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What do you use to eliminate acorns?

Mar 22, 2012 10:17 PM

So I have two 60+ foot tall live oaks in my front yard and they are a bear to keep up. Between the leaves year round and the yearly bombarding of acorns, it's difficult to keep up with them.

So my question is: What do you home and gardeners use to gather up hundreds of thousands of acorns? I've been using a Shop-Vac to get them, but I was curious if there were a better way. Besides, I don't want to be the weird neighbor that vacuums his front yard if I don't have to be.

djenkins1982 djenkins1982

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I use squirrels. They're super effective.

Did I just make a Pokemon joke? I never even played pokemon...

rprebel rprebel
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Do you have a fireplace? And a chainsaw?

ojulius ojulius
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Get rid of them? Use them! They are good "bait" for deer and squirrels. You can also make a meal (flour) out of them. You can make grits and bread with them. If you like nuts, you can eat them like nuts and use them in recipes that call for nuts.

You can find various sites on the interwebs that say how to use/prepare them. If you don't want to yourself, maybe you have someone local who would use them (ask around at a farmers market, or something).

kmeltzer kmeltzer
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@rprebel just used squirrels. It was super effective!

To "eliminate" my acorns, I use highly trained ninja assassin squirrels.

captainsuperdawg captainsuperdawg
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@rprebel: Are you talking about "squirtles"?

squirtle456 squirtle456
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@squirtle456: Only if they eat acorns. consults the Oracle at Mountain View Apparently they eat everything, so yes.

rprebel rprebel
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I'd need a platoon of squirrels for the amount of acorns I accrue.

djenkins1982 djenkins1982
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@rprebel: Beat me to it.

magic cave magic cave
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@djenkins1982: I'm in the middle of opening a new business that rents out squirrel-herds for exactly these purposes.

magic cave magic cave
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I always used a lawnmower...

jsimsace jsimsace
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A blind hog, although they only find them once in a while...

sskarstad sskarstad
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@jsimsace: Lawnmower doesn't have the force to pick them up.... I should have mentioned that.

There are thousands and thousands of them. I've already filled two 30 gallon trashbags so far.

djenkins1982 djenkins1982
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@ojulius: Yes and yes... but I appreciate the wonderful shade that the live oaks give me during the hot Texas summers. My air conditioner appreciates it as well.

djenkins1982 djenkins1982

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