Acorns wait their turn to rain down upon columnist John Kelly's house. In some parts of the Mid-Atlantic, this is a bumper year for acorns and other tree seeds. (John Kelly/The Washington Post ...

He decided to plant acorns from Capitol Hill oak trees on his farm, then give away the saplings. “What you do is put the acorns in a Ziploc bag when they fall,” he said.

What he’s hearing are acorns dropping from the white oak tree on the other side of our house. The acorns hit the roof, bounce down the slope, crash into the metal gutter and then drop to the deck.

I’m interested in the Regal Prince Oak trees being planted in downtown Rochester. The squirrels should be jumping for joy with such a plethora of acorns soon to be descending upon our city ...

In the case of oak trees this year (2024) the variety that's dropping acorns by the bucket full appears to be largely the red oaks, whose acorns actually take two seasons to develop, reach ...

From 2020 to 2021, the proportion of white oaks bearing acorns increased by 13%, while red oak proportions decreased by 20%. Long term, the average white oak acorn production is 37%, and red oak ...

In fact, brown acorns are good. This is a sign that the acorn was able to grow, mature, and fall naturally from the oak tree. Green acorns aren't as good of a sign.

This year, the average crown coverage for white oak acorns was 9%, near the long-term average, while the average crown cover of red oaks was at 10% statewide, ...