Crawford County 2019
Monday, March 11th. The season has begun on Irish Ridge. Spent the day putting in 47 taps. A few dry taps, lower down the north facing ridge but any trees getting even a little sun light were warm to the touch today and dripping - some fast and some slow. At the end of the day the pants were wet to a spot just above the knees. Even saw my first bug crawling on the bark of a tree. On a side note I actually like the new and improved Intellicast/weather underground weather site online. Their 10 day forecast gives lots of information. A friend stopped by today to see how it is done. He has three trees in the yard just outside of Prairie du Chien. He wants to start small. I'll keep readers informed of that potential circus as well. All for today; I need to leave now and find some Alieve so I can walk vertical and without announcing each move with a soft ohhhh or awghhh.
Last edited by Irish Ridge; 03-11-2019 at 06:26 PM.
2019 47 taps and 10.75 gallons of syrup
2020 45 taps and 21.25 gallons of syrup
2021 50 taps and 13.5 gallons of syrup
2022 50 taps and 18.5 gallons of syrup
2023 49 taps and 18 gallons of syrup
2024 49 taps and 9.75 gallons of syrup
56 acres above the Mississippi River in SW Wisconsin
43.01N