Into the woods by 8:15 AM to bottle. Small batch of 3 gallons. We’ll bottle another milk can tomorrow of about 5 gallons.
29 overnight. Sunny and 45 today. Tree pressure showed -5 PSI this morning indicating the trees are drawing up moisture. Similar temperature tonight. We’ll see if this leads to a sap run.
The weather forecasts this season have attempted to indicate the future weather, but they rely too much on historical weather data and aren’t accounting for this season’s weather pattern. The three day forecasts are more accurate but the 10 days forecasts show favorable weather for sap, but as the days progress the forecasts are revised to show less favorable sap weather for the three day window. After three days, the forecast relies too much on the historical weather data. March weather is always volatile, but this year is especially challenging because of the strong El Nino and effects of climate change.
Back to the farmhouse by 10:45 AM.