{"id":2243,"date":"2026-03-21T18:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:58:21","slug":"maple-sap-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/maple-sap-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Sap Collection &#8211; Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s spring and I&#8217;ve decided to try my hand at making maple syrup. I borrowed unused buckets and spiles (taps) from my neighbour. After the buckets and spiles were cleaned, I drilled five maples, inserted the spiles and hung the buckets. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2s3g1kc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/sceith.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/P321000303212026_161821-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sceith.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/P321000303212026_161821-s.jpg 900w, https:\/\/sceith.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/P321000303212026_161821-s-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sceith.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/P321000303212026_161821-s-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dripping started immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2s3kzrd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/sceith.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/P321003303212026_161946-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sceith.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/P321003303212026_161946-s.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sceith.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/P321003303212026_161946-s-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s spring and I&#8217;ve decided to try my hand at making maple syrup. I borrowed unused buckets and spiles (taps) from my neighbour. After the buckets and spiles were cleaned, I drilled five maples, inserted the spiles and hung the buckets. Dripping started immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50,61],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-2243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foraging","category-lower-queensbury","tag-maple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2263,"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions\/2263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceith.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}