The syrup season continues. Sap flows have been modest with daily collections--on those days when the sap ran at all--ranging from 100 to 150 gallons. The sugar content seems to be quite high with a sap to syrup ration of 30 to 1 based on our somewhat rough estimates of the volume of sap. The usual ratio cited in the business is 40 to 1. Ratios of 25 to 1 are not unheard of. The number that really counts is the volume of finished syrup. We now have 18 gallons packaged and ready to go. There is another 5 gallons ready to be finished and bottled. That task will be tackled later today. Hopefully, last night's low temperature was enough to restart a sap flow; I fully expect to be collecting sap late this afternoon. The final task scheduled for today is to split wood. We split the wood as we put it up so that it cures more readily. Based on our observations as we operate the evaporator and the on-line postings of other syrup producers, I am convinced that splitting the wood even smaller makes for a hotter fire and more efficient operation of the evaporator. That explains the second round of splitting. My goal is to split the well seasoned wood into pieces that are about the size of my wrist. I enjoy the effort involved in and the results of splitting wood. It is one of those skills, that I want to keep honed--just in case.