Started the fire at 2:35 PM.  Had boil by 3:05 PM.  The tank had 10” of sap.  Stayed until 8:00 PM boiling to empty the tank.  The weather forecast for the next three or four days is not favorable to sap runs.  Tomorrow’s high it 20.   Yesterday’s decision to collect was correct.   Otherwise we would have ice in the buckets.

 

Up to 30 today. About 25 overnight. Sunny.   Cloudy.  Snow flurries. North wind,  A little melt when the sun was out, but overall too cold.   About 25 overnight.

 

Washed the tanks and setup the pipes to the evaporator this morning.

 

While boiling we noticed a lot of sugar sand already.  May be a season of sugar sand.   Last season there was little sugar sand.