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10 or 15 years ago, I do remember talk about a "maple decline" in the east, but don't recall a specific attribution to its cause. I've been away from tree pathology for many years. Sap is collected on warm days with nights below freezing. The taps collect the sap as it migrates up from the...

In the northeast US, its not uncommon for a yard or street sugar maple to be 200-300 years old or more. They were there when the house or road was built, and been there ever since. Over time, they can go through hurricanes, tornadoes, heavy early/late snows with leaves on, wires were hooked to...

About any maple will make syrup, just the hard (or sugar) maple normally have higher content. Box elders are maples, and I 've of guys tapping them. In parts of the country, most of the maples tapped are reds. There are folks making birch syrup, too, but I never heard of beech syrup!!:p I...

I have better luck freezing maple syrup over canning it. Never molds in the freezer!:D I make a chicken wing sauce that's REAL good! Make it gallon at a time and freeze it too. Might try home-made mozzarella cheese.

I have a BS degree in Forestry, and worked my way through high school and college as a cook in restaurants and for a good caterer doing clambakes. 30 years later, I'm still a good cook. There's some things I like to make myself, instead of buying somewhere else. I started making maple syrup...

So true, 65 does shut a season off in a hurry. But I'm just a hobby sugar-maker, only doing 3-7 gallons from yard trees. 1,500 taps is a big operation. I know several guys at 1,000 - 5,000 taps around here. It takes a lot more to make syrup than people realize, especially at that scale...

Wow - I'd take some of that! We were -18F and -12F couple days in the last week, and around 0 few other days this month. Keep telling myself it won't be long until I'm tapping maple trees!:D

Looks like they somehow got their arms fastened into holes in the barrel?? And the BPD was using a Stihl chop saw to cut the barrel...??? A Stihl 046 Magnum chainsaw with a good square tooth chain could have gone through something a lot quicker......at the shoulder. They would need the white...

I have 3 kids ages 22, 22, and 15 (twins in the mix there, you guys figure out where:D) Our kids got cell phones when they started varsity sports - all we needed was text and phone - simple. Twins went to Cornell - now need "smart" phones to keep in touch with profs, coaches, etc. by email...

Wow - 30% less. Big difference. Upstate New York is 70% wooded, up from 30% 100 years ago. Mostly due to farms going out. Most is North American hardwoods, but there is a lot of acreage in State Forest, which has many CCC softwood plantations, now getting 80+ years old. Nobody really knows...

No need to apologize to anybody - I'd be pissed too.:mad:

I grew up with a livingroom Riteway stove that took wood almost 24" long by 10-12" or so. Only heat in an old 12 room farmhouse - put about 40 facecord a year through it.:eek: Never thought I'd get rid of my woodstove, but the pellet stove has paid for itself every year I've had it. I have a...

Hey, Skeets -- couple of pics for ya! Chevy truck, BX2360, and an adult beverage! :D Before and after - - truck and beer full, then both empty. BX wasn't phased in the whole process!;) Pellets came from Somerset, Kentucky - a long haul to upstate NY for $250/ton. TSC had a 22 ton load...

I might have one after work while unloading. Beautiful sight!! :D

See - even he is worried! Boxers are not noted for being cold tolerant; favorite spot is right there by the stove.

My Harman XXV will burn most wood pellets, its not real picky. It can also do up to 50% corn, but I never tried it. I have a huge corn bin 300 yards of the house, but I hear its a challenge to clean the stove because the sugars in corn carmelize. The farmer had the dryer running just the...

Been using them for close to 10 years. Burn about 5 or 6 ton/season. Last year was tough - used 6.5 tons, but only burned 14 gallons of fuel oil. As usual, had 5 ton home early, but its not going to do it this year. Nobody has them, and they've been in short supply since November. Might...

Carl - - Very well done! Great job! Only wish I had the ingenuity, skills, and tools to make such a project happen!

No. It's 3 full steam table pans over a high pressure camp stove. Two are 4" and center is 2". I evaporate about 5 gallons an hour with it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The Right to Entitlement Era is here, and the attitude of it is spiraling upwards. It is no longer a welfare or safety net; it is a culture. It is likely not the culture of many here, but it is out there and growing. Coupled with the free time it affords are the other social problems, like...