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| Snow-less maple sugaring season - North Amherst MA Photo by S. Vardatira, February 21, 2016 |
Although the sap run of the past several weeks has been excellent in Western Massachusetts, with near perfect conditions (above-freezing days and below-freezing nights), we may well be coming to the end of the maple sugaring season. With the temperature soaring into the 70s by Wednesday and no below-freezing nights for the foreseeable future, this is probably it for the year. Contrast this to last year's run, which only started in the second week of March and continued through the end of March/early April. Yet another indicator that this winter has been anything but typical.
Sugar houses will continue boiling for at least the next week or so - and serving up breakfasts through March (or later - check their schedules), even after the last of the sap has been boiled down. Spring is knocking on our door in earnest now.
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