27 Feb Fri 2009
Update on the Sap Flow in Scotland, CT
Update on the sap flow here in Scotland, CT. (How come they did away with the old Conn. abbreviation, by the way? I was always partial to that.)
We added 10 more taps in our new sugarbush up the road and collected the sap that ran over the past 24 hours...100 gallons came in from the new taps. This is prime time for maple sugarin'! At this rate, we will have to be gathering in the morning and the afternoon. The trees here in our woods have also picked up and we gathered another 30 or so gallons. Since we're in a valley, our temperatures are always about 10 degrees below the rest of the area. Not so good for the early sap run, but great for extending the sugarin' season!
Did I mention how useful these things are?
We'll be sugaring in earnest now for the next several weeks it looks like. If you are in the area, give a call and stop on by to taste some warm maple syrup. It looks like some snow for the next few days, so we can serve it up "sugar on snow," the good old fashioned way!