First boil on Saturday. I had 120 gals (CDN) in the tank collected over the week. Boiled 80 gals on Saturday in 4 hours flat to sweeten the evaporator and drew off maybe 6 litres of syrup. After an hour thawing lines, the kids boiled the other 40 gals on Sunday afternoon, but no more draws.
No sap Saturday or Sunday but expecting that tomorrow and the rest of the week should be good. Having an open house over the weekend so hope the weather cooperates.
I'm off work next week for March break, so the forecast for then will surely change.
(I mix CDN gallons and litres. Gallons for sap, litres for syrup. 10 gals sap ~= 1 litre syrup. Or a 5 gal pail fits in a 500ml bottle. My collecting tanks are marked in CDN gallons so I use those to record how much sap I collect each day. My head tank is marked in US gals so I record the boils in US gals and convert as needed)
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