Into the woods by 11:15 AM to get syrup into the finishing pan.  Syrup was finished and filtered by 1:00 PM.  Done with bottling and cleanup by 1:50 PM.

Then headed out to collect.  Tonight the forecast is 18.  Any sap will freeze.  Get it while its liquid.  We hoped for a tank full, 225 gal, but ended up with 165 gal.  A few running well, but many are dry.   The taps are out over a month so dry taps are expected.  But with a low of 23 the other night and sunny yesterday we should have more sap.  Since we didn’t its a signal we are coming to the end of the season.   We could be surprised because we get the freeze/thaw pattern this coming week.

Planning to begin cooking early tomorrow.   We have plans for Easter dinner at Noon and want to be done cooking by 11:00 AM.  We should be able to meet that if we get into the woods by 6:00 AM.

No snow last night.  Lite rain started by 8:00 AM this morning.  Cloudy and windy.  Did reach low 40s before the wind shifted to the North and temperature dropped.

Back to the farmhouse by 6:15 PM.