Here we sit and wait. 1 moment the long range forecast looks favorable and then a day later, not so much. I might tap at the end of this week but maybe the week after. I feel like the longer we have to wait past early March the shorter the season will be. Mother Nature knows what’s best.
Yeah, I got totally fooled by the long range and the fact that I missed the best run of the year last year…. Ahh well, it will run eventually.
Sugaring since 2000.
2022 - 113 taps on tubing and gravity. Homemade wood fired evaporator and homemade RO.
2023 - 120 taps on 5/16 and gravity added a float to the pan. built a new 5x400gpd RO. Still use the old one too!
2024 - 125 taps still on 5/16 tubing and gravity, two home made ROs.
Looks like the last days of February are going to kick off the season.
Looks like I will be tapping Monday Portville NY
2012.-2016 4-8 taps propane burner. Steam pan. 2- 3 quarts per year
2017 12 taps. 50 gallon drum arch steam pan and a warmer. 1.5 gallons
2018. 50 taps Homemade arch 300 gallon oil drum 3 steam pans 8.5 gallons
2019. 50 taps. 8 gallons made
2020. 70 taps. New smoky lake 2x4 pan modified homemade arch
Webster New York
I would have tapped this weekend but wouldn't be able to get sap out of woods and back to sugarshack with the amount of snow in woods and fieldOriginally Posted by Framerjeff
Taped in yesterday. Weather this week looks awesome.
2015-8 buckets
2016-17 on 3/16, homemade RO
2017-30 on 3/16
We started tapping in Hinsdale yesterday. We have about 150 taps to go. Snow is deep in the hollow. We tapped in snow up to above our knees in spots. Our bush is north facing so we probably won’t get much sap right away. The frozen ground isn’t going to help either. The good news is that we usually get a few extra days at the end of the season. Wishing everyone a prosperous season.
Finished tapping today. Have about 100 gallons of sap so far. How is everyone else doing?
2019:240Taps on 3/16” 30gals. of syrup
2020:256 Taps on 3/16” New 3/4” mainline
2x7 homemade evaporator
2021: added a 2x4 pan on to evaporator
2x11 homemade evaporator
300 Taps 25gals. of syrup
2022: new cdl draw off
Sp22 vac. Pump, all taps on vac.
57gals. of syrup
2023: 207 taps- 15 are on 5/16
2024: 220 taps- 22 on 5/16; built a 4x40 Ro with an XLE membrane
2025: 218 taps; added two more membranes; bought a D&G releaser
Profoundly disappointed. Either my trees haven’t thawed out yet or something is wrong. I’ve collected maybe 10 gallons on 100ish taps yesterday and today. Anyone else around not seeing much despite the temps?
Sugaring since 2000.
2022 - 113 taps on tubing and gravity. Homemade wood fired evaporator and homemade RO.
2023 - 120 taps on 5/16 and gravity added a float to the pan. built a new 5x400gpd RO. Still use the old one too!
2024 - 125 taps still on 5/16 tubing and gravity, two home made ROs.
your eastern NY neighbor here... definitely took several days for ours to thaw out, our tubing taps just started going yesterday late morning and the buckets are still kind of meh
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2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
2017: SAME
2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
2023: SAME
2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system
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