Into the woods by 9:00 AM.\u00a0 Back to the house by 4:30 PM.\u00a0\u00a0 All the spouts are pulled from the trees.\u00a0\u00a0 The buckets are still upside down by the trees to dry out.\u00a0 Tomorrow we hope to pick them up.<\/p>\n
Also worked on cooking down the sap in the evaporator.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We fire to a light boil then let it simmer.\u00a0 By late afternoon it was cooked down quite far.\u00a0 Tomorrow we will fill the big pan with water then add milk stone remover which we use to clean the pans.\u00a0 We consolidate all the sap into the front pan while the water and milk stone is in the back pan then light a fire to cook the sap.\u00a0\u00a0 The milk stone remover needs heat to work its magic so this arrangement works well.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Tomorrow we start the day with a\u00a0 water run.\u00a0 We fill the 200 gallon collecting tank with water so we have enough for cleanup.<\/p>\n
The pipes from the storage tanks to the evaporator are down and rinsed. <\/p>\n
Up to 63 today.\u00a0 Farther from Lake Michigan its getting into the 70s.\u00a0 Even with this warm weather the buds on the trees are still dormant.\u00a0\u00a0 That’s surprising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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