Linking this up with the others at Conversion Diary to try to knock out 7 Posts in 7 Days.
Step #1
We put a total of three taps into two trees (just drilled holes with regular old cordless drill and stuck the spiles in) and in 24 hours had about a gallon of sap. One of the trees only produced a few tablespoons, though, and we aren't sure why. We tried drilling a different hole in that tree and still didn't get anything on the second try and the two taps that had each produced a half gallon the first day didn't produce on day two, either. Obviously we're still learning!
Even though it is still below freezing at night, we had plenty of ants investigating our sap collecting jugs so we were glad to have opted for tightly covered jugs.
We poured the sap through a coffee filter in a colander to remove any crud and then started it in the crock pot, on high, with the lid turned 90 degrees to let the steam escape.
And after about 12 hours it was starting to look and taste syrupy!
To be continued . . .
Step #1
We put a total of three taps into two trees (just drilled holes with regular old cordless drill and stuck the spiles in) and in 24 hours had about a gallon of sap. One of the trees only produced a few tablespoons, though, and we aren't sure why. We tried drilling a different hole in that tree and still didn't get anything on the second try and the two taps that had each produced a half gallon the first day didn't produce on day two, either. Obviously we're still learning!
Even though it is still below freezing at night, we had plenty of ants investigating our sap collecting jugs so we were glad to have opted for tightly covered jugs.
We poured the sap through a coffee filter in a colander to remove any crud and then started it in the crock pot, on high, with the lid turned 90 degrees to let the steam escape.
And after about 12 hours it was starting to look and taste syrupy!
To be continued . . .
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