We are getting pretty late, records on the wall show the first boiling to be March 20th, plus or minus five days or so.We finished tapping on Saturday, about 10-1200, all on tubing.
The spring is still frozen up, so I have had to haul water for all the cleaning, and not leave any overnight anywhere that could cause damage if it froze.
Usually we get one or two warm days before sap actually starts running well, a chance to get things set up and cleaned up in the sugarhouse. Monday we spent all day in there freezing our butts off, even though I had started a small fire to boil out the pans, every drop of water spilled on the floor turned to ice instantly.
Yesterday we didn't even start in there until 11 o'clock, no fire, re-lined the evaporator doors and door frame with refractory blanket, and cleaned the ash pit, "Somebody" burned a lot of used lumber last year, and I picked out half a bucket of nails and other hardware from the ashes.
Today I am going to solder a leak in the front pan, set it back on the arch, and bring the first two loads of wood into the sugarhouse.
Friday it should be warm enough to run, and also warm enough to do a final rinse on the tanks and pans before they get filled.
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