Into the woods by 5:15 AM. Back to the farmhouse by 7:00 PM. Almost 14 hours. It\u2019s a long day when the R\/O will only go to 4 Brix and processes 50 gallons\/hour. The 470 from yesterday is cooked and into the milk cans. We can see the effect of 60 degrees days on the syrup color: it’s darker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We did order a new membrane. It\u2019s too challenging cooking with this membrane. We\u2019ll plan to replace membranes every 5 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We wanted to collect to get the tail end of yesterday\u2019s run. Started collecting at 3:00 PM. Done by 5:00 PM. 250 gallons. More than expected. A long tail end run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We weren\u2019t finished cooking when we started collecting. The R\/O finished about 3:30 PM. There was 4\u201d of concentrate in the tank that we had to cook through when we finished collecting because concentrate will spoil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Low 40s overnight. Cloudy at 40s during the day. Rain tomorrow. Out early again to cook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day cooking.
5:40 AM R\/O start
6:45 AM batch
7:00 AM 3 \u00bd\u201d
8:00 AM 4 \u00bd\u201d
8:15 AM batch
9:00 AM 4 \u00be\u201d
9:20 AM batch
10:00 AM 5\u201d
10:45 AM batch
11:00 AM 4 \u00be\u201d
11:40 AM batch
12:00 PM 4 \u00bc\u201d
12:15 PM batch
1:00 PM 3 \u00bd\u201d
1:25 PM batch
2:00 PM 3 \u00bc\u201d
2:35 PM batch
3:30 PM R\/O done
5:00 PM 4\u201d
6:00 PM 3\u201d
6:00 PM batch
7:00 PM done<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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