Into the woods by 10:30 AM to start cooking down the remaining sap, about 15 gals, on the propane burner. Took time. The evaporator is more efficient. It was ready by 5:15 PM when it reached 29° Baumé. Looks like this batch will be 6 ½ to 7 gals. That will put us over 100 gals for the season. We will finish and bottle tomorrow.
Also drained and broke down the R/O. The membrane is already back at the farmhouse in its storage solution. The R/O comes back tomorrow.
25 overnight. Sunny and mid 40s today. The type of day expected in early March.
Tomorrow we have to get water, cleaning solution and a fire under the evaporator. Then on Wednesday we can clean it.
Back to the farmhouse by 5:30 PM.
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