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| joshagrady:
Maybe it isn't fair for me to weigh in on this subject, but it has been an unusually warm winter in the northeastern corner of Spain. We've had a handful of nights where the temperature has gone down to 6ºC (~42ºF), but so far this season we haven't even bothered to turn the central heating on. That said the north central part of the country has had one of the worst snow seasons in recent memory. Hope your Spring comes sooner rather than later. |
| vtsteam:
Oh it's fine Josh. And interesting about the snow. I'm afraid to hear what our Australians have to say about temps, though!! And sympathy to Canadian friends central and east if it seems like we have it easy here! We need an icon for jealousy. |
| Manxmodder:
Steve,I didn't know, until reading, that Vermont is the leading Maple syrup producer in the USA. It also says that the time for tapping the sap is cold weather dependent,and that the harvesting season can be as short as one week. Will this recent extreme cold spell have any beneficial or detrimental effect on this years harvest?.....OZ. |
| vtsteam:
Oz it takes warm days and cold nights to make the sap flow. Usually we do have tapping and sap collection and maple syrup boiling in the sugar houses this time of year, but it's way too cold in the days. According to the weather service temps here and in the midwest are 20 to 40 degrees F below normal for this time of year. The local Grange holds an annual fundraising "Sugar on Snow" dinner on March 7. That's a ham, cole slaw, and bean feast (literally, Andrew) and for dessert: donuts and big paperboard bowls of snow and hot maple syrup drizzled on top (you do the drizzling, and there are different styles of that!). They also serve dill pickles with dessert, believe it or not, to clear the palate from too much syrup and donuts! It's weird, but it works. :loco: Normally whether there is any snow to be had is questionable -- spring beginning -- and on warm years the organizers actually gather snow and store it ahead of time. This year the snow isn't a problem at all with 3 feet of it on the ground and more predicted -- making it to the grange might be! And I wonder if there will be any maple syrup to put on it? :( Sap buckets, and sugar house in background. The wood is for boiling sap. It takes 40 gallons of sap to make a galon of maple syrup. |
| Pete49:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on February 20, 2015, 09:30:35 AM ---Oh it's fine Josh. And interesting about the snow. I'm afraid to hear what our Australians have to say about temps, though!! --- End quote --- vt far be it for me to add to your misery :clap: but we are only getting low 40's here today :lol: ................Celsius............... A/C working overtime and looks like a cooler change in a couple days time.....not as cool as you got it though :ddb: Pete |
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