Tapping nova scotia 2011

[hotdog]

How's it going Darrell.We are finally getting some sap I hope our season goes for a little while.It would be sad to see it rap up quickly.Looked at your new hood,it looks good has it helped your evap rate?I just got in from getting sap we got about 100 gal today.I will boil tommorrow morning.Looks like it might be a good week.Not sure if you know but there is another bottle supplier in burnside called RICHARDS PACKAGING.They don't have a minimum purchase.I bought my bottles there this year.Talk to you soon.

[maplesyrupstove]

Having a great week, sap run good.Got it all finished today. Cold didn't run much today.Filter 2 batches so far,syrup looks good so far.New hood works great ,run around 175 to 180 degrees.Lost my camera in a tote of sap, it don't work anymore. Darrell

[hotdog]

Darrell,the heigth in my fire box for the grates to the bottom of the pan is 14
".Hope this helps.We had a couple of good days this week to.How is your syrup,ours is quite dark this year.

[captnsteve]

anyone getting ready to pull the plug looks like the trees are starting to bud in this end of the province

[ksmeagher]

I am up on the north shore (Chapman Settlement) we got 10 cm of snow yesterday and last night, still a couple of feet of snow in the woods in spots. We boiled 70 gallons of sap off Saturday and 30 gal. on Wednesday and it started running again this afternoon. There should be one good week left then some small runs after that.

[Maplebrook]

We've been busy here in Elmsdale. Last week we had 500 litre runs for 3 days straight. Emptied the tanks last night at 11. Enjoyed today off! Runs will peter out now. We'll see what tomorrow brings...

[captnsteve]

wow 500 liter runs thats awsome only had 300 liters in the last 3 days i figure its just about done around here

[Maplebrook]

2011 Statistics - 5335 litres of sap collected;103 litres of syrup made;ratio 52:1
Best year in our 11 years for us!
Hope everyone else did well this season!
Now onto clean-up
Darren