It was C-O-L-D the last two days. The temperature was in the single digits. On Monday, it went down to 6 degrees. On Tuesday, the high was 30. Today, the temperature got up to 44 at 9 pm with the temperature still rising. My hope was that today would be…
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Maple Syrup When to Tap the Tree
Interested in making your own maple syrup but aren’t sure when to tap? Let me share with you what I’ve learned about maple syrup when to tap. When is maple tapping season? Maple tapping season varies slightly based on local climates and weather, but it is generally said to run…
First sweet taste
Report on day 3. You can find Day 1 and Day 2 here. Well, the temperature dropped quickly yesterday. It was 38 degrees Fahrenheit at 11 am and was 24 by 4:30 pm. That stopped the sap from running in tree # 2 (tree # 1 never got started). So…
First maple tree sap of the year
This is Day 2 of starting a new hobby of trying to make maple syrup at home from the two silver maple trees in my backyard. I tapped each tree yesterday, thinking that today (Sunday) and Wednesday-Thursday might be good days for sap–based on info found online. It snowed and…
