Northern WI

[mike z]

Yeah, and my trail is still drivable.

[mike z]

Ran some today in Ladysmith, collected 180g. from 200 taps.

[maple connection]

Was a good day in mapleland. Everyone in my area had a pretty got run today. I have 140 gallons made with hopefully more on the way. Its pretty hard to work 12 hours at work then try and find time to cook syrup. Oh well it won't last long so I am trying to get as much sap as possible. Two passes threw the R.O. and in the evaporator it goes at about 16.5%. I am loving that, Sunday I got 10 gallons of syrup per hour for three hours I was completely amazed.

[tpatch361]

Collected about 55-60 gallons last night on 45 taps. I have couple of trees not producing much at all. I keep thinking I'll retap elsewhere with those buckets. I just can't do it. I keep holding out that they will let loose.

I processed 60 gallons of sap on a block arch. I am convincing myself more and more that if I'm going to do this that I want a bigger evap. I started at 4:30 with the building of the fire and didn't finish until 12am. Gave me time to grade papers while I tended to the fire.

[Jeff E]

Overall, what are your thoughts on the season so far?
I hope we can hang on and get decent sap for another 2 weeks.
So far it has been decent, but no really big runs at my place.

[driske]

Making 10 gallons per hour on a 2x6!! That would be a rush. You've got it fiqured out. And yes, it has been good locally. Last night was the first boiling we got a nitre development in the finish pan. Maybe the trees are finally waking up.

[Jeff E]

Yea, I saw that shift in the boiling too. I think I will be switching sides daily now to deal with the niter. Time to deal with tougher boils.
My syrup has shifted from MA to DA the last 2 days as well.

[driske]

Haven't been able to make any light this year. Somewhere around half MA and half DA. Flavor is fine. Test average for us. Steady at 2.1%.
I'm thinking we're at 40-45% of our production target goals. Hope Ma Nature agrees.
Will we get 2 more weeks?? Adin Reynolds would have taken that question in the upcoming month of May.
I say .... still lots of snow in the woods. It's possible we could still be gathering the 20th.

[markcasper]

Things don't look good with a 70 degree high predicted this weekend. I am a bit better than 45%, maybe closer to 80% of last year. I made lots of light and medium this year. First year I have made this much light in many moons. I made my first drum of non-recirculated RO dark amber yesterday and was very good. Things look as if they will be approaching the Commercial phase very soon as the white wonders have shown up in the bottom of one collection tank. North side taps that were put in 10 days ago are really clear. Vacuum is our only hope at this point!

[bearair]

We have collected 800 gallons of sap this year, so far. Only made 12 gallons of syrup but lots of concentrate in the pans. If we have another 500 gallons in the buckets this coming weekend we will have collected twice as much sap as we did last year. The forecast makes it look like today might be the last day for buckets to run. Going to be boiling non-stop this weekend and hope to finish up by Monday. Syrup is definitely in my blood!