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I'm growing an oak tree from an acorn and it's much easier than you might think – here's how you can do it too
My acorn was gathered from an English oak. 'Do a float test by putting them in water - only keep the ones that sink, as those are the viable ones,' advises tree expert Evan Torchio. The acorns ...
Field & Stream22d
Acorn Hunting 101: How to Tag a Buck in the Oaks
Red oak trees have smoother bark and leaves with pointy edges. You've probably heard that deer prefer white oak acorns, and it's because they have lower tannin levels and therefore taste better to ...
Why you should do more than tie a yellow ribbon around that old oak tree
It is easy to take these trees for granted but they are teeming with biodiversity and are an integral part of Houston's ...
BBC9y
12 mighty facts about oak trees
The pedunculate oak or English oak produces acorns which hang on a stalk or peduncle ... ships including HMS Victory which consumed 6,000 trees, most of them oaks. As the Royal Navy grew, old ...
NOLA.com6d
How did New Orleans' oak trees, bugs fare in the heavy snow? Here's what experts say.
The winter storm dumped up to 10 inches of snow in the Crescent City. How did the trees and the little creatures do with the ...
BBC1y
Quiz: Can you identify a tree by its leaves?
Trees are amazing! Not only do they store a lot of carbon from the atmosphere, which helps to combat climate change, they also make a great habitat for lots of the UK's wildlife - from birds ...
The Irish Times20d
Raucous jays are the lovable gangsters of Ireland’s woodlands
When acorns fall from the oak tree in autumn, a jay will hide up to ... in new window ] The first person to notice this was English scientist Robert Hooke, who wondered why the colour of a peacock ...