Into the woods by 5:45 AM to check the O-ring (U-cup) at the bottom of the membrane. The seal looked fine. That leaves the pump: it’s feeding too much water or sap. We’ll work on strategies to compensate for that tomorrow when we cook.
Collected 285 gallons of sap. A weak 2 Brix. Trees dripped into last night, then resumed dripping today. Nice looking sap.
30 overnight, but again a lot of ice. The ground is still cold. Cloudy all day until 3:00 PM when the sun appeared. Temperature up to 45.
We’ll cook tomorrow. Back to the farmhouse by 5:00 PM.