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    Monday, March 4th...Some rain, some lightning,...

    Monday, March 4th...Some rain, some lightning, some showers. Good morning to be inside and finishing up syrup. Started early and completed by noon. 4 plus gallons today for a total of 9.75 gallons...
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    Sunday, March 3rd...Boiled all day Saturday. ...

    Sunday, March 3rd...Boiled all day Saturday. Everything is out of the woods and limited clean up began in between putting in wood. Some friends stopped over with beverages. A nice discussion was...
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    Saturday, March 2nd.....Strange week. Good sap...

    Saturday, March 2nd.....Strange week. Good sap flow early in the week, then a shut down, and another good flow towards the end of the week. Had a great early week boil and an all day boil Saturday...
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    Saturday, Feb. 24th....Was a nice week for...

    Saturday, Feb. 24th....Was a nice week for collecting sap and evaporating. Sap flow was good, not a lot of wind to bother me and the smoke stack until yesterday, and not much mud to slip on in the...
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    Saturday, Feb. 17th...Hey Tom. Good to hear from...

    Saturday, Feb. 17th...Hey Tom. Good to hear from you again. I remember the three hour drives to our land here in Crawford before we built as well. We always thought it was worth it. Retired in...
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    Tuesday, Feb. 6th. Greetings all. Enjoying the...

    Tuesday, Feb. 6th. Greetings all. Enjoying the warmth of St. Martin and watching the thermometer back in Crawford County. And now my fears have been confirmed by these reports. Not returning...
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    Nice update. Glad you had such a great year. We...

    Nice update. Glad you had such a great year. We had similar good results. I remember that night storm. My wife nudged me and asked why I wasn't getting up to watch. Just too tired. Easy as...
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    Friday, March 31st.....3 batches of outdoor sap...

    Friday, March 31st.....3 batches of outdoor sap were taken up the last three or four degrees to make 6 gallons of syrup on the gas stove today. Totaled out at an exact 18 gallons for the year and...
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    Wednesday, March 29th....It's "pull the taps" day...

    Wednesday, March 29th....It's "pull the taps" day here. Only a gallon per pail average over the last 24 hours. Some trees had already quit. Still clear to just a bit less than clear. Ice this...
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    Nice weekend report. I just smiled as we boiled...

    Nice weekend report. I just smiled as we boiled on here as the snowstorm depth reports came in. No snow here either. Our temps matched yours and our very full 5 gallons pails matched yours. I...
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    Monday, March 27th.....It was a long week of...

    Monday, March 27th.....It was a long week of collecting sap and boiling. We have three unfinished pans of sap to put on the gas grill. We are still getting a nice 2% sugar content on average and...
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    Tuesday, March 21st, Well we did get done with...

    Tuesday, March 21st, Well we did get done with the outside work Monday just before supper. Tuesday morning was finishing on the gas stove. A short time later we had just over 2 gallons of...
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    Wednesday, March 15th....It took about 8 hours to...

    Wednesday, March 15th....It took about 8 hours to finish yesterday's boil. We were able to finish it inside on Thursday morning. It's been cold and freezing rain and toss in a little snow so I...
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    Monday, March 13th....After the weekend off, a...

    Monday, March 13th....After the weekend off, a check of the sap in the buckets was a pleasant surprise. Full buckets with ice to skim out. The afternoon was spent bringing sap in. Tuesday the...
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    Ohh brother...Couldn't sleep thinking I had an...

    Ohh brother...Couldn't sleep thinking I had an early start boiling today. Had to check in on you first before I head out. What a weekend you had. Sorry to hear about your 228. I dread the...
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    Friday, March 10....A slow week here. Midweek we...

    Friday, March 10....A slow week here. Midweek we were able to finish another two gallons but the trees have simply stopped. Over night (Thursday night) we got around 3 or 4 inches of snow. Today...
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    Love your report. Really nice start to the...

    Love your report. Really nice start to the season. I was wondering about your rain. I woke up to the sleet hitting our windows in the middle of the night. We also got some rain Saturday afternoon...
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    Monday, March 6th. Rain throughout the last...

    Monday, March 6th. Rain throughout the last evening. Fog this morning. Two more gallons to log in. It is a light amber color and great taste. Wind picked up at noon but still got out in the...
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    Thursday, March 2nd. The morning was spent...

    Thursday, March 2nd. The morning was spent finishing on the gas stove. The afternoon was spent collecting and boiling. Friday morning, the 3rd, was finishing once again with Friday afternoon...
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    Nice report. I am probably due west of you and...

    Nice report. I am probably due west of you and finding the same results. My first batch was darker than the second batch that just came off the gas stove. Finding a fair amount of niter as well...
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    Wednesday, March 1st.....First boil of the...

    Wednesday, March 1st.....First boil of the season. Ice all over on the ground at our outside location. Our wood is located close to our our stack and the rule for the day was thou shalt not hurry...
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    Monday, Feb. 27th...Rain quit early this...

    Monday, Feb. 27th...Rain quit early this afternoon. Around an inch total. The pond is full. Still snow in the woods. OK, still lots of ice in the pails that had been totally solid a few days ago...
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    6 am Monday. Nice update. I agree, the season...

    6 am Monday. Nice update. I agree, the season is on. TV says we have received .67 inches so far overnight and about 4 more hours of rain. Hard to say how much of that packed snow around your...
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    Crawford County 2023

    Feb. 15th (Wednesday) Ventured out into the woods today and tapped 25 of my 50 trees. Not a single hole was wet or dripping. Snow was minimal on the ground but the ice was thick as could be from...
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    All I can do is read reports for the next week or...

    All I can do is read reports for the next week or so. I don't return from my winter migration for another week. Hopefully I will have my taps in by the 15th. Looking forward to an interesting...
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