2025 Sugaring Season

[ScottT]

This year we are going to increase our taps to maybe 50. Going to experiment with tubing on the south side of the property where we have about 10 - 15 trees/taps on a small hill. Using 3/16th tubing as a mainline.

We are also adding another filter to our RO Bucket so we can process 16 gph (up from 8 gph). The RO saved us a bunch of time last year, even with the slow season. We don't live near our sugar bush so we only boil on the weekends.

Planning on entering our syrup from last year for judging in the Michigan Maple Syrup Association winter meeting on January 17th. We've never done this before. Maybe we will see you there.

Still trying to find a good inexpensive way to move the steam out of our small sugar shack. We use a small storage shed. we tried putting in roof vents, but it doesn't draw out enough. Might hook up some roof fans. We boil on two large pans 17 x 30 pans on 2-two burner propane grills. (When we put in the permanent hunting cottage this summer it may be time to consider moving to a wood evaporator).

[Pdiamond]

If you move to the wood evaporator you may also want to consider a cupola above the pans with doors, you can open and close to vent the steam. It's the best way to do it if you don't have a steam hood on your pans and removes the steam well.