Well we got the slight freeze last night and with about 350 gallons from Chris(thanks) while he was at a horse show this weekend, and the remainder mine I had approx. 1150 gallons to deal with today. It was a challenge making holes to put it. Started the RO early this morning. collected all the sap and by the time I was done boiling I went from a tick over Very dark to the lighter side of dark almost close to the lightest I have made all season except the second boil of the year. Finished with 18 gallons for the day. My single best day to date. That puts me at 107 gallons for the season.... So Far. Finally broke 100 gallons and close to 20 gallons better than last year. Sugar has really dropped off but still making nice syrup. Thank goodness for the RO. I wouldn't wanna be boiling that approx. 1.3% sap out (it was a little warm so hard to get a good true reading with the sap hydrometer) so pretty close to 60:1 sap to syrup.
Very hot in the sugarhouse once things got going today, a little sweaty and a nice case of swamp ***!!!
For such a rough start to the season it is sure ending good!!! might be pulling buckets tomorrow they were actually running a little today. We'll keep the vac going for a while not sure how long things will last.