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Not quite spring yet.
BowEd:
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DBar
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Now if I could get Robin to feel the same way...Ha Ha Ha.Just kidding...she's ok.
Upstate.....How much sap you figure to get or don't you know till it's done flowing usually?I bet there are those who would like to know how that process is done on here.I've checked into making it out of hickory bark but I gotta add regular old sugar to it.Kinda defeating the purpose is'nt it?
Morgan:
I don’t know how You northern folks do it. All that snow is pretty in pictures, but the cold that comes with it I have no use for. I’ll take hot over cold every time. I’ve spent 90% of my life in eastern Oklahoma and the mild winters here are still too cold for this guy. Breaks 100° pretty regular in July and August and I won’t complain about that near as much as I will 10°. Few years back in January we had a Wednesday that was -29° ( thought the world was coming to an end) and on saturday it was 76°. Oklahoma is bi-polar.
Knoll:
That snow squall came screaming through here too.
It was nice 'n' sunny.
Then, snow was heavy and blowing horiz to the ground!
WOW!!
Pappy:
We got a light dusting here last night but back in the high 50's by the weekend, go figure, ::) that's Spring in Tennessee. :)
Pappy
upstatenybowyer:
--- Quote from: BowEd on March 07, 2018, 07:51:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: Danzn Bar on March 07, 2018, 07:41:12 pm ---Ed .....I like the way you think...............
DBar
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Now if I could get Robin to feel the same way...Ha Ha Ha.Just kidding...she's ok.
Upstate.....How much sap you figure to get or don't you know till it's done flowing usually?I bet there are those who would like to know how that process is done on here.I've checked into making it out of hickory bark but I gotta add regular old sugar to it.Kinda defeating the purpose is'nt it?
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One tap will typically produce 1-2 gallons of sap per day as long as the freeze/thaw cycle continues.
I've got 12 taps in right now (a far cry from the 60 I've done in the past) and the cycle's been going for 2 days. So, I'm currently sitting on about 24 gallons of sap.
If the cycle continues throughout the week, which it's foretasted to do, I should have 40-50 gallons of sap by cook time on Saturday morning.
With the sugar content at 2%, 40 gallons of sap will make 1 gallon of maple syrup. -C- :)
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