calling any one from missouri

[SueT]

And I realize it takes 40+ gallons to make a gallon of syrup. This is just an experiment. I’m going for about 40 cups to make 1 cup.
Not sure if it’s too late in the season.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

This is an experiment this year, tapping a black walnut tree to make syrup. Do any of you have experience with this?
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Interesting! I never heard of tapping a walnut, only maple trees. Let us know how it goes!

 

[jthornton]

And I realize it takes 40+ gallons to make a gallon of syrup. This is just an experiment. I’m going for about 40 cups to make 1 cup.
Not sure if it’s too late in the season.

Are you getting any sap?

JT

 

[SueT]

Are you getting any sap?

JT

There wasn’t very much after 24 hours, maybe a quart. I read that if it’s too warm, or too cold, the sap won’t flow. The weather has been so erratic that I don’t know when it would have been best to start. They say nights below freezing and days in the 40’s. Well that has been interspersed with much warmer days and a few colder too. I’ll leave the tap in and see what happens even tho I suspect I started too late. This is a learning experience this year.
@BigBlueHen53
I learned about tapping walnut trees here on BYC. If you google black walnut syrup, you will see that it is actually sold commercially. There are lots of YouTube how to videos.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

There wasn’t very much after 24 hours, maybe a quart. I read that if it’s too warm, or too cold, the sap won’t flow. The weather has been so erratic that I don’t know when it would have been best to start. They say nights below freezing and days in the 40’s. Well that has been interspersed with much warmer days and a few colder too. I’ll leave the tap in and see what happens even tho I suspect I started too late. This is a learning experience this year.
@BigBlueHen53
I learned about tapping walnut trees here on BYC. If you google black walnut syrup, you will see that it is actually sold commercially. There are lots of YouTube how to videos.

Cool! Thanks, always learning something here!

 

[chiknGeek]

Hope everyone in SWMO has battened down the hatches, that storm rolling across OK looks like a pretty good one.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Is it headed this way? (SE MO?) I let the fire go out bc it was so warm here today. I'll have to go out in the wet and hunt for dry kindling!

 

[1cock2hens]

It's veryyy windy here in McDonald County

 

[SueT]

There was a tornado warning overnight, but east of us. The wind was blowing like crazy. I got up at 2 am and the local tv station had a live severe report tracking the storms. There have been tornadoes in OK.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Nothing like a tornado warning on the phone waking you up from a peaceful slumber in the dead of the night. I did not wear my nader pjs to bed neither. I just pulled the blankie over my head and hoped for the best.
Looks like stuff got blown around pretty bad but nothing damaged.