A Nutty Adventure: Enjoying A Mast Year For Acorns
September 1, 2023It’s a mast year for acorns, but why we don’t eat these nuts? Zach Loeks set out on a longboard to find the sweetest oaks with hopes of planting more trees with better flavor.
It’s a mast year for acorns, but why we don’t eat these nuts? Zach Loeks set out on a longboard to find the sweetest oaks with hopes of planting more trees with better flavor.
My 8-acres of forest—planted to oak, black walnut, elm and ash—has filled in with more than its share of cottonwood and box elder. Had I planted my trees in rows, I could have simply mowed the errant seedlings, but my trees were broadcast seeded and grew the old fashioned way: where they wanted.