2011 Season Under Way

Despite a few set backs last week all four sugar bushes are on line and collecting sap. We finished tapping a few days ago and were waiting for some warmer weather to wake the trees up well today it was in the low 40's and the sap is a flow'n. My brother came in to set up the remote sap flow recording hardware but we are not getting a strong enough signal in the woods for the text messages to send. We are going to try moving the phone to a different location to see if that helps. We should be boiling in a day or two if all goes well. This first couple of days of the season is always hard on my nerves, so many things can go wrong. Once that first batch is in the jugs and everything is working I relax and start enjoying being a sugar maker again. No matter what happens Spring is right around the corner and that is always a cause for rejoicing.