http://www.freshmaplesyrup.com/vacuum-catastrophe-averted/ On Making Maple Syrup Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:00:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.freshmaplesyrup.com/vacuum-catastrophe-averted/comment-page-1/#comment-24 glenn Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:39:02 +0000 http://www.freshmaplesyrup.com/uncategorized/vacuum-catastrophe-averted/#comment-24 I found the same problems yesterday afternoon when the sap ran for abit. Leaking saddles and cracked fittings spewing sap. I took my pack basket and snowshoed up the hill to do the repairs today. The clouds hung tight and didn't see the sun till almost 2pm. Barely a trickle running into the stocktank when I left at 3pm. Seems like the same every year. I did add 5 more taps. I had a stash of tubing up on the hill and thought I oughta make the trip count. I think we're a bit over 550 taps right now . . . . I'm sure we'll hang a few more buckets. On my way home I stopped on the church hill and peered through the untapped sugarbush just below my neighbors house. There must be 300 taps anyway with just what I can see!And some real big dandys! Maple lust isn't so bad,is it? I found the same problems yesterday afternoon when the sap ran for abit. Leaking saddles and cracked fittings spewing sap. I took my pack basket and snowshoed up the hill to do the repairs today. The clouds hung tight and didn’t see the sun till almost 2pm. Barely a trickle running into the stocktank when I left at 3pm. Seems like the same every year. I did add 5 more taps. I had a stash of tubing up on the hill and thought I oughta make the trip count. I think we’re a bit over 550 taps right now . . . . I’m sure we’ll hang a few more buckets.
On my way home I stopped on the church hill and peered through the untapped sugarbush just below my neighbors house. There must be 300 taps anyway with just what I can see!And some real big dandys!
Maple lust isn’t so bad,is it?

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