{"id":1559,"date":"2014-02-18T18:30:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T23:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2014-02-23T14:50:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T19:50:30","slug":"tapping-maples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/?p=1559","title":{"rendered":"tapping maples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We&#8217;re hoping to make some maple syrup this year for the first time and tapped the first 5 trees today since it was above freezing. We could have done more, but my lack of bucket washing motivation is the gate. One of the trees started dripping right away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tapped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1560\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" alt=\"tapped\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tapped-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tapped-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tapped.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sap_collector.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1561\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" alt=\"sap_collector\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sap_collector-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sap_collector-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sap_collector.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The sap only flows during a 4-6 week period, usually mid to late February through March, when temperatures cycle above freezing during the day and below freezing at night. We should get a few days this week and then might have to wait a bit longer before it warms up again. There are thoughts on tapping too soon or too late, but it&#8217;s hard to predict what the weather will be like and this is our rookie season, so we&#8217;ll see what happens&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/drip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1562\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" alt=\"drip\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/drip-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/drip-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blog.lostforest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/drip.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re hoping to make some maple syrup this year for the first time and tapped the first 5 trees today since it was above freezing. 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