Into the woods at 3:45 AM. Raining hard. If the temperature was colder it would be a lot of snow. Rain stopped by 5:00 AM. Snow started at 6:30 AM. Not much accumulation but everything is white again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Done cooking by Noon. Five batches into the milk can. It helped the sap was 3 Brix. The steam from cooking condensed in the building causing everything to get wet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The frost came out. The sidewalk by the building was covered with 2\u201d of rain water when we left at Noon. When we returned at 3:00 PM to check buckets, the water was gone and other other puddles drained too. With the frost out the water can soak away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tree pressure was 5 PSI most of the day. 25 is the forecast for tonight with sun and 45 tomorrow. We anticipated collecting tomorrow. But at 3:00 PM we checked the buckets. Many were full. Must have run all night. Trees that ran well other seasons are finally producing: another sign of the frost coming out. The buckets wouldn\u2019t wait until tomorrow. Collected 215 gallons at 2 Brix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Got a milk can of water while pumping sap into the storage tank. And brought in wood in preparation for tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Snow flurries late this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day cooking.
5:00 16.25\u201d
6:00 14.25\u201d
6:00 batch
7:00 11.5\u201d
7:45 batch
8:00 9.5\u201d
9:00 7.00
9:00 batch
10:00 5\u201d
10:30 batch
11:00 2.75\u201d
11:30 1.50\u201d
11:40 batch
12:00 done<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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