Into the woods by 9:30 AM to finish three milk cans for the 20 gallon drum. Each milk can contains 6 ½ to 7 gallons of syrup. Three milk cans go into the drum. We heat and bring to 59 Brix one after the other so the drum contains hot syrup. If finishing milk cans on separate days, hot syrup would be added to cold syrup already in the drum.
It’s quicker to fill the drum then individual bottles. It takes four hours to finish and bottle a milk can of syrup. It’s about two hours to finish and add syrup to the drum. This includes cleanup after each milk can. Completed by 2:50 PM. Back to the farmhouse by 3:00 PM.
Mid-20s overnight. Mostly cloudy and mid-30s during the day.
Took down three buckets and spouts to symbolize ending the season.