Setting tap tomorrow

[CalG]

I spent the better part of the day moving snow to get to the trees.
Got high centered a couple of times. It's a good thing to have more than one tractor and a great wife!

We are down to our last quart of syrup, so this coming weeks warm weather will be just right.

 

[1Mech]

I get my maple syrup, the real stuff at the store, not many maples here in Oklahoma. Yours sounds real tasty! Aunt Jemima just can't compare!

 

[Thomas]

Another sign spring right around the corner.

 

[sandman2234]

I get my maple syrup, the real stuff at the store, not many maples here in Oklahoma. Yours sounds real tasty! Aunt Jemima just can't compare!

You're not going to get Aunt Jemina at the store anymore...
David from jax

 

[Oaktree]

I get my maple syrup, the real stuff at the store, not many maples here in Oklahoma. Yours sounds real tasty! Aunt Jemima just can't compare!

My father used to make syrup most years when we were kids. Had some city cousins who'd grown up with the store-bought corn syrup with a little maple flavoring and hated the real thing. We thought they were weird.

 

[FullMetalBucket]

My father used to make syrup most years when we were kids. Had some city cousins who'd grown up with the store-bought corn syrup with a little maple flavoring and hated the real thing. We thought they were weird.

That’s what I was raised on ….Auntjacornsyrup. Only the real stuff is allowed in my house now .

 

[texas42]

Little bit of a long story - I grew up in upstate NY. We made maple syrup every spring about 50 to 80 gallons of Grade A "Fancy". But when the season was almost over and the sap turned milky, we would make syrup that was NOT Grade A that was sold to the candy companies to give "maple flavor" to some of their products. - That is what you buy at most stores

 

[1Mech]

You're not going to get Aunt Jemina at the store anymore...
David from jax

Your right, it's Aunt Pearl now, Pearl Milling Company. As I recall, the real Aunt Jemima was rather upset at that name change just to make someone feel better!

 

[ToBeFree]

Highland County Va Maple Festival
Lots of folks and a few sugar camps. Food and syrup and maple doughnuts!

 

[MossRoad]

Your right, it's Aunt Pearl now, Pearl Milling Company. As I recall, the real Aunt Jemima was rather upset at that name change just to make someone feel better!

She died in 1923. Or did your friend Clair Voyant tell you that?

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening CalG,

I spent the better part of the day moving snow to get to the trees

I’m sure a few of my neighbors are doing the same thing ! I have been buying my syrup from my neighbor Enoch Pratt , up the road from me for many years! Always enjoy his amber grade syrup !

Good Luck with your syrup this year !

 

[CalG]

Strange, Taps and buckets are hung. The day was above freezing after a cold night.

Nothing!

Tomorrow it is supposed to get up in the 40's, It's 37 right now (6:20 pm) Will need to see what drips. ;-)

Good Evening CalG,

I’m sure a few of my neighbors are doing the same thing ! I have been buying my syrup from my neighbor Enoch Pratt , up the road from me for many years! Always enjoy his amber grade syrup !

Good Luck with your syrup this year !

Thanks!

It's all just for the fun. Watching my grandson take his first sip of sap right out of the bucket is really what it's all about. I mean, Who gets to do that anymore?!
Plus, there are waffles to be slathered with syrup!

Oh! Five gallons of sap ran today. we expect that or more tomorrow. Boiling starts Friday morning!

 

[Jstpssng]

Strange, Taps and buckets are hung. The day was above freezing after a cold night.

Nothing!

Tomorrow it is supposed to get up in the 40's, It's 37 right now (6:20 pm) Will need to see what drips. ;-)

Thanks!

It's all just for the fun. Watching my grandson take his first sip of sap right out of the bucket is really what it's all about. I mean, Who gets to do that anymore?!
Plus, there are waffles to be slathered with syrup!

Oh! Five gallons of sap ran today. we expect that or more tomorrow. Boiling starts Friday morning!

It won't necessarily run well on the first warm day, and takes more than above freezing temps. If you have snow, don't expect it to run well until that melts away from the trees. If it gets too cold at night (<20 degrees), don't expect it to run much the next day. Wind will also shut off the flow.

 

[CalG]

It won't necessarily run well on the first warm day, and takes more than above freezing temps. If you have snow, don't expect it to run well until that melts away from the trees. If it gets too cold at night (<20 degrees), don't expect it to run much the next day. Wind will also shut off the flow.

Thanks for the comments. nothing new,

We have been at this for more than thirty years.
I just post the play by play for the amusement of all! INCLUDING ME!
;-)

 

[CalG]

Thanks for the comments. nothing new,

We have been at this for more than thirty years.
I just post the play by play for the amusement of all! INCLUDING ME!
;-)

Both burners are boiling hard just outside my window.
15 gallons of sap waiting......

 

[Jstpssng]

Both burners are boiling hard just outside my window.
15 gallons of sap waiting......

It ran a bit the last couple of days here, now it's coming off cold again. My neighbors have their 5000 taps out; yesterday they ran it onto the ground to clear the lines. Today they collected but will dump it out before it freezes; they need 3000 gallons just to start their evaporator.
If I had mine ready I would have grabbed 100 gallons and spent the next few days boiling; but my pan needs cleaning and the stove isn't set up.

 

[CalG]

It ran a bit the last couple of days here, now it's coming off cold again. My neighbors have their 5000 taps out; yesterday they ran it onto the ground to clear the lines. Today they collected but will dump it out before it freezes; they need 3000 gallons just to start their evaporator.
If I had mine ready I would have grabbed 100 gallons and spent the next few days boiling; but my pan needs cleaning and the stove isn't set up.

We used to set out 100 or so buckets. That was a lot of work and as we boiled over wood, it was a real operation when the run was strong. Fortunately, the three children were good after they got home from school.

I'm OK with those days being behind.

 

[Jstpssng]

We used to set out 100 or so buckets. That was a lot of work and as we boiled over wood, it was a real operation when the run was strong. Fortunately, the three children were good after they got home from school.

I'm OK with those days being behind.

I have a pan which my father originally had made to go on a four burner propane stove, but later built a barrel stove to go under it. It's a slow process, but fun.