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Anyone else notice all the different changes with the trees and other vegetation ? I have also noticed different things with different insects. Is it just me or is the woods/trees so thick with leaves this year that there is very little sunlight getting through to the ground than normal ? It looks to be very shaded this year. As I said there have been other strange changes this year I guess because of the freeze and drought last year and nature is making its come back. One last thing is our neighbor has had a vine (I dont know the name) growing on the side of theyre garage for over twenty years now and this is the first year it has ever bloomed flowers. Also makes me wonder about the change in some vegetation for the long term. Things have definitely changed this year from the effects of last year.
 
I suppose it's just compensation. The fruit and oak trees around here are loaded as are the blackberries and other thorny fruit bushes. Honeysuckle is getting thick as well.
 
It appears Nature is trying to compensate for last year. Fruit and nut crops are going to be huge if we keep getting rains this summer.
 
BSK said:
It appears Nature is trying to compensate for last year. Fruit and nut crops are going to be huge if we keep getting rains this summer.
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Amazing the way it all works. Three lifetimes of study wouldn't be enough to even begin to figure it out.
 
farmin68 said:
BSK said:
It appears Nature is trying to compensate for last year. Fruit and nut crops are going to be huge if we keep getting rains this summer.
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Amazing the way it all works. Three lifetimes of study wouldn't be enough to even begin to figure it out.
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I hear that!

And make it more lifetimes than that. Remember that all human knowledge is the accumulation of each generation's knowledge on top of all previous generations' knowledge. So what we know now is the sum total of all of human lifespans to date--basically 6,000 years of written human knowledge and we still haven't figured it out!
 
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BSK said:
farmin68 said:
BSK said:
It appears Nature is trying to compensate for last year. Fruit and nut crops are going to be huge if we keep getting rains this summer.
Click to expand...

Amazing the way it all works. Three lifetimes of study wouldn't be enough to even begin to figure it out.
Click to expand...

I hear that!

And make it more lifetimes than that. Remember that all human knowledge is the accumulation of each generation's knowledge on top of all previous generations' knowledge. So what we know now is the sum total of all of human lifespans to date--basically 6,000 years of written human knowledge and we still haven't figured it out!
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Ya, God's funny like that ;)

ferg....
 
I've never seen (or smelled) hoenysuckle bloom like it did this year. Truly amazing. I could smell it all over my yard from where it is in the fence-rows.
 
Hey BSK......did a little more looking at the mast today. Finding black oaks, white oaks, chestnut oaks....and an absolute windfall of hickory nuts this year....The hickories are allready the size the end of my finger!!
Strangely i looked at several northern and post oaks and saw nothing at all but who knows. Looks like the white oak mast will be strong if everything holds
 
Oh, i also would think that the ample and "timely" rainfall contributed to the success also for this year. Hit it perfectly every time it was needed...at green up, bloom up and for blackberries, while the berries are starting to turn red.
 
Im glad there will be a lot of food. I also noticed a big hay harvest in the fields this first cutting. So are we in the clear for acorns this year ? I mean if we was to start heading into a drought period (xxx No :eek: Jinx xxx) then are the oaks in a healthy enough position from this point to still produce full acorns ?
 
I have noticed even though our lease is being clear cut, What canopy is left seems very thick. The crew working on it now seems to be more hunter oriented then the first crew and not wiping everything out.
 
PRB said:
Im glad there will be a lot of food. I also noticed a big hay harvest in the fields this first cutting. So are we in the clear for acorns this year ? I mean if we was to start heading into a drought period (xxx No :eek: Jinx xxx) then are the oaks in a healthy enough position from this point to still produce full acorns ?
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Having actually examined the trees, they show a very heavy nut-set (the trees are loaded with small developing acorns). Now whether they all mature and are viable in fall is up to weather conditions over the rest of the summer.
 
time will tell but it is developing well for now. in the last 48 hours i have received over 3/4 of an inch of rain and this is keeping the ground pretty wet.
 
I guess we should be alright this year and we will just hope for the best. We received [color:#FF0000]1-1/2"[/color] of wet stuff yesterday :) At least I think that is the right amount unless the wife forgot to empty the rain gauge but she says she didnt.
 
I have noticed all of the aforementioned anomalies this year myself....and so have my allergies. Let me throw out a brief explanation or at least the one I have been giving ( could be very wrong). But things like fruit production are a response to stress (last years drought). Kind of natures way of insuring the continuation of a species. Stressed oaks often have bumper crops when stressed from one means or another. Not saying that everything is dying, just that they were definitely stressed last year and making sure they have yougins this year. This may also explain the dense canopy. I do urban forestry work right now and have noticed a lot more sucker growth and epicormic branching. All responses to stress. As wide spread as it is last years drought is a great explanation. This sucker growth and epicormic branching like nut production is just an effort to increase photosynthetic area to insure the tree gets what it needs. Resulting in a dense canopy. The post oaks and red oaks in my yard look like bushes so do many of the trees around town.
 

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