Did not freeze overnight.  Up to 53 today.  Sunny, but windy.  Into the woods by 10:00 AM to cook the sap from yesterday.  Finished that by 4:30 PM.  Two more batches of syrup in the milk can.

 

Another local maple syrup producer stopped by.  He too is waiting for better weather.  He said his sap was only 1.5 or 1.6 Brix.  We at least had 2.0 Brix.  Typically very early sap is low sugar.  During the main season it rises to 2.0 to 4.0 Brix.  Then drops off as the season ends.    So maybe we are still in very early season sap.   Wish we know more about what happens inside the tree.

 

Tomorrow is warm again.  By Tuesday its forecast to change to more normal patterns.

 

An observation: once the snow is gone 40 degrees feels cold.  While the snow is on the ground 40 degrees feels warm.