Bottled And Collected

On February 12, 2024

In 2024: Season 107

25 overnight. Sun came out by 10:00 AM and temperature rose to 43. Trees responded.

Into the woods by 6:00 AM. Organized the filter press and other items needed for bottling. Did get the milk can dumped into he finishing pan. Had the burners going by 7:00 AM. Syrup ready for filtering by 8:00 AM. Done bottling and back to the farmhouse by 10:30 AM. Bottled 24 quarts and 13 pints. The grade looks like Amber/Rich.

Back into the woods by 2:00 PM to prepare collecting. Help arrived by 3:00 PM. Done collecting by 5:00 PM. 340 gallons.

With the evaporator and R/O we can process 50 gallons and hour. That means 7 hours of cooking tomorrow.

Taps
1/29/24 101
1/30/24 200
2/3/24 64
2/10/24 30
Total 395

Sap Gal Brix
1/31/24 310 1.5
2/03/24 375 1.5
2/05/24 325 1.5
2/07/24 300 1.5
2/12/24 340 1.5
2/15/24 440 1.5
2/21/24 235 1.5
2/22/24 200 1.5
2/26/24 470 1.5
2/27/24 240 1.5
3/02/24 210 1.5
3/04/24 230 1.25
3/07/24 70 1.25
Total 3745

Bottled Qt Pt 500 250 50
2/12/24 24 13
2/14/24 24 18
2/17/24 23 13
2/18/24 20 11
2/25/24 15 15 4 1
2/26/24 18 6 5
3/01/24 16 2 1
3/02/24 18 3 12
3/04/24 6 17
3/06/24 8 9
3/07/24 18 10
3/10.24 14 10
3/11/24 4 18
3/12/24 7 1
Total gals: 74

Tree Pressure
1/29/24 14 PSI
1/30/24 5 PSI
1/31/24 3 PSI
2/01/24 4 PSI
2/02/24 11 PSI
2/03/24 11 PSI
2/04/24 10 PSI
2/05/24 8 PSI
2/06/24 7 PSI
2/07/24 2 PSI
2/08/24 1 PSI
2/09/24 0 PSI
2/10/24 -1 PSI
2/11/24 7 PSI
2/12/24 6 PSI
2/13/24 -5 PSI
2/13/24 5 PSI
2/14/24 6 PSI
2/15/24 2 PSI
2/16/24 0 PSI
2/17/24 0 PSI
2/18/24 0 PSI
2/19/24 0 PSI
2/20/24 4 PSI
2/21/24 4 PSI
2/22/24 5 PSI
2/23/24 0 PSI
2/24/24 -5 PSI
2/25/24 6 PSI
2/26/24 8 PSI
2/27/24 2 PSI
2/18/24 -10 PSI
2/29/24 0 PSI
3/01/24 5 PSI
3/02/24 4 PSI
3/03/24 2 PSI
3/04/24 2 PSI
3/05/24 0 PSI
3/06/24 -5 PSI
3/06/24 3 PSI
3/07/24 0 PSI

Steps
1/29/24 8,067
1/30/24 15,762
1/31/24 12,543
2/01/24 16,846
2/02/24 4,730
2/03/24 14,354
2/04/24 11,190
2/05/24 10,557
2/06/24 10,799
2/07/24 8,778
2/08/24 8,876
2/09/24 3,552
2/10/24 11,453
2/11/24 5,625
2/12/24 11,276
2/13/24 10,541
2/14/24 7,027
2/15/24 7,728
2/16/24 12,378
2/17/24 5,835
2/18/24 5,055
2/19/24 1,617
2/20/24 5,267
2/21/24 8,084
2/22/24 11,464
2/23/24 8,429
2/24/24 3,448
2/25/24 4,729
2/26/24 10,204
2/27/24 18,023
2/28/24 8,623
2/29/24 8,639
3/02/24 8,031
3/03/24 7,274
3/04/24 7,267
3/05/24 7,542
3/06/24 8,324
3/07/24 8,053
3/08/24 6,136
3/09/24 5,643
3/10/24 4,944
3/11/24 9,461
3/12/24 9,131
3/13/24 11,253
3/14/24 5,035
3/15/24 8,806
3/16/24 5,515
3/17/24 2,064

Bottled And Collected

Prepared The Kitchen For Bottling

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