I collected 122 gallons of sap yesterday and today and will try and boil it all tomorrow. If successful it will be my largest one time boil.
I think only two boils left, unless Monday has a surprise flow. For sure after Monday the season is over. It is a good thing the season is ending, my fire grate is rapidly disintegrating, I will put some patches on top to make to the end.
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I brought over two more trailer fulls of wood from my next year’s supply. When I start splitting to replenish my supply I will make them wrist size, but large wrist size, I like the slightly less hot fire.
I now have collected 123% of the sap I personally collected last year and 109% of the sap I had total last year, with one and possibility two more collection days. Hopefully that will equate to more syrup than last year.
2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
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2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8” pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.
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