Last weekend I finally had enough sap to boil, so I had to get my act together and finish setting up the WF Mason 2×3 Hobby Evaporator. I had previously bricked up the evaporator and calibrated my syrup pan thermometer, so now all that’s left was to install the smoke stack, set the pans in […]
As part of my new syrup pan set-up I had a port for a syrup thermometer installed at the draw off on the pan. Nothing fancy as most syrup pans have this, but little did I know that I had to calibrate the thermometer. The thermometer is specifically made for sugaring, and was purchased at […]
Saturday night I checked the 10-day forecast on Wunderground and proceeded to get very nervous and anxious. Apparently this is a common trait among “Maple Sugarers”. The 10-day forecast was showing a warming trend starting Friday February 8th. This trend included 40-degree highs with 20 degree nights from February 8th into February 12th. This is […]
