30 overnight. Sunny and low 40s today. Not much tree activity. We need colder weather.
Into the woods by 6:00 AM to cook. By the time we assembled the pipes from the tanks and completed other preparation, it was 7:00 AM before we started the fire. Had a boil by 7:45 AM.
The day cooking
7:00 AM 13 1/3”
9:00 AM 10 ¾”
10:00 AM 9 ¼”
11:00 AM 7 ½”
12:00 PM 5 ¼”
1:00 PM 3 ½”
2:00 PM 1 ¼ “
2:30 PM Done
No batches into the milk can.
We did not use the R/O. We’ve learned over the years that trying to prep the membrane while cooking is a frustrating experience. Your attention is split between cooking and the R/O and neither is done well.
A grate in the firebox broke. We had to adjust firing on the fly since we had a fire going. Used scrap metal to replaced the grate. We’ll adjust the spacing on the remaining grates to compensate for the missing grate. Hope we make it through the season.
