Re: Sap run coming!
[Re: goldnut]
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02/21/19 09:43 PM
02/21/19 09:43 PM
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Emptied the little that ran today. Ready for a big run this weekend......I hope.
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Re: Sap run coming!
[Re: ADK95]
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02/21/19 09:46 PM
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Got 6 buckets at the in-laws. First year doing it. Hoping for 15 gallons or so to just make a quart for the family. We've only got reds so we have a bit of boiling ahead of us. Most of my trees are reds too. Tap what ya got!
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Re: Sap run coming!
[Re: goldnut]
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02/21/19 10:40 PM
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I got out about 30 taps (~12 trees) so far. Might put out a few more this weekend (need more taps and buckets). I am also putting together a reverse osmosis system this year. Should take the boiling time down to a 1/4 of what we have done in the past. If it goes like it has in the past it will be slow to start and then I will be running trying to keep up with the buckets.
Time is more precious than gold if you know how to spend it .... but what do I know, I'm just a dumb farmer.~My Dad NRA LIFE MEMBER, Endowment Member
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Re: Sap run coming!
[Re: goldnut]
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02/21/19 11:44 PM
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Lugnut......are those leaves on the ground ? You guys got it easy....everyone saps in the snow up here...where the good stuff is !
Last edited by Nessmuck; 02/21/19 11:45 PM.
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Re: Sap run coming!
[Re: goldnut]
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02/22/19 11:05 AM
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I got lazy at the end of last spring just rinsed some things. So got some lines need better cleaning might actually do that today. Like Zim said weather here isn't the greatest right now.. I may tap the one tree in my yard see what happens. It usually runs about a week sooner than the ones at my other property 60 miles north. I haven't been there since December and will have to for sure move some snow before I can even drive in. Road plow has at least 4ft or higher bank at end of drive even 4 wheel and chains ain't going to get me threw. Going to be what it's going to be for me?
Mac
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Re: Sap run coming!
[Re: goldnut]
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02/22/19 12:30 PM
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Looking at the 10 day forecast there Isn't going to be a run around here till maybe the first week In March and that might be pushing It. Time will tell.
I got 10 gallons of syrup In the basement so I'm not In any big hurry.
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Re: Sap run coming!
[Re: goldnut]
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02/22/19 06:00 PM
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We always tapped on Presidents day, my father in law , my brothers,sisters, kids was a good time. When it ran the kids would run to the buckets, we would make sugar and they would fill their pockets, we would boil hot dogs in the sap, usually made about 80 to 100 gallons. Some years it was crazy as we always went after beaver this time of year, never had to look around for something to do!
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Re: Sap run coming!
[Re: goldnut]
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02/22/19 09:48 PM
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Well I got 70 gallons today. Not as much as I thought was gonna flow. Looks like a good day coming tomorrow. I got about 120 taps out. Need a good day tomorrow to fire up the evaporator.
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Re: Sap run coming!
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02/23/19 01:49 PM
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runnin like a tap out there right now.get these couple good days guys.
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