We collected 440 gallons of sap today. That is the most for a first collecting that we can recall. It was down to about 26 last night and today was sunny and about 43. You get warm real fast when working in the woods. The snow has settled some, but its still difficult carrying two full 5 gallon pails. It makes you tired and hot. Monday and Tuesday are forecast to be warmer, into the high 40s or low 50s. Later in the weeks it cools down to the upper 30s again.

We started the evaporator too. Early indications are that switching the order of the pans makes a big difference. It looks like we will be able to boil about 30 gallons/hour, up from 20 gallons/hour. This will save us time and fuel wood. We had the entire flue pan at a rolling boil which we have not seen before.