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Is there hope in the near future? Depends which weatherman you listen to. Grumpy old Weather Network man is cold and miserable for Saturday and Sunday. +2 for both days. While tired of winter Environment Canada man is +6 for Saturday and +8 for Sunday. What will happen???
I don't understand it either. How can the different forecasts be so far apart in their opinions of this weekend? It's bizarre at best.
I tapped on feb 18 got minimal sap but very high sugar content over all avg'd at 3.5 and some trees getting up to 5 but now everything has dropped down to 2-2.5. Havent had a tsunami of sap this year. Im sad but at the same time work has been crazy busy.... im at around 30L finished from 58taps
I've been hit by the tsunami. Now it's catch up time. Yesterday was brutal boiling. It just didn't want to, with the low pressure and rain.
I know what you mean argohauler. The pans were very reluctant to get a good boil going yesterday with weather the way it was. Miserable drizzle and a low pressure system hanging over us. Looking at the upcoming forecast it looks almost too good to be true! Can't wait! We definitely need to catch up with all of those lucky sugarers in Eastern Ontario. They are waaaay ahead of us.
Hi Karen!! Looks like a good year for you. We did very well as did everyone else i talk to, Mitchman
Well I'm still going. Trees ran half decent this week, but some have seriously slowed down or dried up. Cooler sides of the trees are definitely picking up now. The North side of the bush and a lot of the soft maples decided to start running around Easter.
I've been making VDS since Easter Saturday and yesterday afternoon I'm still making strong tasting, very yummy syrup. I've gathered 10575 Imperial gallons of sap and made 184 Imperial gallons of syrup or 837 litres, for an average of 57.5 Imperial gallons of sap per gallon of syrup off of around 2200 taps.
I think I will hit 200 gallons. It's supposed to freeze tonight. No ice storm for us or even rain here as of yet. Never made syrup this late into April before.
Gee Argohauler, we've been getting ice and sleet since early this morning. It's a mess up here.
Nice syrup totals for you this year!
Looks like early next week, we'll get a fair indication whether to begin tapping here in southern Grey County.
Where's Karen? Haven't seen her post anywhere yet this Spring.