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Sugarmakers not thrilled by warm spell

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 by Tena Starr

Likely last week’s unusually warm weather left most of us thrilled by an early taste of spring.  But some sugarmakers are worried that a week of unseasonable warmth in mid-March could lead to a brief sugaring season.

While the weather is back to something more normal this week — Monday going so far as to be blustery with a couple inches of snow in higher elevations — longtime sugarmakers say that much warmth, that long, that early, can affect the entire season.

“This coming week looks a lot better,” said Bucky Shelton of Glover on Sunday.  He said that, ideally, this week’s weather and last week’s should have happened in reverse.

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