Sap should run today and tomorrow. I added a second fire bowl for the expected sap flow next week.
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The sap is not running quite as fast as I expected today, but that might change. It might be the foot (31 cms) of snow that fell the other day.
If the long range forecast holds, in ten days we should see a big reduction in the snow on the ground. There is lots to melt though.
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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