Originally Posted by
tarwheel
Raleigh is called the City of Oaks but acorns haven't been too bad here this year. Acorn production varies quite a bit from year to year and it was probably off because we had a terribly hot dry summer. However, now is the time for leaf piles in the streets, which is very annoying for bike commuting. The city eventually comes around and picks up leaves piled near the curbs but it takes a while and some people are slobs and pile up the leaves so wide that they block the streets. Some streets around here are essentially one-lane roads this time of year due to leaf piles.
The local trees had a freakishly large output this spring, and I have noticed some trees starting up again as we go into winter. I have an oak that pumped out thousands of acorns onto the street in front of my house for over a month, staining the street brown. I'm still plucking seedlings out of my hedges.
We have a county ordinance protecting the live oaks that makes it costly for me to remove the tree, but I know a guy who can make it look like an accident for an extra 50 bucks
