Well, this is a bit disappointing. After starting of last week with a bang, the weather really hasn't cooperated.

After the all-night boil on February 1 & 2 we were hoping for a lot more sap to boil on the 4th. Unfortunately we only got about 200 gallons, so we were done earlier than we had hoped. Between the two days we have made 10 gallons of syrup, all of it a nice light equal to the Fancy on our grading kit. Some people who bought the really dark syrup we made last year and loved it because of the stronger flavor may be disappointed this year, but it is a pretty color. We have been using the UV filter since we started this year, that may be helping a bit.

Overall not much exciting happened while we boiled...Bob had a minor spill of a half a pint or so right in front of the evaporator while changing drawoff filters that made the flor nice & sticky, but we got that pretty well cleaned up.

We did boil over the back pan for the first time. We threw a tiny bit of butter in to knock down the boil and that worked instantly, but the level is not any higher than normal so we are not sure what is causing that.

But so far this week has been a bust. It was supposed to be sunny and 35 by midday, but it is currently only 31 and cloudy, so it's doubtful we will get any sap today. With colder temperatures forecast for Friday through the weekend we may not make any syrup at all until next week.