Into the woods by 6:00 AM to cook. Finished by 12:45 PM.
The day cooking
6:30 AM R/O start
7:00 AM 3”
8:00 AM 6”
8:30 AM batch
9:00 AM 8”
9:10 AM batch
9:10 AM R/O done
9:55 AM batch
10:00 AM 6 3/4”
10:40 AM batch
11:00 AM 4 ¾”
11:20 AM batch
11:50 AM batch
12:00 PM 2 ¾”
12:30 PM batch
12:45 PM 1 ¼”
12:45 PM done
28 overnight. Low 50s and sunny. Warmed up fast again. But cold weather is forecast again for the next thee days. Tomorrow doesn’t get above freezing and lows in the teens. Saturday and Sunday are also cold. But next week looks promising again.
There was sap last night and today. Not a lot, but with the forecast cold weather it’s better to collect it because liquid today, ice tomorrow. And we’d have ice in the buckets for the next 3-4 days.
While finishing cooking we washed the tanks. Picked up 190 gallons. We’ll cook tomorrow, but it will take a good hour in the morning to wash the syrup pan. We couldn’t get a head start on that because we had to finish cooking.
Back to the farmhouse by 4:30 PM.