Into the woods by 8:00 AM. Put out 64 more taps including the big trees behind the neighbor that runs well. Finished tapping by 10:30, then checked buckets. Moved sap from overflowing buckets to less full buckets so capture the sap until we collected.
Planned to collect at 1:00 PM. Washed storage and collecting tanks. Ran a rinse cycle on the R/O. Connected the propane tank.
Collected 375 gallons. Sap is still 1.5 Brix. Done collecting by 2:00 PM. The centrifugal transfer pump worked well. Emptied the collecting tank in less than 15 minutes.
30 overnight. Partly sunny today. Up to 43. Trees were dripping. We expect they will drip into the evening. We’ll check tomorrow if we need to collect again.
Plan to get into the wood early to cook.
Back to the farmhouse by 3:00 PM.