Wednesday, March 26, 2008

'Bout time for a nice warm(er) day in Maine

Temps last night were cold, but today brought some warmer temps in the high 40's, maybe even low 50's in the sun.

No pics today as I am feeling under the weather (thank you Tai Chicken wrap from an undisclosed location in Portland). However the buckets must be checked and emptied.

I checked all the trees today- and only found one disappointment and that was one bucket had tipped (or likely blown) over in the wind. She was full to the brim laying on her side, and sap was spilling out on to the ground. It was a sad sight, but it was still 1/2 full!

SOOO, close to 13 gallons today- enough that I filled my first storage tank and have moved on the the second tank.

I also got great news tonight that FIL Hoffmann (and co.) may be trekking down from Hampden this Saturday to provide the MUCH needed assist with the first boil. Keep your fingers crossed for another cold night, and another warm day.

More later.

1 comment:

Steve said...

I would be happy to disclose the location of your food poisoning if you want.

Little D and I are going to try to make it over to help with the boil today.

Good luck!