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 ...

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 ...