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Yeah, I guess freezing it solid will preserve it 'til you are ready to boil it. I meant if it's partially frozen, it will be the water part that freezes before the sugars do. Last year, some of my buckets froze overnight. I pulled up the big ice core, and tilted it so it would drain back into the bucket. Then I took the ice out. I got about 1/2 the sap I started with, but it was noticeably sweeter. I read somewhere that discarding the ice is an old native american trick used to reduce boiling time.
Those last few warm days we had produced a couple cups of sap from my test tree. The ground must be too frozen yet. Now we got a big snowstorm coming. Should be good in a couple weeks.
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