Acorns Driving me NUTS

[Ritothebull]

Not to bad this year but last year must have been a record crop of acorns here. The crazy weather patterns have the trees here all screwed up, they don't seem to know whether it's spring or fall and so far winter hasnt even showed up yet here ... and although some of the leaves have fallen their mostly still on the trees.

 

[MossRoad]

Anybody else have an oak over their house? Dadgum acorns falling and rolling down the roof is getting old. Sure glad I don't have a metal roof.

Rumor has it that lots of acorns means we will have a severe winter. We have had lots of acorns every year but seems like more than ever.

A lot of acorns is an indicator of PAST weather. Trees cannot predict the future. :laughing:

 

[2LaneCruzer]

A lot of acorns is an indicator of PAST weather. Trees cannot predict the future. :laughing:

Mine do. Some how they know it's going to be cold and they drop their leaves...and some how they know it's going to be warm and sunny and they put on new ones...and they know when I'm going to mow and they drop a bunch of dead limbs.

 

[jaxs]

Mine do. Some how they know it's going to be cold and they drop their leaves...and some how they know it's going to be warm and sunny and they put on new ones...and they know when I'm going to mow and they drop a bunch of dead limbs.

Mine to,without fail.:laughing:

 

[blacklion66]

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one being driven crazy by acorns. For quite some time now, I've been blowing off the driveway and walk with my EGO leaf blower EVERY day! Now I figure we've got too many laws, but I'd sure be in favor of a law prohibiting planting a live oak tree within a hundred feet of a house.:laughing: One live oak, in the backyard, was so close to the house that it would fill the rain gutter and stop it up. I finally had that live oak removed. But the one in the front yard is another matter. I like the shade and I've had it professionally pruned 3 or 4 times, but it's grown enough that it can drop acorns in the rain gutter across the front of the house. Last year I raked up, probably 20-25 gallons of acorns and hardly made a dent in what was there. And now, there's not a spot in my front yard that you could put a foot or hand down without covering acorns.

And yes, the squirrels are the only ones enjoying my live oak tree and the ground under the tree.

anyone raising pigs near you would haul your acorns away ☺

 

[Stimw]

Anybody else have an oak over their house? Dadgum acorns falling and rolling down the roof is getting old. Sure glad I don't have a metal roof.

Rumor has it that lots of acorns means we will have a severe winter. We have had lots of acorns every year but seems like more than ever.

I put on a new metal roof last spring and believe it or not it is quieter than the shingle roof! AND cooler in the heat.
They put the metal over the non-leaking shingles and it's much quieter when it rains.
A lot of times I can't even tell when it is raining, before I always knew.

 

[TractorGuy]

I hear you JD. Trees are not meant to be near houses. Errr... I mean houses aren't meant to be near mature trees. I have a beautiful large Sequoia tree that is way too close to my house and it is menacing. Roots are now messing with my drain to my septic, the needles are clogging my gutters and decking, the permanent shade is promoting the thickest moss I have seen.

But it is a beautiful tree and they are extremely rare around here, so it gets whacked a bit when I can't take it anymore, but I don't have the heart to cut it down.

Hindsight is 20-20. When we built the house we centered it between the back property line and the 50' easement across the front of our 2 acre lot. A few years ago we got the chance, and purchased, the 5 acres around us so the easement is now nullified and I have lots more land between me and the road. Had I known what I know now it would have been built further forward away from the Oak tree. No way I am cutting it down. To make matters worst I cleaned off the top of my metal carport this year that is behind the house.

Had some friends that put a new metal roof on their house a couple of years back. They are REALLY sick of the acorns falling.

anyone raising pigs near you would haul your acorns away ☺

Hope these don't bring the wild hogs back in. They tore up my yard something fierce a couple of years ago. We trapped several but didn't get the matriarch and last I saw them she had had another litter of pigs.

 

[Redbug]

Oaks are split into two main groups. The Red Oaks take two years to produce acorns. So, you will have acorns every other year with the Red Oak group. Oaks in the White Oak group have acorns every year.

 

[heavy hammer]

My back yard is full of acorns, far enough away from the house. Deer and squirrels have been in heaven.

 

[Oldpath05]

My acorn bombing was last year, the chipmunks would gather them up for me but kept putting then on to of my Jeep motor. I now believe the worst tree around a house is oak.