Posted on 27/10/2020 13:49
In all my years I have never seen as many acorns as this year. Have planted 100 or so in a small nursery and hopefully ready as seedlings if not next spring the year after. Whilst the do gooders still fly to talking shops around the world we can do our little bit by planting a few acorns ourselves. Then we will have done collectively more than the talkers have.
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Posted on 08/10/2022 11:26
Our Rowan berries have long gone, the blackbirds feast on them very early on. The oak tree which grows over a corner of our garden never sheds normal acorns as it has oak gall and so every acorn is just a mis-shapen ball, unrecognisable as an acorn. The whole tree is affected, been like it for years. I've heard they sometimes clear up, so live in hope!
Posted on 27/10/2020 13:49 by FishermanIn all my years I have never seen as many acorns as this year. Have planted 100 or so in a small nursery and hopefully ready as seedlings if not next spring the year after. Whilst the do gooders still fly to talking shops around the world we can do our little bit by planting a few acorns ourselves. Then we will have done collectively more than the talkers have.
Posted on 08/10/2022 11:37
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/10/what-is-a-mast-year/
it's called a mast year , happens about every 7 years . We came across it with sycamore trees a few years back
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Posted on 08/10/2022 11:37 by joaniehttps://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/10/what-is-a-mast-year/
it's called a mast year , happens about every 7 years . We came across it with sycamore trees a few years back
Posted on 08/10/2022 11:37 by joaniehttps://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/10/what-is-a-mast-year/
it's called a mast year , happens about every 7 years . We came across it with sycamore trees a few years back
Posted on 08/10/2022 16:36
Would you Adam and Eve it? Went to the Museo del Jamón today. Many different hams to try and buy. They told us that many of the most expensive ‘vintage’ hams, and they are spectacular expensive, are produced during a mast season when the pigs are let loose in the forests to forage. They gorge on the acorns which produces a particular high quality product. Apparently their rooting around is also very positive for wildlife and habitat enrichment.
Posted on 19/09/2023 17:11
Plenty of acorns down after this wing. How about this. Go and pick a dozen, plant them in soil or compost and replant the young trees next spring or the following year. Could be a good place alongside a dead or dying Ash to give some regeneration. Just planted 60 for that very reason.
Fisherman