I read in the newspaper that acorns were in short supply this year, after a bumper crop last year. You know, I've been so taken with what is about, bumper crops of berries and such, that I'd not noticed the bare Oaks. Maybe, a reverse case of not seeing the wood for the trees. So I headed out into an area of the forest I knew had a high Oak population, and do you know what? The article was right. I walked for 4 miles through mature woodland and didn't see one acorn, not one acorn! I don't think we'll be seeing the pigs in the forest this year, pannage will be out of the question. It could just be part of the normal cycle of things, good years, bad years. I hope so.
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