JDawg512 wrote:weatherdude1108 wrote:We have had acorns falling for at least a week now. Seems early(?). Acorns usually start dropping around here in October. Maybe the trees can sense the cooler weather and change of seasons coming(?).
I'm attributing it to the rainfall over the last couple of years. Oaks tend to produce acorns bi-yearly so some years you may not see as many while others theres an abundance. Overall they will produce a ton during wetter periods and less during drier. For example the Live Oak in my front yard had a massive amount of acorns this past fall. It won't be producing as many this year but I'm still expecting a fairly decent amount. My Red Oak didn't produce a lot last year but I can already see it covered with acorns this year.
I have seen the squirrels around my yard out foraging and burying their stash already.
Yeah, I also have a large Cedar Elm tree (not to be confused with Ashe Juniper "Mountain Cedar") that is growing little green leaflets (seeds?), that usually happen around this time of year. I have not seen any so far, but usually there are four of five squirrels up there stripping those leaves off the trees, bringing down little twigs with them, littering the yard with twigs and leaves. Twigs get so thick, it's like a carpet on the lawn. Annoying, but as long as what they are doing doesn't hurt tree, I guess ok. My neighbors have a couple of Cedar Elms in the front yard by the street, and the squirrels do the same thing over there. Seems to be a yearly occurrence, and tree still seems healthy.
the longest time Dallas has ever been below freezing
