Well the photo above kind of sums up this past week of sugaring! Nothing has ran since last Sunday February 23rd, 2014. We have been in the freezing tundra of New Hampshire or caught in some kind of polar vortex. Despite the last couple years of unpredictable warm-ups, it is looking like this year will […]
I have found myself with a curious quandary regarding evaporation rates. One that could easily be solved if I took the time to carefully measure and record the amount of sap I boil off in a set period of time. While it sounds straightforward enough, my current liquid measuring tools are a 5 gallon bucket, […]
Well, after boiling for 6 hours on the evaporator, I reduced approximately 32-35 gallons of crystal clear sap with a sugar content of about 1.5% to approximately 5 gallons of sweet sap concentrate. I have no idea what the concentrate has for a sugar content, but I am going to guess its upwards of 10%. […]
