This year’s annual acorn survey shows the state’s white oaks once again failed to produce any significant acorn numbers.

Beneath a sturdy oak, Patrick “Porcupine Pat” McKinney scrapes up a handful of acorns. To most others, the abundance of acorns amid an oak tree’s fallen leaves would go unnoticed. To a seasoned ...

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Have you noticed that there are a LOT more acorns than usual this fall? I know I have. Acorns are the nut/fruit of oak trees, and we certainly have a TON of oaks around San Antonio and the Hill ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- This fall, you may have noticed that acorns have been falling by the bucket load. Some people look to what nature is doing now, to try to figure out what the weather will be in ...

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In the deepest days of winter, when all seems dark, nature is hard at work. Take the acorn. Somewhere, under the litter of leaves in the woods, in the angle of a fallen log, or in the tilled soil of a ...

For the cookie, turkey and ham eating crowd, food is synonymous with fall. But for those who dine on acorns, holiday season foraging isn't always a sure thing. As unpredictable as the weather, oak ...

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