baymule
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The town of Henderson, Texas has a syrup festival in the fall and they do the whole mule driven mill, cooking pan and all. I don't know of anyone anymore that makes sorghum syrup. We bought 2 cans at the festival!
Tap those trees!
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TexasLisa
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I will have to look that up. I miss going to festivals like that.
I buy my sorghum syrup online now. It is coming from Kentucky.
Britesea
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I read about a guy years ago that would take most of his maple syrup that he had made to the general store to trade it for sorghum syrup... guess he wanted a different taste sometimes
mythreesons290322
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My husband tapped our trees this past weekend..I’m in zone 5.
baymule
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DH boiled today. Ugly evaporator works great! I had goats kid Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Still playing catch up.
Looks like more good temps coming this weekend.
Looks like more good temps coming this weekend.
frustratedearthmother
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WooHoo for boiling! So, how much do you think you'll get? How much do you start with and how long do you have to boil it?
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We only have about 3/4 gallon so far. It's about 40:1, give or take depending on sugar content of the sap. There's a reason this stuff is so expensive!
frustratedearthmother
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Wow!
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treerooted
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Just got some cinder blocks delivered to build the evaporator. We didn't end up tapping yet; we'll do it on Saturday. Last year we were actually overrun with sap and had to toss a bunch. We're hoping the homemade evaporator will help with that this year. So though I feel like we're behind, I know it's fine!
