I wasn’t expecting any flow today, but it rose to +1 and I collected 7 gallons. Not much, but 7 gallons closer to making syrup.
I looked at my last year’s records, I tapped on March 6, did not collect anything until March 14 and did not collect as much I have already this year, until March 22. The flows did not pick up until March 20th.
The long range forecast still does not look good, but even a minor warm up could be a big change to the flows.
The positive out of this is I have been collecting all spring, had a good boil the other day and I made syrup on January 1, so as unconventional as this season has been for me, it sure has been interesting.
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2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
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2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8” pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.
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