Sunday, March 15th. Sap has been running off and on but enough to get a very nice collection and a full day of boiling Monday. Sap is still clear, a little bit lower sugar content with 2% being the average.
Monday, March 16th. We got a fire started by 8 a.m. and then the trip to the woods began. We completed that by 11 a.m. and had an excellent collection from the past 24 hours. For my gravity trees, it was well over a gallon per tree. A light mist for the first 24 hours wasn't much of a bother. The ground was solid enough to allow us to venture into the woods a bit further on the trails. Less carrying is always nice. Back to the fire...
Last edited by Irish Ridge; 03-16-2020 at 11:25 AM.
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