Into the woods at 2:00 PM to bottle. Had the propane tank filled on Monday. It was still 2/3 full. Can’t figure out why we didn’t get propane at the burner on Saturday. But it worked today. Bottled about 8 gallons. 29 gallons for the season so far with another milk can of 8 gallons yet plus what’s in the evaporator.
While waiting for the syrup to finish, we took down 13 buckets. Symbolic, but signals the season is over. Freezing nights are forecast for this weekend, but sap has moved in the trees. Sap in the buckets now looks bad. We’ll dump it.
Back to the farmhouse by 6:00 PM.