Tapping nova scotia 2011

[captnsteve]

Has any one started tapping in nova scotia?

[captnsteve]

any fellow maritimers on here the weathers starting to look favorable for next week

[sniperdodo]

Yup, I am here in Moncton. Looks like this is the week but then next 2 weeks are seasonal so I probably wont tap until the first week of march. Mostly because I am not quite ready yet

[captnsteve]

tapped 60 so far little bit flowing hopefully get a little run starting thursday

[captnsteve]

is there another snow storm today in new brunswick you guys have been hit hard this year

[sniperdodo]

Its been more than a decade since I have ssen this much snow. Another 50 cm in the next week ofrecast too. I hope spring doesn't hit to fast because by the time the tree thaws (8' of snow around it right now) it will be budding.

[Maplepro]

Spent the weekend digging out 5500' of main line and haven't even started to look for the 5/16 yet all i can say is holy snow. looking like we will be tapping by next weekend as long as we doing get to much snow.

[sniperdodo]

Looks like our season will be starting in another week or two. Can't wait to try out my new gear. This is my first year with lines and I made a sap puller that seems to work fairly well (holds about 12" of mercury). My new pan should be ready to pick up next week as well. I'll post some pics once everything is set up, Im sure the homemade sap puller will make you guys smile

[Mariner]

Tapped 370 yesterday after digging out some of the lines, all is well and the sap was trickling. expect decent flow today, -9 last night and beautiful sunshine today with positive temps. every thing has been washed just have to replace the chiminey on the evaporator today and were all set. Today even feels like a spring day.

[sniperdodo]

Wow, thats great news, I didnt think sap would be flowing yet. I think I will set up a bucket tonight afterwork. Thats a pretty nice sugar shack, what are you using for an evaporator