3/31/25
This week started off with the last day of March. Monday was a bright and sunny day, a bit cool but otherwise a very pleasant day. After chores I cleaned the cattle yard and bedded the barn this morning. In the afternoon I pulled a few taps but didn’t work too hard and I probably won’t until my back feels better. I saw a gang of vultures today, about a dozen circling overhead so the whole gang is back, right on schedule, about the first of April.
Tuesday was the first of April and it was even cooler starting out at 22 and only getting to 39 under a cloudy sky. Not so pleasant of a day. I took hay up to the cows on the ridge this morning. I then went to Highland to vote. After that I went down to Walsh’s Ace Hardware store to get a couple of rolls of barbed wire as we need some new fences as some of the old ones are getting to need repair as its been over 60 years since I built most of them. Barbed wire then was $10 a roll now it cost me $120 a roll. In the afternoon I pulled a few more taps from the maple trees.
On Wednesday it warmed up in the afternoon to 64, even under a cloudy sky, after starting out at only about 30 and getting 1” of snow last night and then changing to rain lasting till 9 this morning, all due to the stiff south wind. I then planted walnuts the rest of the day after the rain stopped. My back is getting better after using a rub on it that is used for muscle cramps.
Thursday was a partly sunny breezy, cooler day,, getting up to 48 degrees after starting out at 30. It was a good day to work in the woods so I planted Walnuts until my legs got tired. After that I made some telephone calls to book stores to find out if they are carrying my book so I can ass them to my website. This evening a book promotion company by the name of ThinkSpark called again wanting to make me filthy rich for just a small investment. I declined as I wouldn’t know what to do with all the money.
Friday was a cloudy cool day starting out at 24 before getting to 52. A good syrup customer of ours, a retired school teacher, stopped in this morning as he had said earlier that he would like to help when I pulled the taps so I had left some for him to pull. We then toured the woods in the gator, he likes being out in the woods.
Saturday was a cool and party sunny day. I worked in the woods this morning planting Walnuts. In the afternoon I worked in the yard and garden getting ready for spring.
Sunda was a bright sunny day starting out at a cool 21 degrees before climbing up to a very pleasant 54. I took hay up to the cows on the ridge. This afternoon I went to Kenny B.’s 80th Birthday party. One of out best employees when we owned Riverdale Feed & Fertilizer.
Thus ending the first week in April. A cool mostly sunny week. Too bad we didn’t get it 3 weeks ago instead of the 60 and 70 degree weather we had then. It would have greatly improved our syrup crop.
-Helmuth Krause
