Picked up 620 gallons of sap.  It was late yesterday afternoon before the trees woke up from the below zero temperatures.   They ran all night because it did not freeze.  Today was up to the mid 50s but cloudy.   And the snow is now gone.   Its been replaced by mud. 

Into the woods by 1:30 PM to collect.  We had two additional people helping.    With three good workers we finished in three hours.  Very glad we did not have to pick up this much sap solo.

By 5:00 PM we started the evaporator.  With this much sap we have to cook as long as possible.  Stayed until 11:20 PM.    Tomorrow will also be a long day.

Our bottles arrived today.