Into the woods at 3:45 AM. Raining hard. If the temperature was colder it would be a lot of snow. Rain stopped by 5:00 AM. Snow started at 6:30 AM. Not much accumulation but everything is white again.
Done cooking by Noon. Five batches into the milk can. It helped the sap was 3 Brix. The steam from cooking condensed in the building causing everything to get wet.
The frost came out. The sidewalk by the building was covered with 2” of rain water when we left at Noon. When we returned at 3:00 PM to check buckets, the water was gone and other other puddles drained too. With the frost out the water can soak away.
Tree pressure was 5 PSI most of the day. 25 is the forecast for tonight with sun and 45 tomorrow. We anticipated collecting tomorrow. But at 3:00 PM we checked the buckets. Many were full. Must have run all night. Trees that ran well other seasons are finally producing: another sign of the frost coming out. The buckets wouldn’t wait until tomorrow. Collected 215 gallons at 2 Brix.
Got a milk can of water while pumping sap into the storage tank. And brought in wood in preparation for tomorrow.
Snow flurries late this afternoon.
The day cooking.
5:00 16.25”
6:00 14.25”
6:00 batch
7:00 11.5”
7:45 batch
8:00 9.5”
9:00 7.00
9:00 batch
10:00 5”
10:30 batch
11:00 2.75”
11:30 1.50”
11:40 batch
12:00 done