Spring is here and we collecting sap to make maple syrup. First you tap the trees to collect the water like sap. You then have to boil down. We built a back yard red neck sap boiler and it is working well. Once you get a lot of the water boiled out 80% or more we take it to our stove in the canning shack and continue to boil it down until it is the consistency you like, we then can it in pint jars.
Love this. How much syrup did you collect?
ReplyDeleteSo far we have collected about 100 gallons. We have processed 18 pints from this so far. We will do one more batch next week and then we are done. It is good, we will send you some.
ReplyDeleteIt takes about 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon if you are using silver maples which is what we have. If you are fortunate to have sugar maple trees then it is about 30 to one. We will look about the neighborhood again this summer to see if we find any. It takes all day to boil down the 40 gallons. We processed Thursday, Friday and finished today. We also went to a Maple Sugar Shack that taps 400 trees. They had a nice set up.
ReplyDeleteIs this a good year for maple syrup? What the cold and heavy snow good, bad or indifferent to sweet syrup?
ReplyDeleteHey, just saying, I kinda liked the other picture of the red neck sap boiler - this one is missing the red neck, isn't it? lol Love that one.
ReplyDeleteIt is too early to know if it will be a good year or not. What makes the sap flow is the spring weather. The difference of the temperatures from day to night is what makes the sap flow. Ideally you want below 32 at night and then above 45 during the day. If it is too cold the sap does not flow. The red neck is shy!!
ReplyDeleteHe's a keeper. Love his sense of humor. :)
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