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Acorn Redistribution

By Elizabeth Bolton

Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Destiny Real Estate Cambridge, MA

October 31, 2009 02:53 PM

acorns There's a bumper crop of acorns around here this fall. Really it's a banner year for acorns - the ground is thick with them. A veritable carpet of acorns covers the ground anywhere close to an oak tree.

Turns out the squirrels can't keep up. I'm sure they're taking their share but vast quantities are being left behind.

There aren't any oak trees in my yard or the neighboring yards so my squirrels don't have access to the bounty.

I've decided to become an acorn redistributor. When I come across "excess acorns" I collect them. Come winter I'll put them out for the squirrels in my yard.

I can hear my father now, "Don't get too close to those squirrels". Translation: You're a nut and you'll look mighty tasty to a hungry squirrel.

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Hannah Williams

HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA

Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Liz..He was right..They bite..and they bite hard..but they are cute..but a nuisance too..You are sweet ..:0)

HELPFULHANNAH

Oct 31, 2009 03:10 PM

Gail Robinson

William Raveis Real Estate - Southport, CT

CRS, GRI, e-PRO Fairfield County, CT

Elizabeth - I would not have thought of doing that. You made me laugh with your comment from your dad. Did he think the squirrels would bite you?

Oct 31, 2009 03:25 PM

Elizabeth Bolton

RE/MAX Destiny Real Estate Cambridge, MA - Cambridge, MA

Cambridge MA Realtor

Hi Hannah ~ They are *really* cute I think - I would have one as a pet in a minute if they didn't have those pointy feet with sharp little nails.

Hi Gail ~ No - he says that if he thinks someone is acting "like a nut" i.e. squirrel food - "stay away from the squirrels" is shorthand for that is the craziest thing I ever heard / you're a nut.

Liz

Oct 31, 2009 03:43 PM

Jeff Dowler, CRS

eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA

The Southern California Relocation Dude

Liz - well you know what an abundance of acorns means, don't you?

Jeff

Oct 31, 2009 05:02 PM

Elizabeth Bolton

RE/MAX Destiny Real Estate Cambridge, MA - Cambridge, MA

Cambridge MA Realtor

Say it's not so Jeff!. I hadn't heard it but as soon as I read your comment I figured it had something to do with winter. I did find at least one article that said it's not true so I'm sticking with that one. But, just in case, if the winter is bad, I'll have plenty of food for those starving squirrels.

Liz

Oct 31, 2009 05:09 PM

Joseph D. Federico

MVP Realty - Naples, FL

Southwest Florida Homes with Joe Federico

Hi Liz-Happy November, You are too kind to squirrels, we have a oak tree right across the street, but my dog bailey keeps our yard squirrel free.

Nov 01, 2009 12:43 AM

Elizabeth Bolton

RE/MAX Destiny Real Estate Cambridge, MA - Cambridge, MA

Cambridge MA Realtor

Hi Joe ~ I hope he's just scaring them away - not having them for lunch!

Liz

Nov 01, 2009 01:39 AM

Lottie Kendall

Compass - San Francisco, CA

Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Hi Liz,

It's fun to be a nut sometimes! Enjoy the squirrels this winter.

Nov 01, 2009 01:48 AM

Marian Pierre-Louis

Fieldstone Historic Research - Medway, MA

Metrowest Boston

I've been noticing that too. I think we are in for a tough winter.

Nov 01, 2009 02:23 AM

Judy Jennings

Top Agent Plus - Middleboro, MA

Tap into Judy's real estate expertise & resources.

Liz - Come on down to my house. I have a ton of oak trees and a super abundance of acorns. You can have whatever you can carry and you can take the squirrels too! LOL

Nov 01, 2009 10:39 AM

Russel Ray, San Diego Business & Marketing Consultant & Photographer

Russel Ray - San Diego State University, CA

In my next life, I want a lot of oak trees on my property so that I, too, can have acorns and squirrels. All I have right now are hummingbirds, pocket gophers, and a lizard that lives on the front window ledge, coming out from behind the pots only if the sun is shining.

Window ledge lizard

Zoey the Cool Cat now knows that if the sun is shining, it's time for her to get up on the desk and watch for the lizard, at which point her tail goes crazy. No working on that desk.

Zoey the Cool Cat watching her lizard friend

Nov 01, 2009 10:45 AM

Jane Peters

Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles real estate concierge services

Reminds me of the saying, "even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then". Your redistribution is going to make a lot of them happy.

Nov 01, 2009 10:51 AM

Elizabeth Bolton

RE/MAX Destiny Real Estate Cambridge, MA - Cambridge, MA

Cambridge MA Realtor

Hi Lottie ~ Never been afraid to be a nut!

Hi Marian ~ I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there's no correlation.

Hi Judy ~ Too funny! The next tree I'm planting will be an oak.

Hi Russel ~ Lizard hunting sounds like an excellent hobby for a cat.

Hi Jane ~ Never heard that - good one!

Liz

Nov 01, 2009 11:50 AM

Leesa Finley

RED Properties - Wake Forest, NC

RED Properties - Raleigh NC Real Estate

Liz - this post had me giggling the whole way through! Acorn Redistribution = too funny! Good idea though and the squirrels will love you for it!

Nov 01, 2009 10:02 PM

Karen Kruschka

RE/MAX Executives - Woodbridge, VA

- "My Experience Isn't Expensive - It's PRICELESS"

Liz We are having a bumper crop this year as well - I suspect it is cyclical. The squirrels must love you

Nov 02, 2009 01:59 AM

Tammy Lankford,

Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA

Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

A few years ago I listed a house that had the biggest acorns I'd ever seen. I collected a bunch of them and got one of those big 3 wick candles and hot glued the acorns in rows all along the outside. It was a beautiful center piece I gave to my mom for Thanksgiving. A couple days after thanksgiving mom noticed worms on her table in her dining room. They had hatched inside the acorns and bore holes and crawled out. Now I don't store acorns inside the house.

Nov 02, 2009 06:37 AM

Michael Bergin

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - ABR - SRES - Alexandria, VA

Northern Virginia Real Estate

What a wonderful squirrel neighbor you are. I know they will appreciate your efforts.

Nov 02, 2009 10:06 AM

Elizabeth Bolton

RE/MAX Destiny Real Estate Cambridge, MA - Cambridge, MA

Cambridge MA Realtor

Hi Leesa ~ You know what? I was out taking pictures today and it turns out in the "expensive" neighborhoods near my office all the houses have landscape crews - vacuuming up the acorns! Talk about redistribution! I was bummed.

Hi Karen ~ I do make points with the squirrels come winter.

Hi Tammy ~ Unreal! Funny you should write this - my mother warned me about worms too. I decided I would keep the acorns in a bucket on the porch. Thanks for the warning!

Hi Michael ~ Who could resist doing a good deed for a squirrel? I love them!

Liz

Nov 04, 2009 01:28 PM

Karen Rice Keller Williams Real Est

Keller Williams Real Estate - Hawley, PA

Northeast PA & Lake Wallenpaupack Home Sales

LOL - this is a cute blog. :) I remember one winter we ended up with a huge bag of bird seed and for fun, I opened it up and left it on the picnic table. No joke, there were easily more squirrels on that table than I had ever seen in my life at one time - must have been almost 40. It was a LOT of fun!

Nov 16, 2009 05:54 AM

Elizabeth Bolton

RE/MAX Destiny Real Estate Cambridge, MA - Cambridge, MA

Cambridge MA Realtor

Hi Karen ~ That sounds great - what a sight! I'm having a lot of fun with my acorn redistribution. Took a trip out to the town I lived in when I was little the other day and gathered acorns from some of my favorite places including the sidewalk by our old house. And today I pulled over when I saw a motherlode on the side of the road. There will be some happy squirrels in a few months.

Funny - I sold a house this year and the yard was *carpeted* with seed hulls. We figured they were big birders. Turns out it was the squirrels they were feeding. I felt bad since I don't think the buyer intended to carry on the tradition.

Liz

Nov 16, 2009 09:44 AM