Inundated with maple tree helicopters??? I don't ever remember them

[a kennedy]

being so plentiful.....yikes. Anyone else notice this?? Our deck is just buried with them.

[Sedona]

1. We had a blizzard of them about a month ago

In Atlanta suburbs.

[Ohiogal]

2. Yep

But then that’s business as usual here, we’ve got a yard full of maples! At least ten.

[zanana1]

16. Are they the kind that change color in the fall?

If they are, you're very lucky.

[applegrove]

3. I have a pair of silver earrings that are in the shape of 1/2 a maple tree

helicopter. Reminds me of my parents back yard growing up.

[Ohiogal]

4. Cool!

[lapucelle]

5. I live in NY, so I was bewildered at first.

We mostly get itchy balls.

[juxtaposed]

9. Maybe some Calamine lotion would help.

[IcyPeas]

11. itchy balls

we called them that too (grew up in Flushing, NY)

also we called those other things piggy noses and we would stick them on our nose.

[msdogi]

6. lots of rain has made a difference here

North bay, CA. Everything is growing and blooming abundantly, so much rain and mild temps.

[tymorial]

7. YES!

They are absolutely horrible this year. I have raked twice already and the tree is still covered. Not to mention my neighbor has an even bigger tree hanging over the property.

[happybird]

8. Yes!

There is a deep drift of them on the sidewalk out front, seemingly more than in past years. I keep sweeping them over the curb for the street sweeper to get (bending down to bag them kills my knees). They have also brought the giant black wood roaches. Ugh. At least the cats are happy when one makes it into the house.

[Nay]

10. Lots of them here due to the regular rains. The squirrels and chipmunks love them. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Yes, lots of them this year.

When we were kids we'd stick them on our noses and pretend they were rhino horns or some such thing.

[zeusdogmom]

13. Here in Central Ohio the things sprouted

Yard and garden beds full of baby maple trees. Mowing takes care of those in the lawn - but the flower beds ... human manual labor required. Cute little trees, though. I just don't need 100's of them.

[jpak]

14. The botanical term for them is "samara" - it's a fruit

[NotASurfer]

15. Euell Gibbons would eat them

If I remember, shell them like limas and boil