This was more like a June day than a March day. 76 degrees this afternoon. Its way to warm for March 26th. We don’t ever remember it being this warm. The previous record high for the day was 70 and that was from 1925. You can’t help but wonder what the future of maple syrup production will be like under global warming. Maple trees could die off. Seasons could vary wildly.

Emptied the evaporator today. Started cleaning it. And started pulling taps. Its always sad. Three weeks ago the season was just starting. Snow covered the woods. The promise of a new season upon us. Now its done. Snow is all gone. Too warm. We still have the last sap from the evaporator to finish. We will do that on the gas burner. We won’t have final production totals until that is done, but it will be a below average season.