Maple Syrup Making

[spencer rifle]

Didn't see a thread for this.
We have been making our own for years, but when we move to Ohio we will have only 1 tree to tap.
Right now we are waiting for the February thaw to set out taps and buckets, and get our boiling operation up and running. Last year we made about 2 gallons, all for personal use. Our whole family is spoiled now - Mrs. Butterworth's just doesn't cut it anymore.

 

["J"]

@Ohiosam has been doing maple syrup for a few years now.

 

[Buckmaster]

In the Spring of 2025 I gathered 72 gallons of sap at my residence and a buddy’s. I ended up 3 gallons of syrup plus some hard candies. I may skip this year as I still have a couple gallons left.

 

[Dannmann801]

Wife says she's taking the year off from this chore. I may do some by myself, depends on what the weather is like when I get home from pig hunting in mid February.

 

[Hedgelj]

We have friends and family that do, and do it well. My woods is all up hill from me and lots of maples so i could reasonably do a gravity fed system but i need another hobby like i need a hole in my head

 

[Buckmaster]

Ha! sounds like me. I wish I had some honeybees for pollination. I don’t need that hobby on top all my others.

 

[Hedgelj]

Ha! sounds like me. I wish I had some honeybees for pollination. I don’t need that hobby on top all my others.

I'm down that rabbit hole and it can be an expensive learning curve

 

[finelyshedded]

My neighbor started running buckets last weekend.

 

[Ohiosam]

@Ohiosam has been doing maple syrup for a few years now.

I collect sap and take it to a neighbor that has state of the art equipment to boil and bottle. He boils for the 1/2. Last year I tapped about 200 trees (all buckets) and that made 50 gallon, so my half was 25. This year I'm running some tubing in a part of my woods that's too far to carry buckets to get another 50 -75 trees.

 

[spencer rifle]

I collect sap and take it to a neighbor that has state of the art equipment to boil and bottle. He boils for the 1/2. Last year I tapped about 200 trees (all buckets) and that made 50 gallon, so my half was 25. This year I'm running some tubing in a part of my woods that's too far to carry buckets to get another 50 -75 trees.

Mahoning County! I grew up there!

 

["J"]

Mahoning County! I grew up there!

Where about? Few of us on here from that area.

 

[spencer rifle]

Where about? Few of us on here from that area.

Austintown