Into the woods by 5:30 AM to cook. Without the R\/O cooking is straight forward: keep adding wood to the evaporator. There\u2019s no checking on the R\/O pumps, adjusting settings, use the transfer pump, managing water for R\/O washing. Just bring in wood for firing. We did fix some of the sap-saks with new zip ties or replace spouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Considered collecting. There was sap from yesterday. But at Noon spouts were wet but not dripping much. We decided to wait until tomorrow to collect. Hope that works out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With collecting off the schedule, we turned to bottling. There would be enough time after finishing cooking to bottle a milk can. Cooking should be done by 2:30 or 3:00 PM. We started the finishing pan by 1:30 PM so the syrup could finish about the time cooking finished. It was 4:30 PM before we were ready to bottle. Finish bottling by 5:15 PM. It felt good to bottle another milk can. Back to the farmhouse by 5:30 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mid-20s overnight. It took until 10:30 AM to start melting. But the crowns remained cool because yesterday\u2019s snow on the limbs wasn\u2019t melting and trees weren\u2019t dripping. Sunny and mid-30s today. Tonight is mid-20s again, but mid-40s tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day cooking
7:00 AM 15\u201d
8:00 AM 12 \u00bd\u201d
9:00 AM 11\u201d
9:00 AM batch
10:00 AM 9 \u00bc\u201d
11:00 AM 7 \u00bc\u201d
12:00 PM 5 \u00bd\u201d
12:50 PM batch
1:00 PM 3 \u00bd\u201d
2:00 PM 2 \u00bd\u201d
3:00 PM done<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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