Central Ontario Tapping

[Hkb82]

Collected 40gal today and had to leave one group as I don't have any more room to hold plus it will probably stay cooler. Kinda glad it's slowed for a day or two myself need to catch up on boiling but hope it starts strong for those that need it.

[c0ps]

Slow day here today, maybe 10 gallons. Should be on tommorow i hope

[leaky bucket]

well cold again tonight and tomorrow high of minus 8 low -14 with wind chill -30 nice! going to tap late this week. long range has finally got some consistant - / + in it over the next few weeks. Snowshoes will be required for tapping for sure !!

[dre75]

Andre, it's Miracle Flow.

I should have used it yesterday. Today's performance is lack lustre.

Monday was a little better then Sunday for me, it was still not anything to write home about but I collected about 15 L

[Hkb82]

Anybody selling syrup around the Newmarket area. Have somebody looking to buy some locally but I am a pretty far drive from there lol. Post or pm me your info. They are only looking for personal supply 1-2l thanks guys.

[c0ps]

Anybody selling syrup around the Newmarket area. Have somebody looking to buy some locally but I am a pretty far drive from there lol. Post or pm me your info. They are only looking for personal supply 1-2l thanks guys.

I'm about 20 min from there but only made enough so far to share with friends and family. March is not looking good either. Looking at the forecast, it looks like our days are over.

[MapleRatz]

Anybody selling syrup around the Newmarket area. Have somebody looking to buy some locally but I am a pretty far drive from there lol. Post or pm me your info. They are only looking for personal supply 1-2l thanks guys.

I am not far, PM sent

[Hkb82]

Thanks to everybody that replied I let them no I could put them in contact with somebody local so if I hear back I will be in touch thanks

[Fort Wisers]

So I stopped trying to count actual sap received, and instead only need to know the flow rate of the sap and the amount of sap I have on hand. To measure flow rate, I don't try gph, I just count how often my sump is lifting sap into my storage system. If its once per 1/2 hr, then its matching my boil rate.

Between 10:00-11:00 flow rate was once/hour
Between 11:00-12:00 flow rate was once/43 mins
Between 12:00-1:00 flow rate was once/23 mins
Between 1:00-2:00 flow rate was once/22 mins

So I know exactly what you mean Karen...and this could last for another 7 hours. Luckily I have enough storage available...and the arch is at nearup temperature (+6F), so I will draw that off in the next hour or two which in turn will make even more space for sap.

I measured the brix of my sap and its currently @ 3.5%...I've not had it higher than this, but I have had it as low as 2.5%

I think we are in for some great flows over the next few days.

WOW, it seems we missed our big flow day!

We didn't get our taps in until about 5pm that Sunday evening, we were returning from vacation and it's the best we could do.
I just went out to check, our largest maple, who also gets the highest sun exposure, is just barely starting to drip....
@NTBugtraq - what device do you use to measure your sap brix?

[Run Forest Run!]

Things have been pretty quiet for four days now. I collected 65L on the 19th and then 29L on the 21st. I boiled all but 13L of that down (thank goodness I reserved that 13L for the oh s*** bucket - whew!). Suffice it to say that I've learned from you sugarers who've been doing this for decades, if not generations, that you are never good enough to not have your exit strategy. My 'extra' cold sap was by my side, and I needed it. Thanks to you seasoned sugarers I saved my batch from certain black death.

From 80.5L I made 2L of light syrup. I feel like we haven't really even had our "traditional" season yet. What we've had are mini bursts of sap that have us boiling every four or five days and then we get a week off. It's actually a decent pace, but I keep wondering if, or when, we'll see the real deal. Thank goodness I've got a stash (like in Quebec) to see me through lean times should they happen.