With the warm temps down there (compared to here) any idea how many more days you'll be able to collect sap before it turns bitter?
You're going to go from making syrup to morel hunting!
Usually, you quit when the trees start to bud out. I don't think that time's very far off, either. Fortunately, we intend to boil next Sat and Sun and then we'll be all done. We boiled 14 hours this weekend, and reduced a total of 107 gallons of sap.
As of right now we have made almost 3 gallons of syrup, with another 4 gallons of sweet ready for final reduction. That should put us up around 5 gallons total. If we get another 2-3 gallons of syrup next weekend, that will do it.....already beyond what I intended to produce.
Checking the finished product with the hydrometer. Notice the red line just above the liquid's surface... this batch might be a little heavy, but we'll blend it with what we produced earlier and should be fine.
Finished product....bottled sunshine.
