Looks like we’ll be getting “The Thaw” on Tuesday. Everything if froze up currently. Even the collected sap in the buckets are chunks of ice.
Looking at the extended weather patterns... we could be looking at still a long season to come. I’m willing to bet at least halfway in to April. Made a lot of light syrup in late February. Turned a bit darker. Then more light after the first big nor’easter about a week or two ago. In fact, the lightest batch yet.
Went for a walk in the woods with the chainsaw today. More like a crawl. Could have layed on my belly and slid the snow being up to my hips in some area. Running out of wood now. Took down some standing dead trees. Think I’m going to call it quits in about two weeks. Just don’t have enough wood to keep going through mid-April.