Last season\u2019s procedural error cleaning the evaporator wiped away today. Much of the nitre and scale came off while boiling the cleaning solution and water. The remainder wiped away easily today. Our pan is again the shiny stainless steel we take pride achieving both inside and the bottom exposed to fire. Lesson learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Into the woods at\n7:30 AM to pickup the last buckets and covers. Done by 8:00 AM. \nThen started cleaning the evaporator. Syrup pan done by 10:00 AM. \nFlue pan done by 1:00 PM. Cleaned the bottling and finishing pans\ntoo. All pans are clean and stored upside down for next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new MES membrane\nis in the storage tube. The old membrane is in a wash cycle. Expect\nit will need a second wash cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25 overnight. Sunny\nmost of the day with temperature in mid 50s. The pressure gauge is\nstill on the tree. It registered -8 PSI. Trees are still moving\nsap. The leaves are not out yet so this makes sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back to the\nfarmhouse by 4:30 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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