Mid-Atlantic Gardening: How Did You Survive the Rain and Flooding?, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Most of the smaller branches that fall down regularly show damage from the 17yr. Locusts laying their eggs. The scars are so obvious! The Locusts were here in 2005--right?

This OLD-OLD scar on one of the big trunks must be years old!
Maybe from the previous invasion??? That would make it 1988?
It is all healed over--but the damage stays with the tree.
Took a close-up of it...

This Silver Maple is probably 46+ years old. I planted it in 1971 and it was a good 7' tall already.
The fool I was then! I just wanted shade!!!! Now my back yard is a network of maple roots.