Into the woods by 8:30 AM. 20 overnight. Cloudy morning kept the temperature down and the snow and ground frozen. Got the evaporator fired up by 9:00 AM. Estimated 3 hours to cook 70 gallons of sap. Had a good boil and finished by 11:00. Almost fired too long. The 11:00 AM reading measured 1″ of sap in the tank. That’s getting low. Stopped firing and allowed the sap to flow in. Done by 11:30 AM.
Warm spell forecast the next 3-4 days. 50s. Even 60s. Getting too warm. We’ll wait it out.