Hurry Up and Wait Syrup Season Sets Up

Mar 01, 2017

Syrup producers who were ready or able to scramble their way into being ready, were able to make syrup several times over the last week, even though some of the nights never dipped below freezing. That has all stopped now as the temperature has dropped, but in a few days the sap should run again, and if the long term forecast is accurate it will get cold again after that and it will be time to wait again.

Some of the commercial operators, such as George and Darlene Conboy, have been boiling for over a week (see picture below) while others and many hobbiest have sat out the February run which caught everyone by surprise. Buckets should be going up over the next few days, however, as there is no telling when the season will end. This is the normal as it has been this way for several years’ now. Fortunately yields and quality have held up or improved, demonstrating that the trees may be better at adapting to change than humans are alter all.