Is anyone else anxious after looking at the 10 day forecast that we are looking at a very early budding of the trees?
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Is anyone else anxious after looking at the 10 day forecast that we are looking at a very early budding of the trees?
I’m hoping after the next couple of weeks, we will have winter again for a while. It’s still very early. My sap normally runs till April 20th or close to it. I’m thinking it’s going to be a great year.
Spud
Tapped our ~45 trees in Underhill yesterday. Was running a bit at ~30 deg and sunny.
Where in Underhill are you from? I grew up on English Settlement Road, on the valley side.
Spud
Surprised today- no run at all. It hit 43 degrees but the trees didn’t let go. Should be a big run tomorrow and Wednesday.
Yikes, the one big silver maple we tap has buds opening a bit. That's one full month earlier than last year for the same tree. So, we'll skip that tree this year. 5 tapped so far. I was going to tap the norways a week or so after the rest but once I saw buds on a silver, we're going for everything. Tapping the remainder starting in the morning. Hope the coming warm spell is short! It will freeze slightly tonight.
I never turned the pump on yesterday. The wind is blowing this morning but I will be turning the pump on at 6:30. With the kids being off from school this week, we are going to chase leaks later today. Trying to get tight before asap.
Spud
Spud, I'm over on the other side on the Northern end of Rt 15. In the summer I do occasionally take the "shortcut" over to Underhill Center via Poker Hill and English Settlement.
Didn't have much in the tank yesterday at 5pm, but it was running well at that point and I had full vacuum at the top of my natural vac lines.
Chasing leaks today. Got vacuum to 26 at the releaser. I have one more section to check but it will have to wait till tomorrow. Sap is running 275 gph.
Spud
We ended up with 1.6 gpt from the past 24 hrs.