Can
you identify what's in this photo?
Each Wednesday morning
on Camp Lutherlyn's Facebook page
the Lutherlyn Environmental
Education Program posts a photo.
Readers
have all morning and afternoon
to
make their best guess about what the photo is.
Around
6 pm LEEP provides the answer and a brief explanation.
Each
week's What is it Wednesday post
will
also be posted on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog,
after it is posted on Facebook,
sometimes
with additional bonus information.
In
addition to bringing you current editions of What is it Wednesday
on the
Nature of Lutherlyn blog,
we
will be reposting old editions,
creating
a What is it Wednesday archive.
This
photo was posted as a What is it Wednesday on
January 31, 2018.
And
the answer is....
This is a close up of some of the many buckets used to
collect maple sap to turn into maple syrup at Lutherlyn!
Each tree that is
tapped has a bucket like this hung from a spile (small metal tube) that is
inserted into a small hole in the tree. The sap drips from the spile into the
bucket, then is taken to the Sugar Shack to be turned into syrup.
In 2018, Winter Retreat campers helped us tap the first 10 trees of the 2018 season.
Every group that visits Lutherlyn for maple sugaring gets to tap trees and hang
their own buckets – by the end of the season we will have put out over 100
buckets!
You could tap a tree and hang your own bucket at the Maple Saturday
Safari -- always the first Saturday in March. LEEP can also schedule additional maple sugaring dates
for groups of 10 or more -- great for scouts and school field trips!
Like and follow Camp Lutherlyn on
Facebook, to see What is it Wednesday posts when
they come out and have the opportunity to share your guesses in the comments!
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