Good luck getting your maple syrup Molly and Shane

We are from southern minnesota and we do the maple syrup also. We added a vacunm pump to the lines and it helps qiute a bit. The Hydo-axe machine is built in our town which is Owatonna Minnesota. Enjoy your video's.

Great video nice to see how maple syrup is collected. Beautiful in the snow. ❤

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

Always something new, thanks Molly.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you !

Your teaching me alot on your channel, first you taught me all about harvesting potatoes, and building a metal roof, and now maple syrup! Thank you for your channel!

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching John!

I can only eat several foods after going through throat cancer and one of them is potatoes and the other is waffles and pancakes and I love maple syrup. I’m sure glad I happened across your channel.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you are here too! Pancakes and mashed potatoes are like my favorite foods :) 💚

@BYGRACE80

4 ай бұрын

I pray the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ finds you and provides you full deliverance of the cancer. Have a blessed week!

Ray is in Heaven running that Hydro-AX .......... Grinning ear to ear. Glad to see you two enjoying life. Keep up the great life and Videos Molly & Shane! 👍

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

He really is so happy cutting wood! Thank you so very much for watching us do our thing! 💚

I enjoy the Variety of your Channel! You guys do a great job!!!!

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

My wife put the usual brown colored corn syrup in the maple syrup jug in the frig one time. I noticed immediately and called her up and said don't ever do that again:)

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Hahah can’t fool you! I was raised on Aunt Jemima! It wasn’t until recently in my life that I fell in love with maple syrup. No going back now!

Seems like the deer running through the woods might tear up the lines. Hopefully not. Love your channel! Thanks for bringing us along.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Oh they might! We will see how it goes haha we will update you guys along the process. Thank you very much for watching us :) 💚

Your welcome, I sent that to you , a vary white week, lol and we have two more of the glorious rivers of rain storm’s come your way…. Lol thanks BigAl merry rain California

I have seen it, a lot of snow in America, still winter, no planting potatoes yet, it is beautiful, the snow here in the Netherlands, almost no snow, greetings, see you next video, Mrs BELL

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Bellow Andre! Winter is almost over. We did not get a lot of snow this year. Maybe it was like your winters! Planting potatoes in late April or really May! Thank you for watching 💚

Great video Molly and Shane

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Kevin!

I remember Illinois winter brutally cold lots of snow but here in Mississippi it gets cold sometimes ice but not hardly any snow just mud

I love maple syrup! I grew up in Colorado so don't know much about how its harvested. I love the snow. I really enjoy your videos.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Chris!

Maple syrup is like firewood. When you think you have enough get ten times more.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Hahaha I like that! Very true

That look like a fun project.You two remind me of things i would be doing. Looks like Shane will be cooking a lots lol i like Ray tree sheer. FT

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊 if you were here you would be doing it all with us!

Watching you here in Lisbon Falls tonight me and my wife. I remember driving by your Auburn location and seeing firewood for sale in the past. I also remember they used to sell loam also .Good luck sapping not much snow this year though. Oh yes the day it snowed you filmed I was up to my camp in Phillps and it was like a blizzard for about 3 hrs up there take care Paul and Sandra

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for leaving this comment Paul and Sandra! We really appreciate the local support! Do you remember when they sold Christmas trees too? I wasn’t around then but I have heard stories. Yes the snow day was 2/17 I got the date wrong in my video oops! Thank you very much for watching and I hope to catch you in the store sometime for potatoes & sweet corn!

You look sweet in the snow. You and Shane do a lot of things together. Great video as usual

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊 yes we do a lot of things together. We really are best friends! Thank you for watching !

I learn so much through you guys. Thanks for sharing with us ❤

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching, we are not experts, but enjoy learning new things too!

Another Great Video 👍 Great content, keep up the great work!

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! It’s really nice to hear you are enjoying our videos. I’m glad you found our channel recently💚

Thanks for taking us along on your farm in Maine

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for joining us! 😊👍🏻

All I can say is watch closely for ticks!! Running lines puts you right in their habitat

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, so many ticks in Maine.

Very cool piece of equipment. And thanks for the maple syrup tutorial 👍

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video one again! I wish winter would make up its mind! Lol Very interesting with the expansion into the maple syrup realm. You guys are always looking for ways to utilize the land and reap its benefits! I look forward to seeing how this new venture plays out!

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching us do all our little projects and work stuff 😊 we enjoy doing most anything outside, and if it gives us something back that’s even better

@jongoodson5676

4 ай бұрын

@@BellsFarming you are welcome! Next paycheck I'm gonna buy some dirt and get some seeds going. The growing season looms!

That was a very nice picture of you with snow in your hair when you first started to walk. It's nice to see you work with hubby & be civil. Usually when I work with my wifey we get into those high volume discussions 😅😅😅😅.....

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Hahah we are very lucky, we really get along great and have a lot of respect for each other. 😊 thank you for watching.

My in-laws produced maple syrup back in the day. It was a mad dash of cooking it down. Fantastic results.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Yes it is time consuming to boil down! Thanks for watching :)

Hi Molly. The next time you make pancakes add corn to the batter. Their great with butter & maple syrup. Potato pancakes are great too . Good luck with your syrup collection.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. I’ll have to try that!

I sure wish we still had snow here ❤❤❤ another nice video

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

The snow didn’t last long sadly. All I have now is lots of mud! Thanks for watching.

Hi Molly had no idea that you were in to making maple syrup. We have a little farm next to us called funks Grove that makes maple syrup. It’s been around forever. The smell is absolutely amazing. Beautiful scenes of the snow and from the drone. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

The snow was so beautiful! Thank you for watching. I am enjoying the boiling smell right now!

The only thing I know about maple syrup production is the taste. Thanks for the video

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Yeah we totally are not doing everything correctly, but it gives you an idea of how it kinda done hahah

Looking at that feller-buncher, I think about the countless generations of our ancestors who cleared forest land for farming with axes and saws. They'd jump for joy if they could get a machine like that.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

That thing is really cool! I think we work hard. Those farmers really had to work hard!

Nice snowy day

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

It was very pretty. I love being in the snow :)

You kids are amazing. Good luck with this latest endeavor.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Haha we try and stay busy! Thanks for watching.

Great video hope you have one of the maple syrup making still watching all your videos great job

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Greg for still watching all our videos! We really appreciate it! 💚

I am involved in the logging business, being a driver hauling wood. Never seen a “sheer” style feller/buncher. Interesting. Thanks for showing that👍

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Bloody oath different than anything I seen SOUTH AUSTRALIA

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

You like the snow?

Hey there Molly, just heard that this past winter was the warmest ever recorded for the 48 contiguous United States. It was 3 degrees warmer, on average this winter. Yikes!!

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

That doesn’t surprise me. It’s been the warmest winter I have ever remembered.

Nice Video if I knew you guys were tapping trees I would’ve come over and given Shane a little help and guidance on running lines. There’s a few things I see that should be done differently. One is longer drop lines they should be a minimum of 24” one tap per drop line and no more than 15 taps per lateral line. I used to do maple syrup with a old guy that I was going to buy from him it had 3000 taps on pipe lines that ran to his sugar house. I helped him two years but then I was diagnosed with cancer and that ended that business. He ended up selling it to another guy that I have become good friends with and have helped him out some. He now has expanded it to about 15 thousand taps and still adding more taps. If you guys would like to see his operation let me know I would be more than happy to take you guys on a tour of his maple operation

@shanebell9589

4 ай бұрын

Interesting, I don’t think I’ve heard of needing to limit taps per lateral line, but ya this is def a rough learning curve

@keithmcallister4917

4 ай бұрын

@@shanebell9589 I would be more than happy to come and give you some pointers on installing sap line. The thing is if you have too many taps on a line it will actually slow down your sap flow especially when it runs really well.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Interesting Keith! Where are you located? What’s the name of the business your friend owns now?

Hey there Molly, That soundtrack you use is the same one "Matts Off Road Recovery" uses to fill in the fast forward moments. Great little tune...! They are a channel based in Utah doing off road recovery and fabrications of vehicles.. Good stuff:)

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

I will check them out! The music is a funny thing when making videos. I have a lot of sons I like. I reuse some haha thank you for the suggestion! And thank you for watching our channel!

Wow fresh syrup got to taste good never had it like that but do hope the lines hold up from deer running later girl y’all stay warm in all that snow.❤️😎🇺🇸

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

I hope they stay up too! Thanks for watching :)

@joenewman6494

4 ай бұрын

@@BellsFarming ❤️

There is no substitute for pure Maple Syrup. My Uncle already made 2 gallons so far. Good luck with the Syrup making.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

I hope we get 2 gals. Probably not though. It so good

Good story in the Sunday Telegram today about maple syrup making in this screwy winter with temperatures up and down every day. Best method shown was the tubes with vacuum running to the shack. Also, it talked about a different device to go into the tap to help keep it open and flowing good luck this screwy winter.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Ah interesting! It has been ver weird winters that last two years. I feel like this is going to start being the normal kinda winter. Sad I like the snow!

@DanPurdy1

4 ай бұрын

Me too! I moved back from Texas as I like four real seasons.

Strange weather here in southern Ontario daytime temps 69°F and 61°F today and tomorrow and overnight temps of 37°F & 46°F. So temperatures are not even falling below freezing for two days. That would probably have people using the buckets to deal with the sap overflowing. The temperatures don't get below freezing until Thursday and that only at 31°F. Just wondering with climate change affecting us here in Ontario how long the Maple Syrup industry will survive in Ontario. At least the southern part of Ontario. We have communities here in Ontario that have a yearly Maple Syrup Festival to raise money for there community. Keep up your great work on the videos. Lots of different topics and coverage. Thank You

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Yeah the climate has changed a lot even since I have lived in Maine. I do feel bad for people who rely on maple season for their lively hood. Well I feel bad for the planet and animals as well, but that’s a whole other topic. Thank you very much for watching our videos. More exciting stuff to come this spring :)

You should name the Hydro-Ax, "The Beast" !

@BellsFarming

2 ай бұрын

That’s a great name for it!

Thanks for sharing god bless

I got 70 gals. To start with,, ended up with 1 gal., dark golden color, great taste, slight Smokey flavor☺️,, good luck to you

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

We are boiling tonight! I’ll have to see how many gals it was.

Always entertaining and informative on your videos. Very enjoyable to watch. Now and then...show any merch that you have for sale? Help build the brand...hats, shirts...stickers...etc

@BellsFarming

3 ай бұрын

I’m working on the merch thing now. The farm has never sold any merchandise before so I will have some available in a couple months.

Tks for sharing. Bet your enjoying the smells of the sap boiling? Once you smell it. You're never forget it. Ray can cut lots of fire wood in that thing. Looks like he enjoying doing it.Good luck with Maple time.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. Ray can also make a huge mess with that thing hahahah lol. He tipped it over once he said!

@ronaldfeuerstein435

4 ай бұрын

@@BellsFarming I will bet he can. But he tipped it over? Hope he wasn't hurt?

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

@@ronaldfeuerstein435 no he was fine. It was quite a few years ago. He laughs about it now.

@ronaldfeuerstein435

4 ай бұрын

@@BellsFarming Glad he was alright.... that could have been bad.

As a Canadian I can definitely get behind some deliciously tapped maple syrup, excuse me while I look if there is any illegal importers smuggling it into this country, I'll give it a morning comparison to what Quebec makes.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Hahah did you find any Maine syrup yet? I’d love to try some Quebec syrup! Thank you for watching!

@joshb6470

4 ай бұрын

@@BellsFarming Quebec stuff is everywhere up here, bring on a bottle of yours with hopefully gentle import fees from your trees to my breakfast table

2/14 was a Wednesday last month. Maybe this was on the 17th. Anyway, thank you for the overview on the lines for maple tapping. Great snow amd winter wonderland Molly.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Hahah yes it probably was the 17th haha I guess my camera date was wrong

Thanks for another cool video 🐾

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I know it’s not my usual!

I like how you guys think of ways to increase production in all your processes. 👍. It’s going to be in the 70s here in SW Pennsylvania for the next 3 days. Just saying. Thanks for sharing.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! It’s really nice here today!

I love sugaring season ❤

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Me too! The smell of boiling is wonderful!

Molly Shane you only learn if you do the job right? being a out of the box engineer, designer, builder.. people told me what i do will never work. i said why did you do it? nope they said won't work so why do it.. funny now everyone is using used grain Bins for homes cabins outside spaces. My brother was skeptical about my work until i took him with and showed him a hundred foot grain bin, 40 foot across, all underground made into a house. All run by water and a pump. and then sometimes the solar turned on. But this place has 8 levels and all the conveniences of a normal home and it is immune to storms and fires...so do and learn it makes dreams come true. can't wait to see the finished product. have fun take care enjoy it is what life is about.. an adventure....

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

This sounds freaking awesome! Do you have any pictures of this awesome dwelling? Yes I totally agree with you! Do it! Life is short! Life a life that you can’t be proud of and that you can love!

@garyfrederick9107

4 ай бұрын

i have one of a church i did.. the others.... sorry NDA Agreements signed so no photos but the church I can because it is above ground and being used.@@BellsFarming

We miss the summer thumbnails. :)

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

It’s not summer

Thank you!!

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

Great video just one suggestion you might want to make the drop lines a little longer. It will help you over the years to get away from each years tap holes.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Good advice! Thank you 😊

Thank you Molly, Shane and Ray👍 very interesting video,I'd love to have a go in the HYDRO AX fantastic bit of machinery,hope you get lots of maple syrup "yummy"😊 wish we had snow,its been raining for weeks here in the UK 🇬🇧 till next time take care 😊👍

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! I want a go at the hydro ax too now that you mention it! 😊💚👍🏻

@petey9338

4 ай бұрын

@@BellsFarming maybe that could be a future video you in the HYDRO AX!! Thank you for the reply 🤗 take care of yourselves👍 🇬🇧

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

@@petey9338 yeah. I want to drive the combine too I’ll have to have ray teach me all his equipment :)

@petey9338

4 ай бұрын

@@BellsFarming that sounds naughty 😳 hope Shane doesn't mind 🤣😂😅🤗 take care 👍

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

@@petey9338hahahaha

Great thumbnail Molly 😊

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Ya'll really are in to a lot. You keep this up, I might have to move up there and go to work for ya'll. LOL... I will work for taters and syrup...LOL

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Hahaha never a dull moment:)

I tried making syrup. Two years of work and 20K later, all I had was two gals of brown/yellow sap. Needless to say I now buy my syrup.

@shanebell9589

4 ай бұрын

Sounds like my honey endeavor lol

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Honey has been that kinda thing for us. Lots of money in little return. But it’s enjoyable. It’s one of those things that’s a hobby. And generally hobbies cost money, business makes money lol

Hi Molly, do use the syrup as a sweetener good luck with the collecting that machine is great for pulling small trees out 16 inches that will be a good size thanks for taking us along l like the drone footage🫶👍

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Yes I do use maple for sweetener. I try and stay away from sugar. We use honey and maple to sweeten things. Home made Ice cream is great made it maple!

@petertatham-cw2oq

4 ай бұрын

Hi Molly, l use honey it’s natural l only use it in black coffee and porridge l stopped using sugar since 1999 l became diabetic 👍

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

@@petertatham-cw2oqsugar is so bad for everyone. I always have some sugar around the holidays. I try really hard not to buy anything with added sugar. It hides in everything.

@petertatham-cw2oq

4 ай бұрын

Yes it is what does my head in there is sugar 99% of foods drinks l go out for drink in to a pub there is nothing with out sugar to drink the doctors say drink water 🤷‍♂️

I tap the Amazon tree for my maple syrup, but I like to watch your process🙂

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Way down here where it never snows, we call that machine a feller/buncher. You can fell trees, and bunch them too! I could be wrong, but a guy that I know that owns one told me that.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Yep! That sounds right! Look like alot of fun!

@BoFinn52

4 ай бұрын

Good luck with your syrup. It’s about time for us to do cane grinding.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

@@BoFinn52 I don’t even know what that is I’ll have to look that up!

This is awesome Molly! I wondered if you guys tapped maple trees. I'm in eastern Upstate NY and with our lack of a snowpack slowly melting into the soil I suspect it's going to be a poor maple sugaring season. During World War II sugar was rationed so lots of folks tapped maple trees for a sugar substitute. Many also boiled down finished syrup to make granulated maple sugar as well.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

We are boiling today. There really hasn’t been much at all. I love using maple syrup for sugar substitute! I really try and saw way form refined sugars. Looks like I will have to buy some maple syrup this year! Thank you very much for watching this video!

Another great video.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. Just a little update on things we have been doing.

Awesome video

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Nice. Thanks for the Video...

THANKS!

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

Enjoy the maple syrup!

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Hopefully we enough this year. Doesn’t look like it. Thank you for watching.

Need the mower head for the hydro ax make short work of those saplings

@BellsFarming

2 ай бұрын

Now that sounds efficient!

Up here in Canada where you tap the maple trees is called a Sugarbush. Quebec is huge in maple syrup. Ontario a ways behind. I think New Brunswick taps as well.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Haha yes! I think ray was calling them our swamp maples haha

@Okanagan48

4 ай бұрын

Swamp maples! New one on me.... lol

@davepowell3293

4 ай бұрын

Swamp maple is also called Red Maple,we tap in Nova Scotia also

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

@@davepowell3293ah that’s good to know!

That's a beautiful thumbnail shot 😍

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Hahah thanks, winter coats don’t make the best thumbnails :)

@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power

4 ай бұрын

@@BellsFarming As long as you're in it, that works for me 😋 But the shot, with you, the hat, the trees and the snow, all comes together for a very nicely framed photo.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

@@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power it was so beautiful that day with the snow. It didn’t last long though

@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power

4 ай бұрын

@@BellsFarming Yeah, same here; winter seems to be going the way of the dinosaur 🦕 😂🙄

I like the snow accumulation on your hair curls ❤ Can the maple tap lines be left in year round?

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

The plan is to leave them in. I guess these lines are supposed to be good for like 10 years! We will see how they do! Thank you for the compliment

40 gallons of raw to make one gallon of maple syrup. It’s SO MUCH WORK! hahaha

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Haha it’s more like 60 for the silver maples we are tapping.

hahah, cute icecle in youre hair!!

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Haha it was a wonderland for about an hr

@thomasandreasson9572

4 ай бұрын

Never the less! An hr is an hr!

@thomasandreasson9572

4 ай бұрын

Just lile a ice princess !!haha

It is going to be really exciting to see what comes from all of the trees, my sister brought over some streets app for the boys and I to drink and it was refreshing, we are going to watch you and see if we might want to tap two or three trees in our yard, also, is that fellerbuncher how you can maintain the edges of the field so the trees don’t creep in? Or is it just by chance that he was doing it on the edge of the field? Your hair always looks beautiful and that beautiful beautiful snowfall collecting on your hair made it look amazing

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

We just started with the syrup. This is our third year. The first year it was just a large pot on the stove. But it was super rewarding. So we scaled up the next year. Give it a try next year. Tractor supply sells everything thing you need. If you have big enough maple trees go for it. Ray does use that equipment to clean up around the fields, but also anywhere else he can drive it into the woods to get trees. Thank you for the compliment on my hair! The snow was so pretty that day. That is really why I wanted to post this video. The scenery was so pretty.

@darrenniles2448

4 ай бұрын

@@BellsFarming that was some seriously gorgeous snow, thank you for the video, when I first saw that real of blue to Bing I thought, here we go this is gonna turn into a big mess but Shane made it look easy

Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep, sorry it was one of your commercials...

Snow Queen Xx ❤️🇬🇧

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

❄️❄️❤️

🥞🥞😋😋 I guess ya have to hope no deer run through & break the lines down !

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Funny, I never thought about that! We will see! There are a lot of deer down there.

@robertrhodes9123

4 ай бұрын

@@BellsFarming Well you see I'm old (75) & Wise !!🤣🤣🤣🤣

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Hahah thank you for sharing your wisdom wise one😊

Neva seen snow if it gets below 11c it's too cold we have weeks of 40+ at times that 100f so yeah we live on edge of Simpson desert

Feller/Buncher actually

Thanks, Molly. I think I've tasted maple syrup only once: very expensive as it's all imported. How long have you been on the farm?

@BellsFarming

Ай бұрын

I have been farming full time for a year and part time before that for about 5

interesting thanks

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

I live in California and in the city so I would never experience this but it looks cool

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s pretty fun, and the syrup is so good! Thanks for watching the video :)

@ugly717

4 ай бұрын

@@BellsFarmingand thank you for the videos

@jondarrah6829

4 ай бұрын

Molly i7😊

@jondarrah6829

4 ай бұрын

Molly I knew you would have a sweet tooth. You do all the fun outside things.

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

@@jondarrah6829😊

Wow, You guys are incredible. Busy all the time. That's the name of the game, Do you sell syrup in the store ? Thanks for Sharing, have a Great Day. 😊

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

We like to be busy :) we don’t sell any. This is all just for our personal use, and gifts for family. It’s the same with our honey. We are not a licensed bee keeper. We just do it for personal use 😊

Hey there Molly, Will the warm temperatures make planting come sooner in the year or does planting have a typical start date?

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

It will be sooner this year! We have a pond in auburn that is shaded. When the ice is melted it’s usually time to plant. That is usually in late April. I think we will be a couple weeks ahead this year.

Bells Farms Maple Syrup. I'd Tap That!

@BellsFarming

3 ай бұрын

Hahahah

I've seen videos of commercial harvesting where they used a vacuum pump above the collection tank to keep a pressure gradient instead of depending on gravity. I wonder how much difference that makes.

@shanebell9589

4 ай бұрын

Vacuum makes a huge difference I assume, you are supposed to get a siphon effect from the lines, but we will see I suppose

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

I bet it’s makes a big difference! We really haven’t had much sap this year.

Shane - that was interesting. Seen many people tap for maple syrup but not like that. was this your idea or did you get it from someone else. I wasn’t sure if you mentioned it in the video. Every time I see it done, after it gets reduced it seems much thinner in consistency than what you buy in the store. I wonder does the flavor and sweetness intensify the more you reduce it?

@shanebell9589

4 ай бұрын

I know a lot of people/companies online systems, not really sure the finer details, but I’m more the do some research and trial and error the rest, so we’re on the trial and error portion of sap collection.and yes, the more you boil it down/ reduce it, the sweeter it gets.

I am surprised that you can pipe the maple syrup.without a pump.

🇺🇸👍🙂

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😊

There are a lot of people who do maple on this platform may need to get some notes on the way to run lines dunes is a good resource

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes we know we are total beginners. Shane is a doer! I love that about him, he always just dives into things and says he will figure it out as he goes. We will watch some more experienced syrup makers. 💚

Watch maple farmer she has a lot of good tricks on tapping trees

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

I just found her channel the other day actually!

@shanebell9589

4 ай бұрын

Ya I like her channel

Beautiful day. Let us know if you sell online. Shanes’s sap. Bessie would like a taste.😊

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Hahah we aren’t ready to start selling any yet. Still learning the ropes or should I say lines. But when we do I’ll let you know!

That maple syrup where I live cost a fortune lol. How much did you get last year and can you spare any? 😉😄

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

Hahah it’s at lot of money here too! And sorry I think I just ran out 😜

How much is the deer going to destroy your tubes, down here they are set about 5/6 feet high interesting video thanks for sharing

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

No clue hahah first time we have ever used lines.

Very interesting, so how much syrup did you end up with?

@BellsFarming

4 ай бұрын

I think we had around 70 gals. Something like that. Still working on finishing what we collected. It’s really muddy in that last field, so we will have to see what is back there when we can drive without getting stuck :)

@shanebell9589

4 ай бұрын

Looks like we ended up with right around a gal and a half on our first boil. Not too bad at all

do the blue lines require a slope to drain the sap? vacuum breaker at the highest point?

@shanebell9589

4 ай бұрын

From my understanding, a slope on the line should create a siphon effect and pull more sap? Definitely a rank amateur over here