My books, movies, videos, podcasts, events ... the big collection of paul wheaton stuff!
My books, movies, videos, podcasts, events ... the big collection of paul wheaton stuff!
My books, movies, videos, podcasts, events ... the big collection of paul wheaton stuff!
My books, movies, videos, podcasts, events ... the big collection of paul wheaton stuff!
My books, movies, videos, podcasts, events ... the big collection of paul wheaton stuff!
My books, movies, videos, podcasts, events ... the big collection of paul wheaton stuff!
My books, movies, videos, podcasts, events ... the big collection of paul wheaton stuff!
My books, movies, videos, podcasts, events ... the big collection of paul wheaton stuff!
TeeBuck wrote:
Our neighbors here harvest from the maple tree's in our neighborhood (including the boulevard). This is an old street the house we are selling here was built before 1930. This year when we arrived in mid April they were harvesting the sap and boiling it in one of those back yard propane turkey boilers. A large pot on a propane burner they had going day and night for a few days on the back porch. Apparently the family has been doing it for 30+ years. as long as the tree is more then 8 inches across it works out well. We are in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada at the moment.
My books, movies, videos, podcasts, events ... the big collection of paul wheaton stuff!
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Zone 5a in Central Ontario, Canada
wolfmtn wrote:
evaporators aren't cheap!
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TeeBuck wrote:
Our neighbors here harvest from the maple tree's in our neighborhood (including the boulevard). This is an old street the house we are selling here was built before 1930. This year when we arrived in mid April they were harvesting the sap and boiling it in one of those back yard propane turkey boilers. A large pot on a propane burner they had going day and night for a few days on the back porch. Apparently the family has been doing it for 30+ years. as long as the tree is more then 8 inches across it works out well. We are in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada at the moment.
As a kid in northern Michigan, it was my job to keep track of the sap buckets while making maple syrup. My Dad would drill the trees and set the spiles which were available at places like the co-op. We had a big horse tank and if the sap was running my brothers would start a wood fire under the tank. On a warm day in early spring when the sap was running, I might have to check the buckets several times a day and dump the sap into the tank for processing. After the sap was rendered down into syrup, we transferred the syrup to large tin containers and took them to the local cannery where the syrup was canned in gallon tin cans. The best part was the sugar left in the bottom of the horse tank.
I was able to tend maybe 30 or 40 trees on my skiis each day.
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Zone 5a in Central Ontario, Canada
http://www.greenshireecofarms.com
Zone 5a in Central Ontario, Canada
http://www.greenshireecofarms.com
Zone 5a in Central Ontario, Canada
http://www.greenshireecofarms.com
Zone 5a in Central Ontario, Canada
speedfunk wrote:
the lasanga pans I bought were 22 bucks a piece.
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Zone 5a in Central Ontario, Canada
My books, movies, videos, podcasts, events ... the big collection of paul wheaton stuff!
My books, movies, videos, podcasts, events ... the big collection of paul wheaton stuff!
Anonymous wrote:A better method? Freezing!!
Boiling to evaporate or distill takes far more energy than concentrating by freezing. When freezing, the ice that forms tends to be very pure and it leaves the sugars, salts, and other molecules behind.
The only good thing about the old firewood method is that is low tech and dependable. Not energy efficient at all. Commercial operations could save a lot of firewood and forest by switching to freezing methods, or possibly using a reverse-osmosis filter unit that has been customized for the purpose.
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