We'll be cooking Friday evening, 4/12

We collected 460 gallons again on Wednesday.  We may take a break from cooking tonight, Thursday, but will be back at it on Friday evening. 

Cooking tonight? Most likely.

We've collected 450 gallons of sap both Monday and Tuesday of this week, and came back and cooked for a few hours in the evening.  I'm predicting the same for tonight, Wednesday, 4/10. 

Storm's Brewing

Technically, the trees shouldn't run today because the forecasted hi is only 37.  BUT, sometimes the drop in barometric pressure with a storm moving in makes the trees go crazy!!!  Let's hope. 

We're on a Roll!

We've just finished a successful weekend of collecting and cooking.  We collected about 1200 gallons of sap over the weeknd and cooked Friday and Sunday night.  We're expecting this to be a BIG week.  Probably won't cook tonight (Monday), but later in the week.  We'll keep you posted.

This weekend's collectors:

Tim  Grandpa  Vince  Tim  Ian  Alex

Arinda  Melissa  Kara  Heidi

Finally!

They're finally running!  We collected about 500 gallons of sap yesterday (Thursday), and hope for a larger amount this afternoon.  We will be cooking at the Shack tonight (Fri) and most likely Sunday night; however NOT on Saturday night.....celebrating a family wedding!

Wisconsin's Trees are Running!

Our neighbor-trees to the east (Wisconsin) have started running.  They're usually a few days ahead of us.  It's coming!  Look at this AWESOME 10-day forecast!  We need 40+ days, freezing nights.  Hopeful to cook this weekend.

Still no sap. Still patient.

Well, the temperatures the past few days have been perfect for the trees to run, but apparently they're still hibernating.  We were in the woods this morning, and it still feels like Winter.  Lots of snow, and very little melting or running water.  We have no choice but to be patient.