Quote Originally Posted by JDP View Post
Run Forest Run. Do you think we are done this weekend? You are not far away from me. Sap has really tapered of yesterday and today. No temps below 0 are forecast but double digit highs. Will we get another run or does it have to drop below 0.......and how do you know when the sap gets " buddy" ? Thanks
JDP, it's not looking great for us, but there is some chance that Friday night and Saturday night might be chilly enough to recharge the trees. Beyond that, the evening temperatures are looking like they will be too warm. It really does need to below 0 for anything significant to happen. If the temperatures stay warm the sap will stop and you'll not have to opportunity to collect any sap, let alone any buddy sap. Whenever we have a season that ends more slowly than this one, I boil a few cups of the sap that I collect before adding it to a larger pot of boiling sap. If the steam smells foul, then you know it's buddy and don't use it.

BTW, I'm jealous to see that you live so close to Sunset Villa in Puslinch. It's one of the only places in southern Ontario that serves traditional Danish food. I'd be there every night of the week if I lived in Mountsberg! I go every June for the big Danish picnic celebrating Constitution Day, and it's often our destination for special events. Nothing fancy, but it's my idea of comfort food. Any other time I crave Danish food, I have to make it myself.