The end in upstate NY

[highlandcattle]

Ron will pull the taps. We had snow yesterday. It's 42 degrees right now at 12:30. Not anything happening. I guess this is it. Syrup this year at least has color and flavor. I threw down compost last year and we had the trees trimmed. Still hard to get used to 3 after having more than we could count.

[maple flats]

As long as you can enjoy it, all is well. I'm still going, pumps running all night, but with the warm weather in the forecast I think Sunday or Monday might be the end. Each day I need to boil fast to make syrup before it spoils. Tomorrow I will have 69 F according to the forecast. No freeze until maybe Wednesday morning (32 F forecast), more likely Thursday morning (26 F forecast). Then warm days but a freeze or near freeze every 2-3 days. Time will tell. I still need more Dark syrup to meet my sales. However in total I'm getting close to .4 gal/tap, last year I had .52 gal/tap.