The last few days have been more like mid-late April and today we had a record high of 70, lots of sun and little wind. It's nearly impossible to predict when the sap will flow and much to our surprise, it has flowed like crazy the past 3 days. We have nearly 3200 gallons of sap to process through the Reverse Osmosis machine, and the sap continues to flow. We'll end up with about 800 gallons of concentrated sap to boil tonight and tomorrow into delicious maple syrup.
The soil is warming up, but we still have ice and some snow deep in the woods. Temps will drop into the mid-30's tonight and get to "only" 45 tomorrow. Depending on cloud cover and wind, our sap flow might decrease. We've learned to never try and predict sap flow.
Much of our syrup from last year has been sold, but pints and half-pints are still available and should hold you until we bottle, if you need maple syrup ASAP. Most likely, we'll bottle this year's syrup by the end of March and open up availability for all sizes. There will be a slight price increase (we haven't done this in over 5 years), but the syrup will still be affordable.
Here is the forecast for the next 5 days:
Extended Forecast for
2 Miles WNW Minnetrista MN
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Tonight

Mostly Cloudy
and Breezy
then Cloudy
Low: 38 °F
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Wednesday

Mostly Cloudy
High: 44 °F
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Wednesday
Night

Mostly Cloudy
Low: 32 °F
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Thursday

Becoming
Sunny
High: 51 °F
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Thursday
Night

Clear
Low: 34 °F
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Friday

Sunny
High: 58 °F
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Friday
Night

Mostly Clear
Low: 41 °F
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Saturday

Mostly Sunny
High: 58 °F
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Saturday
Night

Chance
Showers
Low: 44 °F