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.

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 ...

The slow-growing post oak can reach 50 to 100 feet. Its leaves have five to seven smooth lobes and indentations on roughly half. Round acorns have wart-like marks and caps that cover one quarter ...

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.

If you have oak trees in your yard you may be dealing with a bumper crop of acorns this fall (2024) with buckets of them coming down covering roads, driveways, sidewalks, and lawns in some places ...