Emptied the storage tanks today.  Took three batches of syrup off the evaporator.  The milk can is almost full.  We still need to finish it on the gas finishing pan and bottle. 

Didn’t seem to freeze overnight.  Today was still cloudy with a few shows.  Up to 37.  Around noon sleet started to fall.  By late this afternoon it turned to snow.   We are due for an inch or so. 

We should have collected this afternoon.  Some buckets are half full and its turning colder.  That means ice.  If we collected today it would have been liquid.

We did try starting the tractor this afternoon.  We didn’t need it for anything; we were just testing.  It started!   We hope this continues.