Start of Maple Season 2024
Yesterday it was 14 F at wake up and over 32 F after noon so I decided to start drilling the maple trees. First had to find the various stuff from last season like the spiles, tubing, jugs, ropes. Also got out the cordless drill and recharged it and found the bit.
Drilled 4 trees on the north-western side of the woods, only got sap from 3 of them. The drops of sap tasted sweet. Checked the jugs at 5p and only got 8 oz. of sap from one tree - it may be too early - we'll see. The sap did measure at 3.4% sugar so that wasn't bad.
The weather appears to be heading into a string of sunny days above 32F and cold, clear nights below freezing which should be perfect to get the sap running.
I was going to go and buy some of the Mrs. Butterworth's or Log Cabin on sale this week at Mann's but maybe I won't bother. Hopefully I can get the pancake diet back on track with real maple syrup real soon now !
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Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
Drilled 4 trees on the north-western side of the woods, only got sap from 3 of them. The drops of sap tasted sweet. Checked the jugs at 5p and only got 8 oz. of sap from one tree - it may be too early - we'll see. The sap did measure at 3.4% sugar so that wasn't bad.
The weather appears to be heading into a string of sunny days above 32F and cold, clear nights below freezing which should be perfect to get the sap running.
I was going to go and buy some of the Mrs. Butterworth's or Log Cabin on sale this week at Mann's but maybe I won't bother. Hopefully I can get the pancake diet back on track with real maple syrup real soon now !
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| this ad is actually from the Marquette Group |
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| here is the Mann's ad for this week but no picture :( |
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
