acorns, acorns, acorns.. how to pickup/get rid of them

[Sundar Narasimhan]

Hi, I have several oak and pine trees.. in and around my lawn (zone 5), and am getting tired of picking up the acorns. I got a toro hand-held blower/vacuum for the leaves.. but the lawn is a bit too big for it to be of help, and besides it doesn't help w/ the acorns.

What's up w/ oaks these past two years, I must have shovelled several (>10+) trash barrels filled w/ these .. and yet they keep coming down.

Any suggestions?

ps. Is there a power sweeper or some such thing one can buy to pick these up - I don't have a riding lawn mower.. so am wondering if theres a machine that's push-behind that could possibly help.

Thanks in advance.

[Roy]

The deer usually get a lot of mine, and what the deer don't get my guinea fowl are eating. I never noticed them eating acorns before, but they seem to love them. I have thinne dout my squirrel population down to about "0" as far as grey squirrels go, but I do have quite a few nice large Fox squirrels which are not nearly as pesky and nuisance like a grey squirrel is.

Other than a rake with close t>x-Hi, I have several oak and pine trees.. in and around my lawn (zone 5),

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[Zemedelec]

Pigs are supposed to love acorns. If anyone in your neighborhood has a pet potbellied pig, maybe you could borrow it for a few days... zemedelec

[Grandpa]

[Shepherd]

I have a similar problem with acorns, not so bad this year, but last year the amount of acorns was just unbelievable.

There are pecan pickers that should make short work of your acorn problem.

Try:

There are others.

do a google search for pecan pickers

Shepherd

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[Tina Gibson]

Send them to me - they make great firestarter!!

[Frogleg]

Yep. Quite a nuisance in large quantities. A small-tined rake, as another poster suggested, seems to be appropriate, although I gather you have a considerable quantity to dispose of. And no squirrels? I wonder...if you raked some into a pile, would they stay or be carried away?

You might see if you could invite some people interested in crafts over to take their fill. They are much-used in autumn wreathes and arrangements. Pine cones, too.

Sell on eBay to the acorn-deprived:

[ericm1600]

You really can sell anything on ebay. Here's a dutch auction that ended a few weeks ago:

paid $3.49 for a dandelion or two's worth of seed.

[Tina Gibson]

> Somebody paid $3.49 for a dandelion or two's worth of seed.

Wow - we could all be RICH!!

[Sundar Narasimhan]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Last year the deer took care of some of them, but I think I have so many buckets that I think the few that come by can't really eat them all.

We did have squirrels and chipmunks, but ever since my wife started letting the cats out.. they stay a safe distance away chittering.

ebay! Wow, what an idea.. :)

Frogleg wrote:

[J Kolenovsky]

Start keeping the cats in and the wildlife will return and take care of the acorns.