2025 Sugaring Season

[ScottT]

Had to empty 250 gal poly tank that my gravity mainline runs into twice today

Very nice. I'm about an hour and half from our sugarbush. My uncle, who lives closer to the property, will be checking our collection tanks and buckets probably tomorrow.

[ebliese]

I was way off on my recollections. Last year's sugar started higher, 2-3%.

We collected this morning, 240 gallons, sugar between 2-2.4%. That's a nice uptick but I suspect it was because we had a lot of ice in the buckets. The highest sugar is probably coming from the yard trees but we have four 55 gallon barrels on a wagon so the yard tree sap gets diluted with wood tree sap. In the past few years we were using 30 gallon barrels and we would try to put all the yard tree sap in one barrel.

The RO leak is fixed.

[toquin]

You guys seeing the forecast temps for next week? 60s!

[ScottT]

Dislike. Barely any freezing nights at all next week. Had my uncle check our trees in The Thumb, only 30 gallons off 40 taps. Some trees with zip. The frost was still thick in the ground on Sunday. Hoping to get some more by Saturday.

But next week? Looks like a bust.

[toquin]

Do you guys hear that large lady singing yet?

[ebliese]

Eh, not sure. Yeah, we do have a warm spell for the next few days but Sunday is (right now) forcasted to be a low of 29*F. I guess we will find out!

We have ~17 gallons of syrup. We're still making Golden here but wondering when the drop to Amber will be.

[ScottT]

Do you guys hear that large lady singing yet?

Here in The Thumb, it's a rollercoaster this week, but should have 1-2 good nights of below freezing temps. The meteorologist I listen to says March may end warmer than normal, but long-term pattern shows a return to normal in April.

We still had frost in the ground last weekend, and ice on the lakes. Sugar buds were tights. It's going to be hit or miss, but I think we still have time.