shibumiseeker
Grandmaster
Who are our sugar producers here?
I started with 20 taps 15 years ago. Got up to 400 taps before I had to back down for a while as life got in the way. Last year was 80 taps, 14 gallons made, and I sold every drop. It was also the first year to try RO and it dramatically cut production time and cost.
This year will be 200 taps. I got a hundred in this last week to take advantage of this early run weather and spread out production. Right now I have 130 gallons of sap to process and will probably get another 60-70 before the weather changes.
I’m laying lines in anticipation of the next run the next time the weather will be right so I can do the rest of the taps. I built a second RO system and a new sugar shack and have added vacuum filtration. I’m stoked, but not looking forward to the work involved!
If it keeps selling I could put in as many as 5000-8000 taps, but it’ll take a while to get there as infrastructure costs are steep.
I started with 20 taps 15 years ago. Got up to 400 taps before I had to back down for a while as life got in the way. Last year was 80 taps, 14 gallons made, and I sold every drop. It was also the first year to try RO and it dramatically cut production time and cost.
This year will be 200 taps. I got a hundred in this last week to take advantage of this early run weather and spread out production. Right now I have 130 gallons of sap to process and will probably get another 60-70 before the weather changes.
I’m laying lines in anticipation of the next run the next time the weather will be right so I can do the rest of the taps. I built a second RO system and a new sugar shack and have added vacuum filtration. I’m stoked, but not looking forward to the work involved!
If it keeps selling I could put in as many as 5000-8000 taps, but it’ll take a while to get there as infrastructure costs are steep.