Best type of spile for a beginner?
I had some trouble
remembering where I put our old fashioned lead spiles last year so we
decided to upgrade to a set
of new modern spiles.
The instructions call for a
7/16th bit, but we got by with a 1/2 inch spade bit.
Between the time we installed
it yesterday and this morning it dripped out almost a half gallon of
sap.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Good lord you folks are fancy! We used PVC pipe, I could buy enough to do ten trees for what you spent on those four!
Good luck syrupin', I love the smell of boiling sap!
Wow, I cant believe you are already tapping! It will probably be another month for us. this will be our first attempt at sugarin',as its called here. we are hoping for just a gallon or two of syrup.
How do you keep the sap cold until you boil? I am thinking I will use a 55 gallon drum, placed inside a frame made from some old pallets. I can pack snow around it that way.