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I awoke this morning to 32 on the thermometer and the sap lifter frozen up. I doubt it was enough to recharge the trees but at least it feels more seasonable, and it will be easier to store sap. I am taking a day off from boiling. Made another 10 gallons last night after pulling in 500-600 gal. from wed. at 5 pm til yesterday at 5pm. Sap flow dropped off below 1 gpt in 24 hrs.
A solid freeze seems pretty likely tonight and over night temps. are a bit lower in the forecast for next week. We'll see what happens!
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We had a light freeze here. Not enough for a good recharge, but certainly some. A bit of snow still coming down right now, but the sap is starting to trickle in a bit. Might not get a lot today, and hoping for a nice freeze tonite. Good day to check lines and fix the small leaks.
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Down to 31.8 at 10:20 pm...
Reality is setting in that we all should have a good freeze tonight.
I have my Gast vacuum pump vane kit coming in overnight to pick up at the UPS store in the morning to get up and running. The store manger that we have given syrup to at Christmas will call me when it arrives. I could not consider not having it until Monday regardless of cost. I would have agonized about it all weekend.
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I had 28 all night and things froze up nice. Sun is just getting ready to come up over Jay Peak and shine right on my woods. I hope we all get a bunch of sap this week. I was able to replace a saddle and a couple valves yesterday. I walked the woods looking for problem but everything for the most part looks good. Running 27 inches in all the woods. I am dealing with back spasms but hope they go away so I can enjoy the day and watch the money pour into the tank. I hope everyone has a great day.
Spud
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Had a low of 24 at 1:24 am still 27 now sun is on the solar panels and my maple tress Life is good! Have a great weekend everyone!!
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Dropped down to below freezing(to my suprise) at 8 pm Friday night. 22 now a 7 am. Sap will happen today here in west Fairlee.
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let the sap gods run wild.
27 here in P town. cleaning tanks and pans made 20 gal last nite dark robust sugar was 1.2. home made ro last nite 210gph
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Enjoy the sun and lots of sap everyone.
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Gravity running decent and hi vac doing good also.
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Sap is running 1000 GPH as of 10:00am.
Spud
