The 13-year cicadas’ legacy: legions of mangled small trees, hearing loss, public humiliation, and quashed hubris I do not like the red-eyed beast. I do not like it in the least. I do not like it when I dine. I do not like it in my wine. I do not like it on my plants.…
“Place loose mesh or netting over small, vulnerable trees to protect them from damage,” the experts tell us. But which trees are “vulnerable”? And what if you have about 30 “vulnerable trees” in your yard? Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! How’d you like to spend all day helping me incarcerate trees in sheets of fine netting?…
The Greenery 