End of April...

This was the view at our house on Friday, April 24.  For two days in a row, we awoke to fill ground cover.... Ah, Springtime in Vermont!

Sugaring season 2015 round up

Spring came late this year.

• We hung buckets March 29th
• first week of April, we gathered approximately 40 gallons,
• first boil made 1.5 gallons on 4/4.  Very dark.
• the week of April 6th, we gathered 90 gallons.
• second boil  4/11 made 1.5 gallons-- Dark Amber.
• Third boil 4/12 made 1.75 gallons-- Dark Amber.
• We cleaned up buckets on 4/14, and collected approximately 30 gallons.  That made another .5 gallon.

So, for the 2.5 weeks of "our" season, we made just over 5 gallons!  not too bad.

Sugar Snow

3 inches fell April 7th.  We collected 35 gallons of sap that day.

Springtime in Vermont?

Well- Not really.  Lots more snow in March made for a long, cold winter.  February 2015 tied for the coldest on record;  no thaw this year.  April 1st, and we are having a late sugaring season.  This past weekend, Grampy Tester came and helped us get our buckets up.