[stylin19a]

thanks. I was losing about 6 inches of land a year. So, I planted a couple of silver maple cuttings(twigs), in that open space you see, and damned if they didn’t grow full out. now I have the property more secluded and I slowed the erosion.
Of course, it now gives critters more cover and that’s ok.
The city took down 4 silver maples, they were at the end of their shelf life. We lost the shade on the front and side yards, and the grass went to hell in a handbasket.
The city only recently replaced a couple of trees a couple of years ago. We’ll never live to see the full effect of those plantings, but that’s ok. Nice ranch (no stairs) for our retirement.

[Lakeside Granny]

Your place sounds and looks Heavenly.

I would like to know what happens to change the yearly pattern of animals.

We too have had critters come at certain times of the year and then stop coming.

Maybe died, found a better place, who knows.

[STARLIT]

Maple seem to have a short life. I've lost three in the past couple of years and my 4th is on support system. Hubby has to move his car from drive-way anytime a storm is threatened. We just don't have the money at the moment to pay tons to have it cut down. Sadly limbs are falling off and even the bark. Its part of our shade for the front yard. In the last ten years we've lost 2 once beautiful Ash to disease here in IN, and 3 maples. It has cost us a small fortune to have them cut.

I couldn't have the Ash fully cut down due to the fact we have a spring under our house and we're surround by an underground storm sewer and we were afraid our ground would shift if we lost the entire trees and trunks. Living beside a river does strange things to land. The spring has already moved to another neighbors area. Covering three homes now.

You have beautiful land.