Our guide to mast years - when there are surplus of seeds like acorns on the ground - which typically happen every five to ...

Lying under the canopy of an oak tree, you're hit over and over. The trees aren't out to get you. Learn the theories as to why they're dropping so many acorns.

A warm spring is one of the factors that has led to a so-called "mast year" where trees produce an abundance of nuts and ...

Although it's the second full week of November, David and I are still eating tomatoes from our garden. Several weeks ago, right before the first killing frost, I picked as many green ones as I could ...

Squirrels rejoice - this autumn could be on for a bumper crop of nuts and acorns as a 2025 mast year results in an abundant ...

If you’ve been on a walk lately, you may notice the sidewalks are a bit more crunchy than usual, with a lot more acorns on the ground this year. Texas oak trees are experiencing something called a ...

Rat-a-tat-tat. Showers of acorns hit the ground and tapped our heads as my husband and I hiked the Appalachian Trail. Thousands of acorns strewn across the path atop multi-colored leaves made for ...

Marin natives Kirsten and Todd Brockman love their oak tree so much that they gave it a name — Mother Treesa. “She welcomes people to our house, standing so gracefully at the street’s edge,” says ...

A Salisbury resident emailed me last week and was concerned about his oak trees. They were doing quite well but had no acorns for the past two seasons. He was wondering if there was a problem with his ...