205 taps out today. 505 total. 50 taps between 9:00-10:30. 50 taps between 11:00-12:30. 50 taps between 1:30-3:00. 55 taps between 3:00-4:00. Had help for last 55 taps so it went faster.
28 over night. The day started cloudy. Sun came out around 9:30. Temperature up to 40. By 3:00 clouds returned and it got colder. Forecast to freeze tonight with possible wintery mix again.
Tomorrow we prepare the syrup building and get ready for sap.
If sap is moving in the tree, a new tap always runs. A maple tree can be 50′ or more tall. When we drill a hole at the base of the tree all the sap above that hole now has an outlet and gravity pushes it out.
100 more taps. Washed spouts in the morning. Also got hose for the R/O. We need to replace hoses that went bad over the summer.
Its easy moving around in the woods. Not much snow. The ground is still frozen. Lots of water. When the ground thaws there will be mud.
Not much of a wintery mix last night. Lower 40s and cloudy today.
Sap is starting to move in the trees.
Season 101 is open.
Weather looks favorable the next week: freezing nights in the 20s with days in the upper 30s to low 40s. That’s tappi’n and sappi’n weather. Seasons are unmistakably shifting to start earlier. Our traditional thinking is the season starts around March 7 so we are two weeks earlier.
200 taps out today. Got a late start tapping at 12:30. Had to wash spouts. Also order replacement hoses for the R/O.
A wintery mix forecast for tonight with freezing rain/snow. Lows around freezing.
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