Woke up this morning to snow falling. We got about 2 inches overnight. It did not look promising to do any work in the woods, but the trees were very pretty covered in snow. About 10:30 the snow stopped and the sky cleared. The sun came out and it got warm. We went in to the woods to open up the sugar shack. Then decided we should start tapping. After lunch we loaded up the tractor bucket with pails, covers and spouts and set out into the woods. The weather was perfect for tapping. After drilling the tap whole the sap started running out right away. Sap dripping from the spout and hitting the bottom of the pails caused the nice ping, ping, ping that tells use the season is really here. Tomorrow we will try to finish the tapping.
Category: 2006: Season 89
Welcome to Wisconsin. It started snowing tonight. Not sure how much we will get. It seems to be a light snow. There is about 12 inches of snow in the woods from a storm about two weeks ago.
Heading back to Wisconsin to get ready for the season. Buckets are washed. But we have to get the building ready and prepare for tapping. It looks like the weather will break this week. By Tuesday or Wednesday we are expected to have highs around 40 and freezing nights. January was very warm. No snow. No freezing nights. No frost in the ground. No ice on the rivers or ponds. February turned cold and we got snow. Every season is an adventure. Let’s see what this season holds.