been boiling all day back is too sore to bottle tonight will finish this batch tommorrow and get it in bottles. yesterday line trees ran scary fast today was slow
my bucket trees suck this year except the tree with poison ivy LOL 3/4 5ga pail a day while others are 3-4 inches
Were is the best place to buy bottles in sw ontario ?
Originally Posted by js4fn
Homeschooling mama to 8
2010-30 taps, steam pans on a fisher grandma bear woodstove outdoors. Bottled 18.5L
2012- 70 taps - 20L
2013 - 70 taps, 3 steam pans on concrete block arch. 50L
2015- 70 taps, 50.5L, 3.3lbs accidental sugar
2021 - 120 taps, new-to-me 2x5 flat pan with a cast iron arch atop a brick firebox.
Jakemans, although they really don't have much selection anymore.
Shrunken producer
750 taps on vacuum to 100 buckets
30" x 8' leader pans on rebuilt d & g arch
Blower preheater
Bottled 3rd batch this morn if any of you need a sticky mess maker with syrup i'm your go to guy work cheap and fast at it ...
who knew that valve wasn't closed
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What's with so many of us dumping syrup this year? hahaha I still have to take off the baseboards to get the syrup that ran under there.
~ Karen ~
2012 - 10 taps, 1 turkey fryer - 169.5L sap 4.2 L syrup
2013 - 23 taps, 2 turkey fryers - 748.5 L sap 17.56 L syrup
2014 - 22 taps, 509 L sap 12.5 L syrup
2015 - 28 taps, 1093.75 L sap 25.1 L syrup
2016 - 25 taps, 1223.5 L sap 28.25 L syrup
2017 - 21 taps, 518.5 L sap 12.7 L syrup
2018 - 28 taps, 2 turkey fryers & Denali 3 burner propane stove - 798L sap 16.9 L syrup
2019 - 28 taps, 1409.5L sap 40.12L syrup
Sugar, Norway, Manitoba, Silver and Freeman Maples
oh come on you know syrup is good on Everthing!!
GOOD GRAVY THINGS ARE MOVING!
I'm getting 2+gallons per tap per 24hrs over the last three days! I'm boiling like a banshee to keep up!
Collected 57 gallons from 56 taps so finally got a decent haul. Don't get off work til 7 then to the shack to boil my tail off!
2017 45 taps 43L
2018 55 taps 50L
2019 60 taps ~75L avg sugar 3.3%
2020 60 taps 70L
2021 60 taps cant remember
2022 60 taps 95L
2023 60 taps 75L New baby came day off boiling started, gave away 1200L of 3% didn't have time.
image.jpg finally a weekend were I can keep this thing rolling
3x10 oil fired evaporator
1300 vaccumm
350 buckets
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