By now it has become abundantly clear that last year's distressing lack of acorns is not going to be repeated.
If you are not from the Boston area you may not have heard what happened last fall. As the summer came to a close I started to notice that there were no acorns falling in the back yard. Walking in the woods near my house I made an effort to look for them...and nothing! I soon learned that it wasn't just a local phenomenon - people all over the Boston area were noticing the same thing. Various articles and blogs were discussing the unsettling situation. Various forestry types explained that oak trees do go through cycles of acorn production, and last year they just fell into synch.
Sure enough, I am seeing a good crop of them this year. So here's to the acorn - my favorite symbol of potential and hope for the coming year!
Update: Mother Earth News has some good information on gathering and preparing all sorts of wild nuts:http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature-Community/1988-09-01/A-Fall-Field-Guide-to-Nuts.aspx
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