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Tapping Report: Ken & Darren Flagel

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Reporting Producer:  
 
Ken & Darren Flagel
269-944-4064
wflagel@i2k.com


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Darren stoking the fire.
Maple Operation:  
 
Flagel's Sugar House
7509 East Napier Avenue
Benton Harbor, MI  49022
(Berrien County) US

Total Taps = 730
 
Some of our roadside sap cows.

The shack in the evening before fire up.

Profile:
Brothers Ken and Darren Flagel started as most who make syrup do with a 5 gallon pot on a turkey fryer. And once bitten by the "Maple Bug" we have sought out more taps, bigger pans, faster evaporation rates, and soon it becomes a hobby gone wild. Being Plumbers by day, the maple season fits in well during our slow time, and we hope to make it a part time occupation. We now have a 21'x21' sugarhouse with a 3'x10' wood fired evaporator and separated kitchen. With 400+ taps in roadside trees.


Tapping Report Seasons

 Season   Tapping 
Dates
 Taps  Sap
 (gal) 
%
 Sugar 
 Syrup 
(gal)
2008 2/29/2008 - 4/6/2008 730 10075 2.3 272
2007 3/8/2007 - 3/24/2007 504 4410 2.5 126
2006 2/27/2006 - 3/30/2006 425 5680 2.3 150
2005 3/4/2005 - 3/31/2005 395 4230 2.6 127
2004 2/26/2004 - 3/30/2004 165 60
2003 3/8/2003 - 4/1/2003 65 7

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