R/O. Radio. Rain. Quite the melody of sounds today: the R/O pumps were whirring, the radio picking up static and the rain pelting the tin roof. It was cloudy all day with the temperature in the low 40s. Rain started at 2:30 PM.

Into the woods at 6:30 AM. R/O going by 7:30 PM and finished by 11:30 AM. Five batches in the milk can. The day.

Batch Time
1 8:50
2 10:50
3 12:15
4 2:00
5 3:15

Concentrate in tank
8.5” 12:00
6.5” 1:00
3.5” 2:15
1.5” 3:00

Planning to finish by 3:00 PM, but checked the syrup in the pan. Close enough to take off so it wouldn’t burn or crystallize overnight. All 670 gallons cooked now.

Rain this afternoon. Turning colder. Rain may turn to snow.

Back to the farmhouse by 3:30 PM.