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picking up acorns

SueAtooSueAtoo Posts: 380
in Problem solving
Can anyone suggest the best way to pick up acorns out of the lawn please. Would a leaf sweeper do it?
East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Do you know anyone who owns a pig?
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The local squirrels do it round here. Unfortunately, they usually just bury them in the lawn   ;)

    A brush or a leaf rake will take most of them, but even if they germinate, they don't stand up to regular mowing, if that's what concerns you   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • SueAtooSueAtoo Posts: 380
    Thanks Wild Edges, have even considered that but then they would eat everything else too. I can see the icon but how do I put an emoji on here?
    East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited September 2020
    The little icon that looks like a face is the emoji one. Just click on it and choose  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • SueAtooSueAtoo Posts: 380
    How odd, I tried it earlier and nothing happened - but it does now  :)
    East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    This year seems to be a mast year. The oaks are loaded. I intend raking some into bags to put out for the jays and squirrels in the winter. I currently hear them bouncing off a neighbours shed roof like little bombs.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited September 2020
    ... and bouncing off my car's glass roof with an alarming sound when driving down treelined lanes  :o

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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