It's a battle out there! They win on the hazelnuts, but I beat them on those hickory nuts! The squirrels do join me for dinner sometimes, too... if you get my drift. ; )
Those are all good nuts to have around! I think squirrels and birds like beechnuts even better than hazelnuts. When I lived in Michigan, where beech trees are native, I hardly ever found more than the empty hulls. Your apple strategy would take a lot of apples around here, lol.
I'll make a post about eating acorns. Some are much better than others! But any in the White Oak family (with the rounded tips on the leaves) have less of the tannin taste than the Red/Black Oak family (with the pointed tips on the leaves). The white oak acorns mature in one season, but the red/black oaks take 2 years, so that may have something to do with it.
It's a battle out there! They win on the hazelnuts, but I beat them on those hickory nuts! The squirrels do join me for dinner sometimes, too... if you get my drift. ; )
It's mainly hazelnuts, beechnuts, and sweet chestnuts I see lying around here. I trade them for apples with the squirrels. They like apples.
I never realised you could eat acorns, even with processing.
Those are all good nuts to have around! I think squirrels and birds like beechnuts even better than hazelnuts. When I lived in Michigan, where beech trees are native, I hardly ever found more than the empty hulls. Your apple strategy would take a lot of apples around here, lol.
I'll make a post about eating acorns. Some are much better than others! But any in the White Oak family (with the rounded tips on the leaves) have less of the tannin taste than the Red/Black Oak family (with the pointed tips on the leaves). The white oak acorns mature in one season, but the red/black oaks take 2 years, so that may have something to do with it.