I moved house to where I get inundated with acorns, leaves, sticks. More white oak & some others.

I tended to collect acorns from different oaks, but may change my tune in current house! Burr oak grows around the state but not very common, or not where I go apparently. So I actually BOUGHT ( for maybe a quarter) some burr acorns at a garage sale. Then a relative gave me another one.

But, a mast crop of these must be pretty dramatic to see , let alone to walk over!

For my bur, swamp white oaks and nearby frost hollow oaks, all flowers, male and female, were killed by the end of April deep freeze. Not one acorn. Brother's while oak in PA has some acorns, but less than average. Very few hazelnuts here either.

There were places along the bike trail between Nisswa and Walker that made the bike tires crunch against the asphalt, wherever there was a white oak overhanging the trail (most likely bur in this country).

Over at the city park I could hear the acorns from the tree I parked under hitting the top of the van every few seconds (those are entirely Burs in that park).

I didn't pay enough attention to notice if this was technically a mast year, but it has to be a pretty heavy crop this season regardless.

Mmm, what is technically a mast year? I'm just going on personal observation from recent years. Last year was sparse, which I believe was caused by a late spring hard freeze, similar to what Ben experienced. Bill, I'm all ears on the technical mast thing.

I hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day. I would normally do something outside, but a quick walk through the garden/yard is about all I can handle with the unusual heat. It was 98F yesterday, and today could hit 100. Bring on fall!

Yeah, I dunno. lol

But technically this is a mast year becuase the definition is this:

' A mast year is when a particular woodland species produces more fruit than normal. Like many trees, Oaks have irregular cycles of high and low yields. Oak masting happens every 2- 5 years.

https://Mast year: