The day started out cold, but sunny. It was down to 10 degrees last night. There was a special type of frost called “hoar frost” on the trees in the morning. Hoar frost is caused when water goes directly from gas to solid without the liquid stage in-between. It can be very pretty as it covers everything in a white fluffy coating. But with a little sun it quickly melts.

About 10:00 we started tapping again. It warmed up and by 11:00 the trees were dripping. By the end of the day we had put out 225 more taps for a total now of 350. Tomorrow we plan to put out the remaining 50.

We also had a delivery of bottles that we use for the finished syrup. A semi truck delivered them about 11:15.

Rain is forecast for tonight and maybe Thursday. March is an unpredictable month for weather.