Checking what VT sugar makers are doing

[PARKER MAPLE]

Picked up more mainline and wire for tomorrow this afternoon. Man froze my you no what this morning -18. I think all my help is coming back in morning seems that we are making progress. Checked out the RO room this morning all the insulation and heater is keeping it nice and warm. Still need to do the plumbing in there but shouldn't take to long. Sounds like more snow for the weekend could accumulate up to another 12". My plowing customers are going to start hating me soon. Oh we'll pay up or get out there shovel.

[spud]

Looks like another foot of snow for me in the next few days. The race is on to try to beat the deep snow.

Spud

[PARKER MAPLE]

Breaking trails in morning and strapping on the snowshoes

[northwoods_forestry]

Finished up the winter logging in the sugarbush just before the big snows came. Now looking to extend the mainlines and redo laterals for vacuum (Waterhouse sap puller) and set up the new collection tank. Don't plan on adding too many new taps this season, but hoping the vacuum will up production significantly

[PARKER MAPLE]

Finished up the winter logging in the sugarbush just before the big snows came. Now looking to extend the mainlines and redo laterals for vacuum (Waterhouse sap puller) and set up the new collection tank. Don't plan on adding too many new taps this season, but hoping the vacuum will up production significantly

Ian you will absolutely wonder why you didn't do vacuum before now. I don't think I will ever set up a bush now whit out it. It's just like money in the bank. But it's really sap in the tank.... Sorry had to do it lol

Parker

[spud]

Was able to tap 500 more today. Snow is really deep was things went well. Looking to do 500 more tomorrow.

Spud

[PARKER MAPLE]

Man I love being able to read back on the old posts and see what was going on this time last year.

I wonder if Randy has tweaked the helium injection system he was working on?...
Spud how many taps will you have this year?

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

Man I love being able to read back on the old posts and see what was going on this time last year.

I wonder if Randy has tweaked the helium injection system he was working on?...
Spud how many taps will you have this year?

randy is in high gear i hear cleaning up his big sugar woods because of the Dec. storm, guess he lost a lot of trees

yes he is tweaking the HE injection on his system hoping to get as much sap with less trees

[spud]

Hey Flats what is Thad up to? I have not seen him on Trader for a while. I hope when the sap starts running we will hear from Thad, Randy and yourself more often.

Parker Maple it looks like I will have 9000 this year. Once the tapping is done I am adding a mainline in hopes of getting a few hundred more. The snow is very deep 20-24 inches so everything takes longer to do. I too like to look back a year ago to see what we all were doing. I just hope I did not upset General. I have always enjoyed reading his post. He is a great asset to the Trader.

Spud

[sapmaple]

I was wondering how Randy was making out I know his Hubbardton bush got hit real hard. We took a pretty good slap in our Orwell bush Had 60 man hours in just getting stuff off the lines still broken beeach hanging here and there but work around them. Maple trees survived well (thank God) they are a tuff tree! I've been trying to get another 1000 new taps in this year but the weather and lack of help have been a challenge getting close now. I wanted to start tapping next weekend Feb. 14 but temps even here in the banana belt of VT don't look to be far from 0 Sure hope this March is not as cold as last March was!! I always say though every year is different no two seasons are the same that's what make's sugaring interesting