Town meeting day today. The sun is shining and it is supposed to hit 28 here in Northfield. The sugar house and everything else is ready to go. Vote and then today is my day to tap!
Town meeting day today. The sun is shining and it is supposed to hit 28 here in Northfield. The sugar house and everything else is ready to go. Vote and then today is my day to tap!
Perfect! That is the way it should be....
Hawkins Sugar House
Sunapee, NH
2x6 Patrick Phaneuf, raised flu
3 Hp Atlantic Fluids Vacuum
500 taps
I am done tapping. I just looked at the new 30 forecast and VERMONT BIG SAP will start next week.
Spud
Going to start tapping on Thursday.
300 on vaccum
300 gravity tubing
200 buckets
100 hilltop acres
16x20 timberframe sugarhouse built in 2010
3x10 Leader max flue & revolution pans w/ Inferno arch - 2013
1998 Kubota M5400
Northwoods Farm and Forestry on Facebook.
Looks like the season should kick off next week. Might take an extra day or so to thaw out our trees.
Best of luck to everyone.
Originally Posted by spud
I am done tapping. I just looked at the new 30 forecast and VERMONT BIG SAP will start next week.
Spud
3x10 Leader Inferno Arch
14,200 Taps
2 - 14 HP Indiana Vacuum pump
1800gph Lapierre RO
10" Lapierre filter press
2 - 25,000 tap Lapierre releasers
3 - SS 1500 gallon tanks
1 - SS 8,400 gallon tank
8x8 Argo ATV
50k John Deere generator
24'x32' sugarhouse
The old adage seems to be right this year! Ill triple check the extended forecast but, will likely tap this weekend. Good Luck all!
425 trees on Vacuum
Airiblo 3/4
100 buckets
Lapierre Mechanical releaser
L3700 SU
In the last week I have single handedly run 3500 ft of laterals, installed 62 saddles on 1100 ft of mainline on snowshoes on the side of Dutch Hill. Tomorrow I hook up a few more laterals to saddles, and start putting in drops and tapping on somewhere around 200-225 taps I think. Easy walking in my tracks now after trail blazing.....
No problem to be ready for what the forecast shows. Sunny and 40ish on Tues, Wed, Thur after mid 30's on Monday.
Will my new electric releaser/vacuum system in a box work in practice after a good test in the basement? Will I get my extended evaporator completed in one day as I plan?
Will the forecast be true?
Last edited by DoubleBrookMaple; 03-04-2015 at 08:41 PM.
Eric of the Greens... I Fly Solo...
2013-15 Block arch to having it all...
2016...320 on vacuum. 155 gravity, 90 buckets.
All homemade equipment except Smokey Lake pans.
2x6 arch, Electric releaser w/ Gast 1023 24" vacuum
2x4x40 RO w/ dual 265gph Procons
My PWS with webcam... https://www.wunderground.com/persona...READS2#history
KDon't worry. No pressure.
William
950 taps
3 X 12 Thor pans on a Brian Arch
CDL 600 expandable
Turned the vac on yesterday to test the new releaser and make sure all is well and the 150 or so I have plugged in barely ran. Some of the smaller trees were giving up a little sap, but nothing too impressive. But, the new releaser is working well and I was able to leak check one section and get the vac. to 26.5 with a couple leaks still to fix.
Now it is really go time! Looks like next week we are in for a major weather pattern change and we are going to get blasted with some warm air. Let's hope not too warm, but it is time to get ready!
About 750 taps on High Vac.
2.5 x 8 Intens-O-Fire
Airtech 3 hp LR Pump
Springtech Elite 500 RO
14 x 24 Timber Frame SugarHouse
16 x 22 Sap Shed w/ 1500 gal. + 700 gal. tanks
www.littlehogbackfarm.com
big sap coming
A new generation of sugarmaker
Making Syrup with friends on a 2x6 and too many taps
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