Tap those trees!

[treerooted]

Looking at the long range forecast and it looks amazing!

Think I'll try to tap the maple trees tomorrow!

Anyone else making syrup this year? I love having a sugar source from my property. I only have between 5-10 trees but if the weather cooperates we can get quite a bit of syrup produced!

This year we'd like to build a little evaporator as our boiling efforts didn't go that well last year. I'll be spending this afternoon deciding on a design, though I've been looking at ideas all winter.

 

[treerooted]

Well, we went out this morning and the buckets were overflowing!
Will have to collect this afternoon as well.
20L of sap collected so far, if we get another 20L and boil tomorrow that will be about 2 pints of maple syrup.

 

[mythreesons290322]

My husband tapped our trees this past weekend..I’m in zone 5.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Oh cool! You'll have to let us know if you try!

Today's total-35 gallons. That'll be almost a gallon of syrup.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Couple pictures of collection

 

[treerooted]

I'll be taking some on Saturday!

Here's some from last year:

 

[sumi]

Thanks!

 

[treerooted]

Got most of the trees tapped on Saturday (6) Have 2 or 3 more to do.

We didn't get out to collect today though! So I'll try to get out in the morning, once it's not too cold. I know you're not supposed to leave sap in the buckets, but sometimes that's the way it is. We won't gift anything from the first batch

Evaporator is coming along nicely, DH put it together so a big thank you there. Probably try it out on Tuesday!

 

[NH Homesteader]

We've got 20 gallons so far today probably will tap a few more trees tomorrow, this whole week should be good sap running weather!

 

[NH Homesteader]

We tapped at our friends house down the road. Going to tap at my parents tomorrow we have a bunch of line run too this year. DH is doing the hauling, or I wouldn't be able to do it with baby!