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Last Updated: 09.20.PM GMT a 27 març 2009
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Thats the packet from last year... still looking to compile new ones. 3-22-09 finished up 5 gallons of syrup this morning filtered and its in the canner now ready to be bottled. I re bored some of the holes in hopes to extend them a bit. The almost 70 degree day dried them up quicker then normal. Regardless of sap flow the season will be done on Tuesday/ Wednesday. exactly a 3 week season... last year it was more like 7-8. I estimated that i will end up making 10.5-13 gallons of syrup with the last gallon or two likely being off flavor due to tree budding. 3-15-09 Collected 185 gallons of 2% sap. However today 3-16-09 the sap has really slowed even after dipping down to 22 last night. Long range doesn't look good in terms of low temperatures. Kinda bummed that this might be the end. But what can you do when the season ends so late. 3-13-09 I Collected 100 gallons of 2.2% sap, sugar is down because it has sat most of the week, the stuff right out of the tree is still at 3%. This 100 gallons should net me about 2.5 more gallons Sap should really start to flow 3-7-09 Tapped 60 new taps on Thursday(3-5-09)!! Collected roughly 140 gallons of 3% sugar sap. Using the rule of 86... you divide 86/3(the sugar percentage) and it takes roughly 28.7 gallons of that sap to make one gallon of syrup.. I should net almost 4.75-5 gallons of syrup!!!! So after warning from friends on the site.. i had to take down the AD. If need any "information" just message me. That being said i set 37 taps the other day hoping to round up to a 100 by next week. Going to be a slow small year but i'm hopeful for next season. Sugar house is being started next week! Steve's Syrup Steve's Syrup History Steve's Syrup was started in the chilly winter of 2004 in Clinton Corners, NY. On the ride to school my girlfriend (Cristina) noticed buckets hanging off some trees; "what are those for?" she asked. From my younger years i had remembered a lesson on Maple Sugaring so i told her the whole process and how it was done. She seemed intrigued and replied back "lets do that". That being said i went to the store bought 9 taps and buckets and boiled down sap on the kitchen stove and at the ripe old age of 18 i was a novice sugarmaker. Cristina quickly lost interest and thus the hobby became my disease. In 2005 i tapped 20 trees still boiling inside. That same year i boiled over syrup on the stove and burned up my mothers burner. After that i was forbidden from making maple syrup in the house, Later on in the summer i purchased a 2'x6' maple syrup Evaporator. The evaporator was much more efficent than the stove method and boiled off 40 gallons of sap an hour. Again my disease grew to 140 taps in 2006. In the last two years 2007 and 2008 i have tapped 190 taps. Products     After all of my dilligence in making a high quality product i was able to make more than enough for friends, family and myself to consume. I have the product list below up for your consideration. Maple Facts Maple Syrup is a 100 % natural and organic product. To make maple syrup, water is removed from the sap, but nothing is added. Maple Syrup has the same calcium content as whole milk. Maple Syrup has only 40 calories per tablespoon, unlike corn syrup which has 60 calories per tablespoon. Maple Syrup is rich in minerals such as calcium, potassium, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, and iron. Maple Syrup is good for you! Vitamins B2, B5, B6, niacin, biotin, and folic acid are present in Maple Syrup. Maple Syrup even contains trace amounts amino acids - the building blocks of protein! Several types of maples are native to New England, but the sugar maple (also called rock maple or hard maple) and the black maple are considered the best types for maple sugaring. Only a few places in the world have the right climate for sugar maples: New England, upstate New York, Michigan, the Maritime provinces, and southern Quebec and Ontario. Vermont produces more maple syrup than any other state. The flavor of maple syrup, like that of other natural products, can vary from region to region and even from year to year. Usually maple trees are not tapped until they are at least 40 years old and 10-12 inches in diameter. As the tree's diameter increases, more taps can be added (up to a maximum of four taps). When done properly, tapping does no permanent damage to the tree. Some maple trees have been tapped for over a hundred years! Each tap will yield an average of 10 gallons of sap per season, producing about one quart of maple syrup. Or, to put it another way, it takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. Real maple syrup is 100% natural and organic. Maple syrup and maple sugar are 100% fat free. The sugar content of sap averages 2.5 percent; the sugar content of maple syrup is at least 66 percent. Real maple syrup contains no preservatives. Opened containers of maple syrup should be stored in the refrigerator or freezer. Maple syrup won't actually freeze. Contact Information Steve Stephen.Kondysar@gmail.com 845-797-7188
Recently, while in the woods cleaning up and looking for composted leaves i ran into an old Pepsi Bottle i dated it back to 1963 making it 45 years old. This peaked my interest.I'm really starting to get into it, i was out at my girlfriends house in her woods at the site of a old house where i found a bottle that read Scott's Emulsion and had an embossed man carrying a huge cod over his should and on the bottom it said 'Cod Liver Oil' The company was started in 1876...
Update June 6th---- in a week i will have hard maple candies for sale as well as granulated maple sugar. Let me know if there is any interest!Just wondering if any of you would have an interest in Maple Cream or Granulated Maple sugar. If i had enough interest i would consider making some up. Maple Cream is much like peanut butter in consistency and is spread on toast, muffins and the like. Granulated maple sugar is bigger grained than traditional sugar and used in ...
UPDATE 2.3.08 A four tap tree at the farm is pictured below.Sap collecting vehicle for the farm. Carries 80 gallons at a time.Another large tree at the farm poses for the camera.Sap Streams from the tap into the bucket! Crystal Clear just as it should be.___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________Hello everyone! Its about time for me to start tapping the Maple tr...
Will post pictures soon. Last week i planted 30 tomatoe plants 9 cherry toms, 10 egg plant, 20 zuks, 10 yellow squash,15 green bell peppers, 15 yellow bell, 10 hot peppers. 10 watermelon plants 5 yellow, 5 red crimson sweet. Planted potatoes and leeks in another garden. Had trouble due to sun scald any tips, a lot of my tomatoes were damaged. Some permanently others look like they might come back.Anyone got any gardening experiences good and bad?Also planted 50 str...
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