Tapping in Quebec 2011

[CBOYER]

Collect sap from yesterday and today, some buckets on sunny side overflowed about 200 liters. will boil again tommorow, producing my first 2011 syrup.

[CBOYER]

Boil 4 hours today. lots of friends at the cabane, perfect weather. collect 120liters sap, but no syrup end boil at 6.5deg. Hopefully for the kids, have some syrup left from 2010 to make Tire sur la neige..

[BryanEx]

CBOYER... Quebec has a quota system for maple syrup, yes? What you produce, is it for friends and family or can small producers compete in Quebec?

- Bryan

[CBOYER]

In Québec, private producer can make direct sales to consumer
Maximum size of containers is 5 liters or 5 kg.
You need a Quota to sell sap, ro treated sap and bulk syrup.
any sell to a retailer must be related to a quota.
i personally up now never sale syrup, maybe this year??

[70 Buick]

well got a bit of sap from the nice days on Thursday & Friday
about 25 gaLLONS
Boiled for 4.5 hours & ended up with about 3 litres of syrup, a nice light colour too

Doubt we will get any sap this week, was -10 saturday night & Sunday never got out of the minus, getting 15 cm of snow today & the rest of the week looks too cold in the Laurentians

the following week looks good though

[CBOYER]

Make 5 liters yesterday morning, everything is frozen till monday...Meteo forecast not so good, have to wait up to next thursday io have up temps

[Bernard]

Hi, I'm from Rimouski, we have a snowstorm here today. Heavy snow and strong wind and it's cold, -10 cel. I will give a rest to my maple trees this year, a friend of mine who have 625 taps, have a call to return to the work. I will take care of his sugarbush, for the season. The forecast is better in half of the next week . Hope the sap run. Bernard in Québec

[heus]

Are any of you guys close to Angliers in NW Quebec?

[CBOYER]

Are any of you guys close to Angliers in NW Quebec?

I'm not close, about a 12 hours drive from home, but i have a hunting/fishing camp in Laniel, Temiscaming that is 45 miles south on road 101 fron Angliers in Qc. Hunt Moose there for 10 yrs, (9 in 10 result!), fish Walleye in Teniscaming Lake.

I will probably sold it this spring, since i have another place in north of Lac-St-Jean that is closer, only 7 1/2 hour drive..

[KenWP]

That is one thing I miss in Quebec is going hunting.The course dosn't seem to exsist in english to get a license.I could probbablt challenge the test in french but the course would drive me around the bend. I have deer in my yard and they are safe so far.