Are you breathing funny? Do you hear a bit of Lord Vader in the background?
Yesterday's temperatures soared. It was a beautiful day to be out. Not such a great day for sunny sap production. Remember the post: The Dark Side of the Moon? I linked it in as a refresher.
Anyway, back at the beginning of the season one might ask, Why tap on the dark side of the tree? You don't get great sap production from the dark side.
True, given the best of temperatures the sap flow on the dark side is usually less. But when the temperatures are too warm -- guess where the greater sap flow is?
Correct -- on the darker and cooler side of the tree.
Maple sugarmaking, like all of life, it's a balance.
Sugarmakers note: Third boil was yesterday. Somewhere is the vicinity of 24 gallons of sap... resulting in a heavy half gallon of syrup. Think of boiling a laundry hampers worth of sap and walking away with 2 quarts of maple syrup. What can I say: It's in my blood. I'm blessed.
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