 4th time today,tolal of 850 gal so far. have 20 gal of finished going to filter and bottle tomorow.
    Inthewoods Sugar Bush
    22 x 26 Sugar Shack (and growing every year)
    3 x 8 CDL Dallaire cross-flow raised-flue evaporator with hood
    Home-built custom Intensofire arch
    600 taps on vacuum and 300 pails for 2013
    H2O 600 R.O.
    Bernard double releaser
    SP22 vacuum pump
    Golden Retriever named Sawyer
    http://www.inthewoodssugarbush.com/
    http://s628.photobucket.com/albums/u...nersinthewoods

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    Despite the warm weather my trees ran good yesterday. I have a small backyard operation so it doesn't take much sap to get overrun. Hopefully I'll have enough by tonight to make up another half gallon of syrup. The last batch of syrup was already visibly darker than the first boil. I also noticed that the buds on my soft maples are pretty fat already. I'm beginning to wonder if it's going to be a very short season.

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    Gonna make our last boil of the season today! Screwed up and didn't tarp the wood,............and if flippin' snowed about 1".

    Will be getting a late start to boil today, as we have a social meeting this AM, thus out come the work lights!

    This is a sickness.

    Pete

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    Starting yesterday sometime after 1 PM the trees really cranked out the sap. I had to boil all day to keep up. Still not tasting buddy despite obvious open buds on the tops of my silver maples. Anybody else get a good run yesterday/today?

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    Good run today, 100 gals on 60 taps.
    150 on 3/16 gravity 2018 and 120 sap sacks
    14 x 20 sugar shack
    2014 New custom 2x6 arch "The Firestorm" w/ preheater, AUF & AOF
    Smokey Lake pans and water jacket bottler
    2024 new 2x8 set of drop flue pans and hood from Smoky Lake. Lengthen our arch.
    Just a hobby but seems like more work every
    year
    3 generations working together
    Wife that guards our syrup
    43.74° N

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    good run 285 gal on 200 taps at 4pm still running
    Inthewoods Sugar Bush
    22 x 26 Sugar Shack (and growing every year)
    3 x 8 CDL Dallaire cross-flow raised-flue evaporator with hood
    Home-built custom Intensofire arch
    600 taps on vacuum and 300 pails for 2013
    H2O 600 R.O.
    Bernard double releaser
    SP22 vacuum pump
    Golden Retriever named Sawyer
    http://www.inthewoodssugarbush.com/
    http://s628.photobucket.com/albums/u...nersinthewoods

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    I also got 100 gal. My trees also are budding out but still clear sap!!!

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    Well, the sap is still good and it ran good today. Got 103 gals. That makes 732 gals. 12 more than last year.
    150 on 3/16 gravity 2018 and 120 sap sacks
    14 x 20 sugar shack
    2014 New custom 2x6 arch "The Firestorm" w/ preheater, AUF & AOF
    Smokey Lake pans and water jacket bottler
    2024 new 2x8 set of drop flue pans and hood from Smoky Lake. Lengthen our arch.
    Just a hobby but seems like more work every
    year
    3 generations working together
    Wife that guards our syrup
    43.74° N

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