Red Seed Time Again

With the warm weather and raking also comes the part of spring I loathe most, the little red seed husks falling from the maple trees. They just get everywhere, especially tracked into the house. And, while raking, I had to remove the downspouts on the garage. One was packed solid with them. It was about a six to eight inch sleeve of wet seeds. I think that it's almost over though, which is good and bad. Good that the seed will stop dropping, bad that in about 2-3 weeks we'll be coated in helicopter seeds.

Scourge of the Red Seeds

It is that time of the year... the time that I HATE every spring. It is the time for the little red seeds (actually I think they are the outer coatings of the buds) to start falling. In the course of a day and a half my driveway and patio are covered with them. That means they get tracked into the house every time someone walks outside. I seem to remember last year collecting about ½-¾ of a large yard trash bag full of them and it weighed somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 pounds. OK, I'm guessing on the weight, but the fact remains that I hate it.

Now when I am done cleaning up all the buds, it will be time for the seeds to start dropping, clogging up the gutters. I often wonder why I don't simply just cut those trees down.