President's Day
Yet another beautiful day that began with a little fog, about 34 degrees this am and colder than we had thought it would be. We spent most of the day working on other agricultural projects that have been on the back burner. Bob went to check the woods about 3 pm and found little to nothing in terms of sap....so he sent out the group text to call off the troops and took Wally to the house for water. He loaded up the finished syrup in the back and hauled that to the house . Chuck was NOT given the day off and cleaned up the odds and ends of wood around that we have been avoiding using when time and heat were factors. Adam's Twp Rd 178 taps are still running well (he brought 12 gallons) and Chuck brought 4. They tossed that in the flu pan as they pushed with water behind it.
Bob sent out a text that it is likely over BUT , IF the weather forecast warrants it, there will be a "scrub buckets with bleach" party on Thursday evening. Gerri recalls attending one of these parties in the remote past on a warm Sunday afternoon with Mark and Susan on the East path. If memory serves her correctly....it wasn't that much fun.
They ended up taking off 3 gallons of darker syrup tonight. Below is a picture of the darker niter in the back. Bob said they could hear the niter breaking off of the pan as they boiled tonight.
This was officially only the 9th day since we started. We are within 469 gallons of sap of the entire season last year. This has been a fast and furious week. Thanks to everybody who has helped.......many almost daily ....truly appreciate it.....gonna have to get together and argue about something next week for old times sake.
Total Sap Today : 0 + 12 Twp rd 178 and + 4 sandhill rd
Total Sap To Date: 3270 gallons
Total Syrup Today: 3 gallons
Total Syrup To Date: 64.5 gallons