Tree Loop Trim

Funny day today. Windy and felt like storm was coming - all day. Pleasant overcast high 70's and 20 mph wind most of the day. I decided to the mow the Tree Loop with a weed whacker. Probably a good idea once a year to keep trail open. Now more or less clear path a meter wide all around the Loop with walls of uncut brome and Symphoricarpos buck brush waist high on either side. I took a walk in the early dark of evening around the Loop. No fireflies, hardly any mosquitoes. Insect populations have been way down this spring. May be early March warming (70s on the 7th) with good insect activity followed by cold hard freeze (18-20 on 26th). The wind today will rapidly draw down/ begin to dry up the standing pools of water in the west Woods. The Woods are green and full of vibrant growth but insect herbivores and the like, are not easily found.