tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post5553942669163758994..comments2023-11-02T05:18:38.925-05:00Comments on Antiquity Oaks: Maple syrup season winding downDeborah Niemannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10754242197245805551noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-39587413968538814582011-03-23T13:32:11.963-05:002011-03-23T13:32:11.963-05:00I'm glad to hear from someone who boils their&...I'm glad to hear from someone who boils their's in the kitchen as, like you, we have heard many stories of losing wallpaper or having syrup dripping from your ceilings!<br />We are going to tap some of our trees next year. We will mark them this fall so we know which look like likely candidates.Sharonhttp://quiltingthefarm.vius.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-28890044064358214622011-03-16T09:00:07.576-05:002011-03-16T09:00:07.576-05:00I wish we could do maple trees here! I'd gladl...I wish we could do maple trees here! I'd gladly rid my home of wall paper..lol.:o)Restless Prairie Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04746665882908208515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-44568033214430527392011-03-15T22:02:06.538-05:002011-03-15T22:02:06.538-05:00You know, Coneflower, I keep telling my husband I ...You know, Coneflower, I keep telling my husband I want a sugar shack! We do quite a bit of boiling on the back deck with the propane turkey fryer that Brenda mentioned in the next comment, but we preheat everything on the stove before pouring it in there because you don't want to stop the boil by adding cold sap. And we couldn't use that thing on the deck for a couple weeks because we boiled it down to charcoal, and it took two weeks of off-and-on scrubbing to get it cleaned up again. It had not clicked until just now, but that's why we had so much boiling in the house this year.Deborah Niemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754242197245805551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-63648305375104351832011-03-15T21:13:52.256-05:002011-03-15T21:13:52.256-05:00Here in SW Michigan things are also winding down. ...Here in SW Michigan things are also winding down. I've gotten 3 gallons of syrup so far with 24 taps. I boil the majority of the sap off with 2 propane fired turkey fryers on our back porch, finishing the syrup inside on the kitchen stove. Even that puts an excessive amount of moisture in the air. This is just our 2nd year of making syrup and as sweet as the product is...I'm ready to move on to the next project!Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03040230278047628553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054991.post-19156255414631864022011-03-15T21:04:49.869-05:002011-03-15T21:04:49.869-05:00Do you have a shed or a corner of your garage or s...Do you have a shed or a corner of your garage or someplace where you could set up a sugar shack and do your boiling outside of your home, like the oldtimers used to do?CONEFLOWERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13547544109039910307noreply@blogger.com