Based on the amount lying around seems like a bumper year. Or is it just that kids nowadays have better things to do than pick them up?
Need to buy goggles, hard hat, and padded gloves before being allowed to use.
Loads of them but not more than last year BUT we have tons of beech nuts way more than ever before, damn difficult to get up off the lawn.......but we get wood pigeons and various crows types eating the seeds so that's good.
A lot of Acorns about too. Seems to be a mast year.
Just looked up mast year!! I thought it might be global warming, as the trees were under stress, producing loads of seeds before they die!
Indeed. Murdered by health and safety.I bet 99% of kids and young adults under the age of 25 haven't got a clue about playing conkers.