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.