Who wants acorns?

[pupchow]

MA Zone 4S

 

[whalerman69]

Watched a doe this morning sucking em up in back yard. Ya no shortage

 

[kerryman71]

We were scouting around in Leominster State Forest last week and could've used a hard hat.

 

[rudiewhitebwoy]

Who want acorns? I only have 5 trees in my yard, all Red Oak.
They're 4 to 6 feet in diameter. I have enough to fill a pickup truck, twice.

 

[MadatMarek]

Squirrels?

 

[Gidge]

This little fella :

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MA Zone 9

 

[DJBrad]

Seriously. I’m in the middle of buying a 25 acre plot and the amount of acorns is intimidating.

 

[chocolab]

none to be found in my part of No. Worcester Co. Last year tho was more or less biblical

 

[whacko]

none to be found in my part of No. Worcester Co. Last year tho was more or less biblical

I'm in merrimac valley......acorns are plentiful but very small.

 

[bauer]

Southern middlesex county. The amount of acorns down this year is unbelievable

 

[FormerlyIndifferent]

We have a yuuuuuge red oak, probably 4-foot-plus diameter at the base, and it dropped a zillion acorns as usual. Normally the critters get them all, or many/most of them....but this year I scooped up a bunch. I am planting them in pots (never did this prior; figured I'd give it a shot) for transplanting to ground later, so that it (the yuuuuuge oak) can have children. The parent tree is coming down next year due to age, decay, proximity to the house, etc.

Its children will be transplanted throughout the property and not so close to the house.

 

[pupchow]

I let the squirrels take care of the plantings. They're very successful at it.

 

[greencobra]

damn, property behind me has 2 trees and it's like a 5 star michelin restaurant for squirrels. they've mounded a pile on top of a little shed and sit and munch while watching the world go by quite often. a couple have back legs, thighs and asses that are as big as a pork butt.