Big Week Ahead in the Bush

[Adirondack case guy]

Looks like we are entering the biggest week of the 2015 Maple Sugaring season, here in central NY. The deep snow has melted and settled, so no more need for snow shoes.
Temps dropped below freezing and more snow fluries over the Easter weekend, after a record syrup production day on Good Friday. We figure that today we would get back to gathering sap, but ended up haveing to gather late yesterday afternoon. We started gathering at 9:00 this morning, and the cousin fired the evaporators the same time. My Davis home weather station indicated that humidity was at 86%, pretty hard to get the moisture out of sap when the air has that much moisture in it. Todays rain front has passed and we are now down to 67% moisture and the sap will turn to syrup quicker. As you see in pics.,earlier today the steam was not riseing, from the vents on the sugar house but just settling back to the ground with a light wind from the NE.
I left the sugar house about 5:00 and we had filled two more SS 40gal barrels of medium grade A syrup. We may end up with another record day with well over 100gal production.
We will start gathering again tomarrow at 9:00 as we still have 2.5 roads that we couldn't gather as the storage tanks and gathering tanks were full.
We may also have to start cutting more firewood to make it through the season.
Loren, the Acg.

 

[Rick in Iowa]

great pictures.what model is case tractor?dont think ive ever had real syrup.how much would a bottle cost shipped to Iowa?

 

[Adirondack case guy]

My e-mail is open, lower RH corner.
Loren

 

[lee little]

Good luck ! Looks like a lot of work but a lot of fun.

 

[ditchwitch]

Does the syrup have different grades??. I guessing maybe just the color maybe from a darker to a lighter color??.The pictures are great. Also i mailed my stuff to you today.

 

[Adirondack case guy]

I should have included in my post that the uncle and cousins will more than likely be tending the evaporators well beyond midnight, tonight.
Loren

 

[Kickinbull]

Thanks for pics and update. I admire your family. I really like your trolly for bringing in wood. lol.

 

[WI Dan]

Thanks for sharing the photos ACG! I check every day for your updates. Wish I could participate in a sugar run someday. Missed my chance as a boy when my neighbors did it.