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Maple Syrup season 2015


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Well that's it, third boil is complete and all cleaned up. The syrup is definitely amber and very good. We have collected another 250 litres of sap and will only need 100 more for the fourth and final boil.

 

Now to get packed and get my sorry butt on a jet plane for 7am takeoff from Pearson tomorrow morning.

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So I'm boiling my second batch today and noticed one 5gal pail is slightly cloudy...is it still ok to use?

 

I'd like to know as well. I used my 'foggy' sap last year and it worked just fine, but I don't know if there are reasons not to..

this may have been discussed already, but help me settle a dispute with a friend: do you boil the ice in the pail that forms overnight, or do you toss it aside because it has much less sugar than the liquid sap?

If it's just a bit of ice, let it drip a bit then discard; if it was very cold at night, don't throw it all out.

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Well, to say I'm pleased and surprised with this season so far (my first to boot) would be an understatement. The four maples on my property have produced 3.75L of delicious, amber coloured sap. Have one more small batch to boil I think, before the season is over. I always knew how much time was involved to make syrup but now I truly appreciate exactly how much work is involved. Looking forward to the upcoming seasons and refining my little operation!

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3.5L from 4 trees is a great return! Nice work!

 

It barely climbed over +1 degrees, but nearly all my trees were dripping this evening.They want to run pretty bad... otherwise like TJ said, it's been cold here.

 

Can't wait to read your updates when the sap starts flowing TJ!

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Just back from cuba. Cant wait to see how much sap I have to boil! Battling TO traffic now, and freezing rain....BOOOOOh!!

 

Cuba was mint! Not a drop of rain all week, beauty beach, nice breeze and all the booze and food I could handle!

 

EDIT: 170 litres for the week. Not as great as I was hoping, but 4 more litres of syrup at least. That willl put me at around 16 litres of syrup. Not bad, but not great. I usually get closer to a litre per tap....25 taps. Looks like its done here now.

 

S.

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16 ain't bad, but that's a big drop from last year.

 

Rough so far up here... Only collected 20L so far (17 taps) and things may shut down over the next couple days... Some trees haven't even started yet. Saturday and Sunday look like nice days but after that it may be too warm. My new, reduced goal is 5L.

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Oh Oh the way everyone is talking about this season, I won't be able to afford to make my annual maple sugar donuts.

 

I screwed up 2 yrs ago and didn't get up and go to the local farmer's market on Saturday morning to get the maple sugar. So, on the Monday, I stopped at a pretty fancy sugar bush shop that I knew would have some for sale. I asked for a 24ozs and she said here and gave me 6 X 4oz bags at 6.99 each I was too embarrassed to refuse because the price was about triple what I was used to paying LOL.

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Sounds great that everyone is getting some syrup. The weather has been so weird that my trees have not even started, usually I start one week after North Bay starts. Looks like no sap this year.

Ouch... let's hope you get a few strong days

 

I'm banking on today and tomorrow to save my season.

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