Small Scale Maple Syrup Tips 2021 Syrup Season Vlog 1
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- These are just some tips that I have learned through the past 13 years of making Maple Syrup at the Hobby Scale.
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Thanks for sharing. Beginner from Northern Wi. Turkey fryer last year. Moving up to barrel this year. Still cold night cold days but getting closer. Can’t wait!!
The Barrel is a game changer, the weather is changing, Good Luck
Hey Joe, great video. Started watching your vlogs before I started doing this full-time. Your tips were helpful and relevant then, as they are now. Up in New Brunswick Canada, tapping 2200 trees this year.
Oh wow, is 2200 trees/taps a full time job? I know it would be a lengthy comment but I would love to hear this story. I know that at our scale it’s usually a solid day getting set up and 2 days cleaning and storing. And then any sales just trickle in. Is this part of a larger farm operation, Man I’m smiling just imagining what full time would look like, take care
@@YoungbloodFamilyFarm Well, it sure is during the syrup season. Of course I have pipeline going throughout the property which has been my full time gig for the last year and a half. I planned, scoped out the terrain on maps and in person, made sure I was taking advantage of every available maple, making sure everything is on a downhill slope, forked out the initial costs for a big evaporator and vacuum pump, and learned a lot along the way about silviculture and chain saws. The goal is to get as close as possible to automation and full-time work during the season only. I am also a fairly good vegetable farmer and plan on using all the trees I cut down to thin things out in the creation of a couple four season greenhouses, one of which will be home to dwarf fruit trees that will produce fresh fruit that I can’t get without buying them from growers that are much further south. I plan on making a few videos when I get some time. I can share them with you if you like? Oh, and although my sales come in throughout the year too, a fair chunk of it gets sold by pre-order from my current customers. Luckily, I have a wonderful supportive wife, who makes enough to have supported us during this expansion period.
@@chrispellerin7627 do you have a website or Facebook page? I’d love to order some New Brunswick maple syrup and see how it compares to the Ontario maple syrup that I’m used to. I think it’s awesome that people continue to make this incredible natural sweet goodness it sure takes a lot of time, effort and skill. Nothing like going to the sugar bush early on a Sunday morning when a festival is on and a scout troop is preparing pancakes and sausage topped with warm maple syrup, served on paper plates with plastic cutlery and eating outdoors in the cold crisp air. I used to love taking my girls on those adventures even when they were teens, a wonderful family outing and we got to support the charity group that was running it and we also would purchase a tin of maple syrup to take home to support the farmer. 🥰🙏🏻🇨🇦
Glad to see you're getting started on the syrup season. We are still about a week out from our season up here in Eastern Canada. I always look forward to your maple syrup videos this time of year
Thanks Eric, best of luck this season, the weather is a changing!
My two yard trees have pumped out 40 gallons the 22 in the woods under 4 first run in the 7 gallon pot super happy had some fresh syrup on some cakes
I like yard trees, my front ones gave me near 3% on the boil in the video with great flow. Bumped my projected finish a lot, trees in the woods ok, just ok
Was looking to see if you’d started your 2022 boil vlogs yet and stumbled across this. You may not be getting as many views as you would like but I can assure you watching your videos a couple of years ago helped me tremendously and getting my set up going. Are usually run anywhere from 40 to 60 tabs and make anywhere from 3 1/2 to 5 gallons per season. It is strictly a hobby not professional, lots of fun, keeps me out of trouble.Look forward to your 2022 vlogs
Marc, Thank You for your kind words! It’s easy for me to forget my goal of sharing these videos. I kinda just want to encourage folks like yourself to love the Maple Syrup making as much as I do. Currently, we are frozen in my part of Michigan at around 15 today, the next 2 days are supposed to warm up into the 40s and then freeze again for another week or so. I will tap once the temps start to cycle again, Thanks for checking in
Great Video! Very informative. I did not get nearly as much sap as you did. I had around 40gal. I think it was a bit warmer down by you guys. Just keep boiling!!!
I was really surprised, actually a bit frustrated as I was hoping to take it easy, Ha ha, oh well, just RO and boil on
Thanks for your know-how! I sugared with my grandfather as a kid and finally have an opportunity to get back into it! Unfortunately, other obligations on the lot got in the way this spring, but being ready for next season is now at the top of the to-do list, ending a thirty-year hiatus from those great memories!
Oh Man, memories are great, next season sounds like a great time for new memories,
I was patiently waiting for your 2021 syrup video and today i seen it...still cool across the border but looking good next week...gonna install 300 taps this weekend and turn the vacuum pump on monday morning....heres to a grand syrup season...take care
Thanks Cory, there’s more to come! 300 taps will keep you busy for sure!
Glad I found your video it didn't go to die
Thanks!
@@YoungbloodFamilyFarm glad you're still on RUclips
I just purchased my ro bucket this year. Tapped 18 trees on friday here in western pa. Gonna have my 1st boil of the year this weekend.
The RO bucket is a nice product, wish it was around when I built mine, Happy Sugarin’
Love your video and looking forward to watching more of the process of Maple syrup making. I think it’s awesome that you share these videos and I don’t think they go on RUclips to die, I found yours on my newsfeed this morning, I enjoy watching homesteaders and maybe that’s why it appeared? Anyway I’m glad it did and I’ve subscribed to your channel as well. Thanks again for sharing, I live in downtown Toronto, so seeing the outdoor sights is absolutely wonderful reminds me of places from my childhood. Keep up the fantastic work and I hope eventually it will become a money making venture. 🥰🙏🏻🇨🇦
Thanks for kind words, I learn so much fro others sharing, I’m glad to be able to participate as well, thanks for sharing your time with me
Just finished the season here in NE Ohio! Sap is runnin dry! Had a quick, but good maple season. CHEERS
Great video. I don't know how many taps I will get out this year, I messed up my knee.
Larry I’m sorry to hear about the knee, I hope you have a speedy recovery, be safe and take care
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Nice seeing you out boiling finally. Upgraded my system to a smoky lake star cat evaporator this year...great little arch! Finished my last boil today in east-central Missouri. Had 25 taps out since early January. Boiled about 200 gal of sap making just short of 5 gallons of syrup for the year.
Hoping your season is stellar!
Yeah weather made for a late start, but sap is filling buckets pretty consistently as of lately. How’s the evaporation rate of that Smokey lake match up to your sap rate?
@@YoungbloodFamilyFarm It works geat for smaller batches, say 30-50 gallons. Any more than that it makes for a long day. If I had anymore taps, I would recommend going up a size. My StarCat has a 16 X 30 inch divided pan and I can boil at about 8 gallons per hour.
First timer from Mid-MI. Great info! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, hope your season is going well!
Well, I was up until 4am boiling about 6 gallons. I ended up with a half quart of light brown, cloudy syrup. I’m wondering if I should boil it more inside. I pulled it off at 220 degrees
Syrup should be finished at around 219, at 220 it will be a touch thicker than specs but it would be fine. It may be worth it to just let it settle in a mason jar if you are looking for a clear product. I would not boil it more
Nice video Joe, Heading up to Antrim County next weekend to tap trees, we make two trips to get the sap. We're just north of GR. Lots of ash firewood on the 40 acres for the boil and the wood heat in the house,have fun boiling.
Have fun and be Safe Walt!
Great tips to produce syrup more efficiently! I just wrapped up my 4th season of sugaring and have used several of the suggestions you shared to increase my time spent to yield rate. Raised my box higher and ramped up to get the heat to the pan. Thats where its at!. I run a pretty shallow pan too. Try to keep it an inch or less. Got to keep an eye on things but experience helps. Maybe next year a blower or RO to get even more output. Great video!
Both a blower and an RO make the season a lot more fun!
Very nice video and informative, just started my first season of sugaring in upstate ny. I've got 42 taps and I've only been able to collect about 30 gallons of sap its been SLOOOOW. Out of that I've only got a little over a half gallon of finished syrup on my barrel evaporator. Thanks for the great videos keep them coming
I understand that slow stage very well, as much as a lot of sap feels like a blessing, it feels like a responsibility, and that can be overwhelming, hope you have a great and fun season
Dude 150g on 45 taps?? Amazing! And jealous! I think I collected 25g on 65 taps at 1%. Haven’t even been able to use my new barrel evaporator yet! Sticking to turkey frier until the sap shows up. Send some my way brother! LoL
Once I tapped, the trees did not stop dripping, I usually will have at least one run that will go through the night, but this has never been the first run. The sap will come
Don’t feel bad Ben. We have 60 taps. Collected 65 gallons of sap on first run and only got 1 gallons of syrup. For us the sugar content changes as the season wears on. Enjoy it and good luck!
A huge jump in efficiency for me was moving my arch indoors. The wind is a killer.
Someday I’ll boil inside, yes boiling on a windy day is a long day for sure!
Great stuff my man... thank you. Enjoyed, learned, will apply your notes. Appreciate ya
Glad to, thanks for sharing you time
Great video and great advice I'm a first year been watching alot of videos thank you
Good Luck the rest of the Season!
Great video! Love my RO!!
Not sure I would ever want to go back
Great video thanks so much
Thanks for the tips coach!
You got em, I’ll get some from you this summer I hope!
Hi Joe, thanks for the great videos and sharing your knowledge. Made my ro system last fall after seeing your video on it. One question, do you have an automatic shut off in case your sap barrel runs dry? I would like to walk away from mine and not worry about the pump burning up. I might add that I use 5 gallon buckets. Don't do enough for using 20 gal.or bigger drums. Thanks again, Dan.
I do not use a shut off, I know they sell them. I do use a 30 gallon barrel and I was nervous about running dry, so I send my concentrate back into the original barrel making the sap more concentrated. Sound like you are doing great, keep having fun!
@@YoungbloodFamilyFarm ok, thanks, really like your videos.
Awesome video as always Joe. My Grandson and I made 3 gallons out of 120 + gallons of sap all sugar maples , 24 taps total. Sunday was an awesome time. Trying to teach him and my other grandkids some old school maple syrup process along with gardening. Will have our video up this week. Can you tell your friends to check out my channel lol. The Jack Homestead. God bless you and your family and friends. Keep up the good work always watch your videos. Keeping the boil going here in the NEP LOL😁. Be safe
Sounds like piles of good, syrup, grandkids, and RUclips. Take care
Good good.
Thank You
How do you secure the chimney stack to the collar? Having an issue securing mine
My collar has 2 holes in it and the black stove pipe slides over the rim of the collar. I found 2 large sheet metal screw that self tap and would fit the holes in the collar, screw through black pipe and into collar
I just finished my first boil of 2021. I started with around 30 gallons of sap, I ended up with 4 eight ounce jars of finished syrup. 120:1 ratio ?
Yikes that’s frustrating, I use a sap hydrometer to be able to make an estimate prior to boiling, makes you think that water may have got in those buckets
Just boiled 80gal today for one litre of syrup. Hopefully the season gets better
Season is all but over in Southern Illinois 😒
Hope it was productive and fun!