Too warm!

Okay, I know that everybody out there is looking forward to these warm temperatures and Spring like weather, but it is killing the maple sugaring! I love Spring as much, if not more, than all of you, but when it comes too soon, maple sugaring season gets killed. We were hoping to make around 1,000 gallons this year, but those hopes are getting dashed with this soaring temps in the 60's. The tap holes on the trees will start to heal up and stop giving sap, and then worse of all the buds start to pop on the trees. Once the buds pop, if we do get any more sap it will taste bad. Let's hope the temps go back below freezing at night soon!
We are hosting an Open House this Saturday, March 20 from 10 till 4. We hopefully will have some sap to boil, and you can come over and watch, smell the steam, and have a taste sample. We won't do as much as we did for the Maple Festival for a schedule, but we will have either a video or slide show going up on the screen, give tours, and offer pancakes, coffee and more to our visitors. We hope to repeat this event the following Saturday, March 27th. If you missed out on the Maple Festival, this is a perfect time to come over and visit us.