The last round of heavy snow that hit our area was preceded by some pretty stiff winds, but the damage they caused were quickly covered under several inches of the white stuff. Now that the snow has melted, the aftermath of the strong winds is absolutely covering our back yard.
Much to our chagrin, hundreds of broken branches have fallen from our large sycamore trees, and of course they are scattered over a huge section of our lawn. Every spring we find ourselves picking up broken sycamore branches for at least a couple of hours before the first mowing, but this year it will probably take at least a couple of days. Sometimes I wish our beautiful sycamores were mighty oaks instead!
Those massive sycamore trees with their beautiful and intriguing bark were a major factor in our decision to purchase this place instead of one of the others we looked at, and I wouldn’t get rid of them for anything. But it sure would be nice if they would stop shedding so much.