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Wyatt helping me split wood on family day weekend. S.

10 gallons of sap to go! I hope it runs for 4 more weeks! Nothing in my buckets today. Perfect timing though...I will ffinish what I have, get a good clean up done, and get some of my neglected chores done too. Here's my "boilers" lol And last nights boil, finished. Doing this from my phone, and the pics don't show for me. Hope they work. S.

I got another burner yesterday, so boiled down 4 20l pails tonight. Got close to 2litres finished. Not bad. I started boiling at 5pm, and just got everything cleaned up now. This stuff is a lot darker than the first litre I made. This little hobby has become an addiction. My other daily chores are getting neglected lol. So, 7 litres of syrup, about 50lbs of propane, and lots of hours boiling. I hope it gets cold enough that I can get a bit of a break at this point. I know i don't "have" to do it, but I can't seem to stop. The kids now think I'm crazy lol Maybe I am.......?? I'm gonna giver till it stops running though. I'm thinking a bottle of maple syrup will make nice xmas gifts and save me some coin down the road. Its a nice bartering tool as well I have a buddy tapping trees at his place now too.....the fever is contagious I guess lol Anyways, I need sleep. S.

Slow here today too TJ. Only collected 10 gallons. I have about 50 gallons left to boil though, so its working out perfect for my rinky dink set up. My two 30 litre pots have nothing on your set ups boys!! Boiling now, as late as I can take, and as long as it takes tomorrow. A bit of a clean up, then willl be all set to start over after we get this little cold spell.

I would also assume the crepe stove is not for sale....and probably never will be. About teaching the kids, your right, I agree 100%. That's exactly why I enjoy doing this. Not only that, but the kids LOVE it! They had no trouble sleeping last night Nice to hear you put the boots to your mayor. That's a great story, and a part of history that should never be legislated! Good on ya! S.

We had a good day out there on wed last week, but saturday was much slower. Too much going on out there on the weekends, I think it screws up the fish. I'm gonna giver a try again mid week and see if my theory is right. The bigs ones are there, they just won't bite. S.

Just finished cleaning everything up. 3.5 litres finished. Great day. I'm beat! That's 5 litres for me so far. Another full day boil on tuesday. S.

I need it to stop running here. Getting overwhelmed with sap lol. Been boiling since 9am. It takes forever this way, but its been a fun day S.

I've been averaging about 30 gallons per day since I tapped. I put out 10 more taps yesterday, and collected 45 gallons this evening. Gotta boil all day tomorrow, I'm out of storage space for sap!!! Took the kids perchin today. What a georgeous day! We had a blast! Brought home about 20 good ones, but it was a lot slower than mid week. Stilla fantastic day on the ice! I have everything ready to go for the morning. I will take some pics! Come by and check it out steve! Bring beer S.

There's a good two weeks at least left out there guys. This is the best its been all year. Take care around any cracks, but other than that, you won't find safer ice.

PA had some 10,000lb ratchet straps on sale for ten bucks a while ago. I got a bunch. They were long, but I cut them to fit what I needed them for. They're stamped with the weight rating. S.

I've tried collecting birch sap, but I don't have enough of them. You need yellow birch. I've had birch butter, and it is definitly different. Good stuff though. I'm gonna have a big boil here sunday. Running out of storage for my sap now. Its running like crazy! Weather is looking mint all week too!!! S.

Been doing well. In port bolster but its a loooooong ways out.

They went and messed up a good thing is what they did. Now it frustrates me, and I can't see any pics on any websites that are uploaded to PB. I'm no techie, but if anyone knows how to make it work, please let me know! S.

I had 32 buckets almost full to the top when I came home from work. Its running like crazy here!

Great video TJ. Thats the kind of old school set up I"d love to have. Thats the only way to do it as far as I'm concerned. Good stuff. S.

At least once a week. And that's a bad week S.

I've had the same problem, and found nothing on my puter. I changed my password on my email and it went away tho...... S.

Interesting. Good idea. I've been filtering mine thru cheesecloth before storing, then thru a felt bag filter when its almost boiled, then once finished, pour it thru the coffee filter in a funnel into the bottles. Maybe I'm over killing it? I guess you can never be too safe, but it is a bit of a PITA..... Will check your vid out later this week. S.

You really don't need anything fancy to do what u want to do. I use an old lowrance X-96 and it will mark my jig at any depth I've fished, up to 120ft anyways. Colour is nice, but all it really does is eat up batteries. A decent grey scale unit will mark the exact same fish as a colour unit....remember that. That said, humminbird has some nice combo portable units out right now for a fair price. Lowrance is kinda slacking in the portable department. S.

And yeah, the sap is gin clear. The syrup made from the first run of sap is also very light in colour, and has the highest sugar content. The later you collect, the darker the syrup will be once boiled. How are you filtering yours TJ? And do you filter it before you get to your preferred temp, or at that temp? I'm finding if I filter it before its at temp, it does a nicer job. I then run it thru a cone coffee filter into my bottles. Works for me.... S.

Weeds, you can store sap for a long time if its kept cool. Mine is frozen solid right now. Store it up until you get a 5 gal pail, then you will get about 2 cups lol. Like I said, its not how much you get, its doing the whole process, and spending time outdoors. I like to do things old school as well. The propane burner is not quite a fire, but I'm going to boil a big batch over a fore once I have a full barrel collected. Should be able to empty a few bottles of the good stuff watching that boil lol S.

I dunno what's up but vids or pics don't show up on my phone on this site. I was hoping it would be a bit warmer today to get the sap running, but its a little too cold. Should be a great season this year! S.

All I get is a red X.......anyone else see pic?

Nice light coloured first run syrup. I'm not sure this pic will work, I have issues with my phone on this site.