{"id":142,"date":"2023-04-10T22:02:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T02:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/?p=142"},"modified":"2023-04-10T22:02:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T02:02:34","slug":"april-10-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/2023\/04\/10\/april-10-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"April 10, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-secondary-darkgreen-color has-silver-lighter-50-background-color has-text-color has-background\">The red maple tree&#8217;s buds still have not yet shown any signs of flowering. I was hoping the slightly warmer weather would have encouraged some growth but they have stayed the same size. I found other trees and shrubs that had further growth like the red elderberry and a box elder pictured below. I should try and find a grown tree with low-hanging branches to get a good comparison between that and a younger tree like the one I picked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0362-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0362-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0362-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0362-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0362-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0362-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0362-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Red Elderberry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0368-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0368-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0368-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0368-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0368-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0368-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0368-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Box Elder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0392-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0392-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0392-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0392-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0392-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0392-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0392-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Red Maple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:37% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0384-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-149 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0384-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0384-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0384-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0384-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0384-2-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG-0384-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-secondary-darkgreen-color has-silver-lighter-50-background-color has-text-color has-background\">While I was walking around I also saw a raccoon, It was really cool to see the waddling walking pattern they have in action. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The red maple tree&#8217;s buds still have not yet shown any signs of flowering. I was hoping the slightly warmer weather would have encouraged some growth but they have stayed the same size. I found other trees and shrubs that had further growth like the red elderberry and a box elder pictured below. I should &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/2023\/04\/10\/april-10-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;April 10, 2023&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8295,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Sarah Madruga","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/author\/smadruga\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/smadruga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}