ok this is killing me again
man what a rollercoaster! got 250 gallons sat..ok good...got 70 gallons sun..ok I can live with that..boiled it all sun and got almost 7 gals of light..nice..woke up this morning to 25 deg temps and rose to 60...240 taps and got roughly 20 gals today..what is up with that???
oh man I just saw the 10 day..only days below freezing at night..tonight and tomorrow..the rest up in the mid 30's for lows...this is not good
I agree and the long range is sketchy at the min.
I didn't boil or even collect last night or tonight.
30x40 Sugarhouse
975 taps here at home. Still have 3-400 to add in.
3x10 Cabin by the Creek evap with "steamaway"
CDL 600 RO
ebayed Sogevac S65
We could stand another snow storm and some cold weather. Most of our orchard is bare. I'm really worried the trees are going to start to bud out soon. We'll just hang on for the ride I guess.
I hate to say it but me thinks the party might be over....but god i hope not..
Last edited by morningstarfarm; 03-08-2010 at 10:32 PM.
I'm surprised you got 25 degrees last night in Plaistow. It didn't freeze last night at my sugarbush in Littleton.
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.
I wanted to see if I was the only one experiencing the weird behavior with the sap flow. I have one strand of 25 trees that gave me 1.5 gallons of sap today, whereas another strect of 25 trees gave me 8 gallons. It was a great day temp wise, so I thought. Also, the weekend was terible too. I got like 15 gallons of sap off of all 65 taps and that is both sat & sun combined. On friday night, I drove by a bank that has the temp displayed just to see what the temp was reading and it was 29 degrees at around 10pm. Then Saturday all day it was extremely warm. Makes no sense from what I was expecting. Anyone know why it's not running?
Last edited by Brian Ledoux; 03-09-2010 at 12:46 AM.
200+ taps (mix of buckets, bags, tubing)
2x6 leader patriot & a 7 x 14 mobile sugar shack
http://s918.photobucket.com/albums/a...aple%20photos/
I was thinking that we were alone with the funny sap flow. We got enough to boil on Saturday but on Sunday the way it was coming in it would not keep up with the evaporator-we always know when the wind blows its not gonna be a good day for sap-at least that is what we think is going on. I'm sure yesterday was not good either.
Hey Tuckermaple good to see you on here!
Oh this just keeps getting better and better...6.5 gallons of sap today...I dont even want to calculate how much per tap that is
don't worry the weathermen aren't always right !!!!!
Should be a good freeze tonight! not over yet...its already 30 degrees here. should get down to 25-27 tonight.
may your sap be at 3%
Brad
www.willowcreeksugarhouse.com
585 or so on Vacuum, about 35 on buckets/sap sacs
Atlas Copco GVS 25A Rotary Vane vacuum pump
MES horizontal electric releaser
2x6 ss phaneuf Drop flue, Leader woodsaver blower, homemade hood
300gph H2O RO
husquvarna 562 XP
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