Finished final batch last night. Ended up with 17 1/2 gallons for the season. All amber except last nights batch of 2 gallons was dark. Time to get cleaning. Got quite the sunburn this afternoon while cleaning buckets.
Finished final batch last night. Ended up with 17 1/2 gallons for the season. All amber except last nights batch of 2 gallons was dark. Time to get cleaning. Got quite the sunburn this afternoon while cleaning buckets.
2019 99 taps on buckets (95 red & 4 sugar)
W.F. Mason 2x4 XL
Looks like I may be done. kind of an unusual end to season with snow still in the colder spots and ice just went out of the farm pond yesterday. Peepers just came out Monday. Trees have not been running with vacuum.
1700 Taps /1600 on Vac. 3x10 King evaporator
20 head Charolais cattle
8 head Lowline Angus
28 Miniature horses
90 hives honey bees
JD 4430 tractor
Got a frost last night and trees are running a little but sugar content 1.2% on the sugar maples I didn't bother to test the reds or the norways, all done. Whipple Lock Sugar Shack ends it's first season with 155 gallons from 428 on vac. 68 Norway taps, 80 red taps and 280 sugar taps.
Had a better freeze last night. Going to turn on vacuum at our coldest woods and see what happens.
1700 Taps /1600 on Vac. 3x10 King evaporator
20 head Charolais cattle
8 head Lowline Angus
28 Miniature horses
90 hives honey bees
JD 4430 tractor
Our north stuff on Douglas mountain is running a river on 3/16. I'm sold. Sugar content is 1.8 or so, pretty disappointing, but I'm ro'ing 225 gallons and doing our final boil (for the 5th time). I promise, this is it......unless the tank is full again tomorrow.....
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7 Generations of Maple Syrup
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Sebago, Maine
30 Highland Cattle
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Just got back from Byron and pulled the plug in the big woods. Sap coming in good but with a ton of yeast in the afternoon. Last 2 barrels were off flavor because of the yeast. Time to pull taps!
Pulling taps and cleaning tubing yesterday. Trees were budding and running like crazy at the same time, sugar tested at 1.2%.
Last day for me today.
2008---35 buckets--3 gal syrup
2015---150 on 3/16 gravity&50 Buckets
2016---350+/- on 3/16
2017---700+ on 3/16
2018---700+ on 3/16 added 500gal milk tank
I'm still at it up here, trying to salvage this strange season. We had an inch of snow last night and the trees aren't budded yet, so maybe we have another few days.
Way to go Eagle Lake!! Give it a couple more for the Gipper!!!!!
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