Welcome one and all to the Northern Ontario 2025 forum. I had the pleasure of meeting another local Maple Trader member recently. We got to hang out at the wood hobby club up at the 22 Wing air base. It may be cold out now but spring is coming.
Northern Ontario 2025
Welcome one and all to the Northern Ontario 2025 forum. I had the pleasure of meeting another local Maple Trader member recently. We got to hang out at the wood hobby club up at the 22 Wing air base. It may be cold out now but spring is coming.
Can't wait to get started. I found 5 more trees this winter that I can tap. I will now be over 60 trees. Slowly growing with each year. This year is the first year I haven't spent money on my setup as well.
2021 - Year one. 15 taps using 5/16" and drop tube into buckets. Homemade barrel evaporator with 2 steam trays.
2022. 32 taps. Added AUF.
2023. 51 taps. Ditched the steam pans for an 18x22 flat pan.
2024. 56 taps. Built a proper evaporator to fit the 18x22 flat pan and 1 steam pan.
2025. 62 taps.
"Haven't spent money"....yet
Yet is the correct thing to say.
2021 - Year one. 15 taps using 5/16" and drop tube into buckets. Homemade barrel evaporator with 2 steam trays.
2022. 32 taps. Added AUF.
2023. 51 taps. Ditched the steam pans for an 18x22 flat pan.
2024. 56 taps. Built a proper evaporator to fit the 18x22 flat pan and 1 steam pan.
2025. 62 taps.
Anyone in the North Bay area going to tap this weekend with the warm week forecasted?
2021 - Year one. 15 taps using 5/16" and drop tube into buckets. Homemade barrel evaporator with 2 steam trays.
2022. 32 taps. Added AUF.
2023. 51 taps. Ditched the steam pans for an 18x22 flat pan.
2024. 56 taps. Built a proper evaporator to fit the 18x22 flat pan and 1 steam pan.
2025. 62 taps.
I will be tapping in West Nippissing on Thursday. Still a lot of frost in the ground but maybe all that rain will speed up the thaw.
2019 - Barrel evaporator 2 steam pans 44 taps 13 Liters syrup
2020 - Barrel evaporator 2 steam pans 51 taps 21 Liters syrup
2021- New homemade 2x3 evaporator and flat pan 80 drop lines to buckets
2022- (•,•)1350L naturally ROd sap 44L syrup
2023- "\_(°•°)_/" 1100L sap 30L syrup not accurate due to natural RO
2024 { ';' }1862L sap 52L syrup 52 drop lines to buckets
Tapping Thursday in Parry Sound>
Loads of snow in the bush
2010 40 buckets- 4 gals finished
2011 80 buckets- 14 gals finished
2012 105 buckets- 8 gals finished
2013 maxed at 130 buckets- 24 gals finished
2014 new max at 240 buckets- 18 gals finished
2015 newest max 240 buckets-+48 taps on 3/16 gravity- 22.5 gals finished
2016 150 taps on 3/16 gravity- 23 gals finished
2020 250 taps on 3/16 gravity- 22 gals finished
2021 385 taps on 3/16 gravity 25 gals finished
2022 385 taps on 3/16 gravity- 26 gals finished
Tapped 2025
I tapped about half my trees yesterday in West Nipissing. Probably 30% were running. Will finish the rest today.
150 taps
2x6 pan
RO system
Tapping since 2013
Ended up tapping yesterday before the storm. A few were starting to flow.
2021 - Year one. 15 taps using 5/16" and drop tube into buckets. Homemade barrel evaporator with 2 steam trays.
2022. 32 taps. Added AUF.
2023. 51 taps. Ditched the steam pans for an 18x22 flat pan.
2024. 56 taps. Built a proper evaporator to fit the 18x22 flat pan and 1 steam pan.
2025. 62 taps.
Hey fellow northerners. Anyone got their taps in? Wondering how the flow was over the past couple of very warm days. My buddies down in Powassan were all set up and has a small run on the first day of the warm up then nothing. I am tapping today. Wish me luck. 670 holes to drill but should be able to scurry across the snow without snowshoes due to the hard freeze last night.
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