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A sappy art installation?

March 11, 2024

It’s early spring and that means it’s time to tap sugar maple trees for sap to make maple syrup. There’s a fairly standard procedure for doing this, but someone in Lincoln seems to be take a rather unconventional approach. Lincoln resident Jack Fultz spotted this setup near the intersection of Sandy Pond Road and Baker Bridge Road:

This is not the first time the mystery sap-tapper has struck in that area. Here’s a photo from 2018 taken by Lincoln Squirrel editor Alice Waugh:

No word yet on who’s responsible for these whimsical displays and how many gallons of sap (or creosote, or syrup) they’ve been able to collect.

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  1. PetervM says

    March 12, 2024 at 8:23 am

    Well it is better than a wire tap.

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  2. sbstanfill says

    March 12, 2024 at 11:25 am

    I love it!

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  3. WinstonP says

    March 16, 2024 at 6:29 pm

    That maple syrup must taste electrifying!

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