We're getting some sap today but mostly from one woods that is north facing and still has snow on the ground. With it getting cold tomorrow and Friday we'll hold off until Saturday to fire up the RO and boil it through. One last kick at the can before the fat lady sings!

This season has been unusual - but most are in some way. What's been different are the number of times the sap has run. Other than the freezups we've had the sap never really stopped running. It was a lot of weeping flows, meaning we needed to boil every second day for the last 5 weeks. We normally have half a dozen days where we make 100+ gallons of syrup. This year we've had only 2. Since cleanup and startup takes the same effort no matter how much syrup we make this means we've spent a lot more physical energy workign around the camp than in previous years. I can't complain too much because the quanity and quality of the syrup has been good.