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Don't worry.....the forecast will change 10 times before next week! Every time I look the forecast changes! I've given up relying on forecast. The way this winter is going, by the weekend they will forecasting below freezing temps and snow! I hope I'm wrong but this frustrating winter has sucked the life out I me and everyone else! Here's hoping there right for a change!
Supposed to warm up today, but I don't think that is going to happen. Put all the fittings back onto the pans today, as I take them all off and home for the summer so there is nothing light to steal for scrap metal. Plan was to run a tub full of water through the pans and tighten up fittings when everything got hot, but might have to hold off another day for that.
Well, I was at 35F for a good 5 hours today, but no sap at the end of my mainline. I assume there's just too much sap frozen in it. I was expecting some rain, which I thought would be amazing...but alas, its snowing again. My trees have pumped sap on numerous days, probably even today, but unless someone can make a gator go on 4' of snow...;-[
Saturday is my new hope.
Cheers,
Russ
Maybe sap tomorrow if it warms up and starts to rain. Wife won't be wearing the Reeboks this year to gather, that's for sure
Its supposed to rain after midnight, and constantly through tomorrow, that should definitely de-thaw the mainline...here's hoping.
Cheers,
Russ
Just in from tapping another 30 or so trees. No sap flowing out of the holes.snow much lower and a lot easier to walk through. Young lad could do laps in the field in the four wheeler without getting stuck. Spring May really be coming!
The sap started to flow on my tree's around 3pm yesterday, not a huge amount, but some were dripping. Here's hoping for a good run the next few days... fingers crossed
just back from my ridge - maybe 2 gals of frozen and semi frozen accumulation from last 2 days (20 TAPS) - It's +4 and raining here now. Just picked up my new pan yesterday - feel like an expectant parent in the waiting room :{)
5 gallons this afternoon here, from 130 taps. Mainline is still partially frozen and sitting in snow (despite being on a wire 4' above the ground). Has been 37F since yesterday here (didn't drop at all overnight), so now its not the weather but the ground snow that's fighting me. Luckily I managed to get my 65 gallon storage tank set up today so tomorrow I can start drawing straight into it...for now, its 5 gallon buckets...as long as I remember to change them...;-]
Forecast is at or near freezing as highest through Monday...so the snow's not going to retreat much...sigh.
Cheers,
Russ
Just checked mine. Surprised at not much there after today.