Another update

The forecast is back closer to the original. This week, starting today we will have warm temperatures, about 42- 43 later today, no freeze overnight and about 52 tomorrow. If that proves to be true, the sap should start to run slowly tomorrow once the trees have time to thaw. While it will likely not flow enough to make syrup yet, that is a start. Then it’s going to get colder overnight and several days look good sap weather except 2 that will stay below freezing. I should be in syrup again about 3/12-14. It will likely be Golden at first but then after a few days go to amber and then later in the season to Dark. Busy times ahead for sure but that’s what I’ve been waiting for since about early Feb.

For those who placed orders when I was out of syrup, I’ll be shipping as soon as I have what you ordered, unless I refunded your order. In that case watch in the store, I’ll show new inventory as soon as I have it to ship. I need to have about 3000 gal of 2% sap (the sugar %) before I get enough to finish off and start bottling syrup. After that every 500 gal or more gives me enough to pack more, but 1000 or more gal is by far the best. At 435 gal of 2% sap I only make 10 gal of syrup, 870 gives me 20 gal and so forth, the amount varies with the sugar content of the sap. The formula used is 87 devided by the sugar % in the sap tells me how many gal of sap is needed to get 1 gal of syrup. The sap sugar generally starts lower, but after a cfew freeze thaw cycles it rises quickly to 2% or even 2.2 or 2.3 % on my trees, then after a couple of weeks it tends to fall slowly, to 2% and then to lower. I usually quit either when the sugar falls below 1% (or when the tree buds pop), whichever comes first. I favor batches of 30-40 gal of syrup or more once it really gets going. Keep watch on my posts here to follow any updates.