Already planning next year's improvements, most notably in the filter dept. We upgraded this year to a dedicated filter tank with synthetic filters and prefilters, and it was better/faster than last season, but I'm still not satisfied. The big boys have water jacketed filter/bottler units, or even gear driven pumps forcing the syrup through filter banks, but the small scale producer's choices are limited.
I have some ideas, so I will try to build something for next season.
No walnut yet, Bill....still trying to gather enough sap to be able to boil it down. Not much sugar in that stuff, so it will take approx. twice as much sap to make a gallon of black walnut syrup as it does maple.
