Hal actually tapped the 10 trees from last season early in February as we had days in the 40s quite a few times. It didn't last but he got enough gallons the first time to boil enough for nearly 2 quarts and the second time it warmed up to get a little over 2 quarts so all in all we got a gallon from that early run. This is now sitting on the kitchen island (it's canned so no refrigeration required) letting the niter settle for later removal.
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| Batches 1 and 2 |
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| boiling down pre-canning |
We had 3 more days this past week for another short run but as the ground and trees have warmed up he got a full 35-gallon barrel in 2 days. He also tapped 6 more trees so that really helped. He'll boil this batch this weekend. Temperatures will be too cold tomorrow, the front is moving in now, so he won't put a battery out to start the pump till Sunday afternoon. By the forecast we ought to get a couple barrel's full next week. Fingers crossed, we'd like to bottle at least another gallon or 2 more than last year, all depends on how warm things get.
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the sink boiler
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