Today was the kind of day you think of when you think of maple syrup season: sunny, 38-39 degrees, no wind.  Just a nice day in the woods.  Its hard to understand that a snow storm is coming.  After teasing us for almost a week the weather forecasters have decided we will get 4”-6” or 5”-7”.  The rain will stay to the south of us.  Now we’ll see what really happens tomorrow.

We tapped 75 more before lunch.  That makes 300 taps out now.  

We miss the H tractor.  We are happy to have the Massey as a loaner: we would not have been able to  do anything today without it.  But it struggles in the snow and pulling the collecting tank.  It doesn’t have as much clearance.  The wheels are smaller so it doesn’t pull as well.  Chains would help, but this tractor seems much more suited for good surfaces.   Its not the best for the snow and mud of syrup season.

Knowing that a storm was coming for Wednesday we planned to collect today.  Dug out our wagon which we need for the collecting tank.   Prepared the collecting tank and storage tanks.  Set out about 3:00 PM to collect.  Picked up 100 gallons.  Not a lot but get it while its there.