Into the woods by 5:00 AM to bottle. Cleaned up while the syrup was finishing. Returned unused wood back to the woodshed. Took down the pipes to the storage tanks. The heat gun failed and we couldn’t remove two hoses from the R/O. Fortunately all the major hoses were already removed.
Started bottling at 7:15 AM. 4 gallons and 3 pints. That gives us 41 gallons and 3 quarts total for the season. Round up to 42 gallons. If we had 500 buckets out we would have over 100 gallons for syrup.
Still some cleanup to finish. In the end, it was a good season. When you do any type of agricultural activity, you better be an optimist.
Back to the farmhouse by 8:00 AM.