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Warm temps, Sun and Lots of Sap! Plus, news on bottling this year's syrup.

by Mary 3/8/2016 4:45:00 PM

 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

  • Tonight

    Tonight: Cloudy, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

    Mostly Cloudy
    and Breezy
    then Cloudy

    Low: 38 °F

  • Wednesday

    Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

    Mostly Cloudy

    High: 44 °F

  • Wednesday
    Night

    Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

    Mostly Cloudy

    Low: 32 °F

  • Thursday

    Thursday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 51. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

    Becoming
    Sunny

    High: 51 °F

  • Thursday
    Night

    Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 34. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight.

    Clear

    Low: 34 °F

  • Friday

    Friday: Sunny, with a high near 58. South wind 5 to 15 mph.

    Sunny

    High: 58 °F

  • Friday
    Night

    Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

    Mostly Clear

    Low: 41 °F

  • Saturday

    Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

    Mostly Sunny

    High: 58 °F

  • Saturday
    Night

    Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers.  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. East southeast wind around 5 mph.

    Chance
    Showers

    Low: 44 °F