Collected 235 gallons but we expected more based the freeze/thaw from yesterday and today. The trees are dripping, but slowly. There is still frost in the ground. The recent cold weather may have refrozen the ground and locked up the water again. It was 33 overnight, but ice on puddles indicate the ground is cold yet.
Warmed up quickly this morning. Up to mid 50s and mostly sunny. Into the woods by Noon to check about collecting. Its been six days since we last collected and we wanted to get the sap that’s there. It looks good.
Back into the woods by 1:00 PM to wash the syrup pan and tanks. It took an hour to clean the syrup pan because there was a thick layer of nitre. Glad its done so we can get started cooking in the morning without the delay to clean the pan.
Back to the farmhouse by 4:30 PM.