{"id":2226,"date":"2026-02-19T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2026-02-21T05:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:44:37","slug":"broken-grate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/?p=2226","title":{"rendered":"Broken Grate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>30 overnight. Sunny and low 40s today. Not much tree activity. We need colder weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Into the woods by 6:00 AM to cook. By the time we assembled the pipes from the tanks and completed other preparation, it was 7:00 AM before we started the fire. Had a boil by 7:45 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day cooking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:00 AM 13 1\/3\u201d<br>9:00 AM 10 \u00be\u201d<br>10:00 AM 9 \u00bc\u201d<br>11:00 AM 7 \u00bd\u201d<br>12:00 PM 5 \u00bc\u201d<br>1:00 PM 3 \u00bd\u201d<br>2:00 PM 1 \u00bc \u201c<br>2:30 PM Done<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No batches into the milk can.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"432\" src=\"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1st_Boil_Feb_19_2026.jpg\" alt=\"1st Boil Feb 19, 2026\" class=\"wp-image-2225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1st_Boil_Feb_19_2026.jpg 325w, http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1st_Boil_Feb_19_2026-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1st boil Feb 19, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We did not use the R\/O. We\u2019ve learned over the years that trying to prep the membrane while cooking is a frustrating experience. Your attention is split between cooking and the R\/O and neither is done well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A grate in the firebox broke. We had to adjust firing on the fly since we had a fire going. Used scrap metal to replaced the grate. We\u2019ll adjust the spacing on the remaining grates to compensate for the missing grate. Hope we make it through the season.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"94\" src=\"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Broken_grate.jpg\" alt=\"Broken Grate on Evaporator\" class=\"wp-image-2224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Broken_grate.jpg 325w, http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Broken_grate-300x87.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Broken grate from evaporator firebox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 overnight. Sunny and low 40s today. Not much tree activity. We need colder weather. Into the woods by 6:00 AM to cook. By the time we assembled the pipes from the tanks and completed other preparation, it was 7:00 AM before we started the fire. Had a boil by 7:45 AM. The day cooking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2026-season-109"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2231,"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions\/2231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}