10 overnight. \u00a0Sunny, but cold today. \u00a0Mid 20s. \u00a0Our new heater kept the R\/O room at 55-60 overnight.<\/p>\n
Put a milk can of syrup into the finishing pan at 10:00 AM. \u00a0It was ready by 12:30 PM. \u00a0The filter press hand pump cracked and starting leaking while filtering the syrup. \u00a0Using a cup we were able to catch the syrup. \u00a0We got half the batch through the pump before giving up. \u00a0The unfiltered syrup went back into the milk can. \u00a0We’ll add more syrup to it and finish it again when we have more sap. \u00a0Contacting our equipment supplier about getting a new food grade hand pump. \u00a0The filter press is in its 15th season of use. \u00a0The hand pump is plastic and after so many cycles of heating and cooling it just gave out.<\/p>\n
Tried to level out the ruts in our road to the syrup building. \u00a0No luck. \u00a0The ground was wet and muddy \u00a0before the cold weather set in and now the ruts from the tractor are frozen and hard as concrete. \u00a0With the upcoming open house March 18 & 19 we wanted to smooth out the road to make it easier for visitors to walk in. \u00a0Our next option is packing snow over it to level it. \u00a0We don’t have snow now but we will within 24 hours. \u00a0 Forecast is 4\u201d-7\u201d. \u00a0We’re in the lake effect band.<\/p>\n
Bottled 19 quarts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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