20 overnight then down to 18 at dawn. Cold all day with high of 29. But it was sunny. It felt like a day in February should feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Into the woods by 5:30 AM to cook. Expected an early start because we cleaned the syrup pan yesterday. But the pipes from the storage tank were frozen. We attached a heat tape before leaving the woods yesterday. Turns out that heat tape isn\u2019t working. So the pipe froze up. Took nearly an hour to thaw out with the heat gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Otherwise a good day cooking. 10 batches into the milk can. Doing a pH wash on the membrane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day cooking
6:30 AM R\/O start
7:00 AM 2 \u00bc\u201d
7:55 AM batch
8:00 AM 5 \u00bc\u201d
8:40 AM batch
9:00 AM 7\u201d
9:50 AM batch
10:00 AM 9 1\/4\u201d
11:00 AM 10 \u00bd\u201d
11:00 AM batch
11:45 AM batch
12:00 PM R\/O done
12:00 PM 12 \u00bc\u201d
1:00 PM 10\u201d
1:05 PM batch
2:00 PM 8\u201d
2:00 PM batch
2:45 PM batch
3:00 PM 5 \u00be\u201d
3:35 PM batch
4:00 PM 3 \u00bd\u201d
4:10 PM batch
4:30 PM 3 \u00bd\u201d
5:00 PM 1 \u00bc\u201d
5:15 PM done<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back to the farmhouse by 5:30 PM after cooking all 440 gallons of sap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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