Checking what VT sugar makers are doing

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

We can turn the power off and save you even more money

need to do some math but almost positive as is cheaper per KW than GMP right now .
Five o clock somehwrr 3 shots in no lunch and working in sugar house feeling pretty good, need driver for lumber yard

[sjdoyon]

Had another cold week with one morning hitting (-37). Looks like middle of March we might get a few good days to kick things off.

Weather news……..

While most Vermonters slept Monday night, the temperature kept getting colder and colder. Bone-chilling records were set in Burlington and Montpelier on Tuesday morning, as teeth-chattering cold blanketed the state.

Burlington broke a century-old record when the temperature plummeted to minus 19 degrees at 4:09 a.m., said meteorologist Jessica Neiles of the National Weather Service office at Burlington International Airport in South Burlington. The previous low for this date was 18 below zero back in 1914.

Montpelier also fell to minus 19 on Tuesday morning, dropping past the record of 12 below set in 1968.

And if you think negative 19 sounds rough, how must the residents of Canaan and East Berkshire felt? The mercury dropped to minus 37 in both of those northern towns during the overnight hours.

[spud]

Got 800 tapped today. Hoping for another 800 tomorrow. Great day in my new woods I just set up. I am finding some lateral lines with no drops. I also missed some trees here and there so when time permits I will add on. Good tapping weather all week so I should have no problem getting done. The sun is starting to throw off some heat. The season is very close.

Spud

[PARKER MAPLE]

We got most of the RO plumbed in, tanks are off going to be washed. New wire in sugar house is done. Everything is coming together. Headed off to help a buddy tomorrow, then have to be back at it finishing up to odds and ends. Set vac up next weekend then tap.
It's coming time, I think........😳👍

[spud]

Today my son and I were able to get 1000 tapped in 6.5 hours. It was another great day in the woods. We should be done tapping on Tuesday. The sap may run a little on Wednesday if it hits 40.

Spud

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

The sap may run a little on Wednesday if it hits 40.

Spud

wishful thinking spud not going to happen to cold night before

[maplwrks]

Sorry Spud, I think Flats may be right on this one! It's gonna take a few warm days to get things going.

[spud]

Sorry Spud, I think Flats may be right on this one! It's gonna take a few warm days to get things going.

Yea I know, but it does not hurt to dream a little.

[spud]

Another good day of tapping with my son. Tomorrow we will be done tapping with just 500 more to go. This tapping season sure was a challenge but if we have a great season it will all be worth it.

Spud

[PARKER MAPLE]

Another good day of tapping with my son. Tomorrow we will be done tapping with just 500 more to go. This tapping season sure was a challenge but if we have a great season it will all be worth it.

Spud

Good luck spud, your sure right about challenging. 3-4' snow depths isn't easy at all. We have been digging out lines and fixing as I go, wicked tired when I get home. Next weeks weather is looking good, hope there right this time. Washing my pans this week, installing the membranes, rinsing to RO. Setting the pumps and releasers, stil lots to do but this stuff is not to bad.. It will all be worth it in the end if the season turns out well.
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