Tap those trees!

[baymule]

Baymule, I have seen this done in Oklahoma. Pretty fascinating. I didn't realize they did it in Texas. Cool! Love LOVE LOVE sorghum.

The town of Henderson, Texas has a syrup festival in the fall and they do the whole mule driven mill, cooking pan and all. I don't know of anyone anymore that makes sorghum syrup. We bought 2 cans at the festival!

 

[TexasLisa]

The town of Henderson, Texas has a syrup festival in the fall and they do the whole mule driven mill, cooking pan and all. I don't know of anyone anymore that makes sorghum syrup. We bought 2 cans at the festival!

I will have to look that up. I miss going to festivals like that.

I buy my sorghum syrup online now. It is coming from Kentucky.

 

[Britesea]

I read about a guy years ago that would take most of his maple syrup that he had made to the general store to trade it for sorghum syrup... guess he wanted a different taste sometimes

 

[mythreesons290322]

My husband tapped our trees this past weekend..I’m in zone 5.

 

[baymule]

I read about a guy years ago that would take most of his maple syrup that he had made to the general store to trade it for sorghum syrup... guess he wanted a different taste sometimes

 

[NH Homesteader]

DH boiled today. Ugly evaporator works great! I had goats kid Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Still playing catch up.

Looks like more good temps coming this weekend.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

WooHoo for boiling! So, how much do you think you'll get? How much do you start with and how long do you have to boil it?

 

[NH Homesteader]

We only have about 3/4 gallon so far. It's about 40:1, give or take depending on sugar content of the sap. There's a reason this stuff is so expensive!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Wow!

 

[treerooted]

Just got some cinder blocks delivered to build the evaporator. We didn't end up tapping yet; we'll do it on Saturday. Last year we were actually overrun with sap and had to toss a bunch. We're hoping the homemade evaporator will help with that this year. So though I feel like we're behind, I know it's fine!