Ask me in two weeks if the flow will shut down in one week. In the meantime, enjoy the humor below.
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Ask me in two weeks if the flow will shut down in one week. In the meantime, enjoy the humor below.
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After Sunday I'll clean my collection tank and let my lines run on the ground for the week. If it never gets cold again, so-be-it but I'm not ready to pull taps just yet.....
I also wonder why the rush to pull taps when there is a chance to re-start the season. The taps do no further harm once they are installed. Unless you will have no opportunity to pull taps and clean up later, leave them in and see what happens.
And if you must pull them for scheduling reasons, well then, you would pull them on that date regardless, so there should be no anxiety there.
Don't borrow trouble. Leave them in until there is no further chance to get sap of the quality that you want.
I asked if 4 or 5 days of summer like temperatures would necessarily mean the end of the season because I really don't know.
I got a really early start (1/25) and had pretty good weather since. I'm guessing about as long a run as the average season, just earlier than usual.
I imagine folks who've doing this a long time have had early seasons before. Seems we're likely to get some more cold weather after next week's "heatwave" but would that mean we can get good sap again?
It seems funny seeing you guys talk about the end of the season when it hasn't even started here yet! We're looking for our first run around March 9th. Last year we didn't get a drop until April.
Eagle lake,
Well said. The day you get your first sap run has nothing to do with the last day of the season. Usually it's a calendar thing, not a temperature thing.
Next week looks really good for you. You guys probably even have a nice snow pack way up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle lake sugar
I like to spend time on the other Eagle Lake. Nice country. Should have an early ice-out this year!Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle lake sugar
There really is no way to know for sure how the season will progress. The forecast is just a prediction of what might occur. You get beyond a few days and the reliability drops off. Relying on the forecast beyond 4-5 days is very questionable. Relying on the forecast beyond that is nuts.
Temperatures in the 50s aren't terrible, especially if it isn't really sunny or if it is raining. It is certainly not as bad as 60s-70s we had in mid-March 2012. Trees are not stupid....they've been around here a really long time and are quite well adapted. They don't break bud early very often in response to warm weather at this time of year. It does happen, but it is quite rare.
Basically the bottom line is that there isn't anything we can do to change the weather. I see absolutely no sense in worrying about things I can't control. Make syrup when the sap is running. When it stops for good, or turns buddy, you're done. But until that time....stop worrying and keep going.
Well said Doc!
"it ain't over till the fat lady sings!"
In our case the fat lady hasn't even entered the building. Using all buckets, we won't be tapped till this weekend!