Picked up 265 gallons of sap.  2.5 degrees Brix.   

Only down to 30 or 31 overnight.  The day started cloudy.    Around 9:00 AM the sun appeared.   Clouds move back in but we had brief periods of sun.  Helped warm the trees to start running.   We went out about 2:30 to collect.  Dumped ice that was in the buckets.     Not as big a run as last weekend but we take whatever we can.

We get a warm weather patten the new few days.  Highs in the 40s or even 50s.  But no freezing nights.    That’s not good for sap runs.  There is still frost in the ground so we will wait it out.   We’ve had warm spells during past seasons.   

Installed the wash tank heater on the R/O.  Should reduce wash time from 8 hours to under 1 hour. 

Filled the R/O holding  tank with water.  Tomorrow we run a cold wash cycle to prepared the R/O for use.  Then  we plan to use it on the 265 gallons we picked up today.

It may not freeze tonight.  We’ll see what tomorrow brings.