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Carter Brown

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HomeBirch Syrup Production

Birch Syrup Production

Birch Syrup Production

Checked on the Birch Sap – and it is still running!

May 2, 2018May 2, 2018

Amazing. Still running. Next year I will definitely give it a go. The catch is going to be how to have the sap store well over time. For example, it’s 73 degrees today and the sap is running, but at those temperatures there is no way it will store well …

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Got busy and the Birch Syrup was a Bust

April 27, 2018April 27, 2018

Honestly it was completely due to burn out. I’m done. I did collect a bunch of sap and ran it through the RO machine. Probably obtained enough sap/concentrate to get 1/2 a gallon of birch syrup. I just couldn’t find the time and it’s no longer cold enough for the …

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Collecting Birch Sap Still

April 12, 2018April 12, 2018

Been at it two days now. I have three trees that fill up my buckets and another 4 that do next to nothing. The black and white birch are the producers while the silver ones – in a more wooded location though – are barely doing anything. Regardless, I have …

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Birch Sap has Started to Run

April 9, 2018April 9, 2018

I put up a couple of buckets on some birch trees to give an indicator on when it starts running, so only then would I put up the rest. Yesterday it started to really run. I put up 7 three gallon sap buckets to collect. The birch trees out in …

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Tapping Birch Trees

March 6, 2018March 5, 2018

I’ve mentioned about tapping birch trees to a few folks and you would think I was making things up…  Not one person has heard of birch syrup.  So just in case you fall into that camp:  Yes, birch syrup is thing. It’s bigger on the west coast – Think Alaska …

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