Week of 2/24/25

This week Monday February 24th started out very warm like spring had brung in a morning low of 35 before climbing to a high of 52. I took a couple of bales of hay to the cows on the ridge. I then started getting ready for the maple syrup season. I got the evaporator back together and got the tapping supplies and lines out.

Tuesday again got very warm with a high of 53. I tapped till noon and got 42 trees tapped. That is all these 92 year old legs can take in one day on these steep hills. Ruth went to see the doctor as she is still quite sick. Ted got the sap lines for the Antonson woods and started laying them out.

Wednesday was a bit cooler but still warm with a high of 48. I got 50 trees tapped today. Ruth got a call from the doctor and learned she had tested positive for covid. She was to pick up medicine at Walmart. She asked what it would cost and would insurance pay for it. The cost would be $438.00 and the insurance would not pay for it. We could not afford it so we left the medicine at Walmart. Lisa stopped in this evening to pick up a case of maple syrup and a signed book The Heart Remembers for the veterans benefit dance that was to be held in Lone Rock, Saturday March 1st. Ruth was going to bake 3 pies but with her having Covid she didn’t think it was a good idea.

Thursday I took hay to the cows and did some tapping trees. It is still not quite thawed out enough to sap. Ted finished getting the Antonson woods tapped.

Friday was even warmer with a high of 55 but very windy. I finished tapping here at home and a few trees are starting to sap.

Saturday it froze up with a morning low of 14. So I brought a bunch of bales off the field down to the yard while the ground was still froze. The rest of Saturday I took it easy as I was still not feeling too great.

Sunday morning it was even colder with a low of 10 before warming up to 36. I went to Kenny’s 90th birthday party this afternoon. Kenny is one of the good ones, I don’t believe I will ever know a better man. There was a good crowd there.

See you next week.

- Helmuth Krause