15 overnight. Again. Sunny and mid to upper 30s but it takes so long to warm. Checked at 1:00 PM. Trees starting to drip and ice melting. But we were not sure we should collect or wait another day. Looked further in the woods and found some pails mostly full. Decided to collect at 3:00 PM knowing the sun would help us for two hours yet.<\/p>\n
By 3:00 PM the trees were dripping moderately with more ice melted. Found some full and overflowing pails. Ended up with 325 gallons of sap. And that is after dumping ice. Without dumping ice would have been close to 2 tanks, 450 gallons. Glad we collected. Now we have room for another run.<\/p>\n
We have to change the hoses on the new pump. They are too stiff making them hard to work with. If the pump gets air is looses flow. Its hard to keep the stiff hose in the liquid because it wants to curl up and pop out of the liquid sap.<\/p>\n
Forecast for 28\/29 overnight and low 40s with sun tomorrow. Into the woods at 2:15. Back to the farmhouse by 7:15 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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