“What do you call an acorn? It’s an oak tree, in a nutshell.”⁠ ⁠ Many of our oak trees are dropping more acorns than usual this year. These oaks are in a mast year—when a shrub or tree produces and sheds an overabundance of fruit—in this case, acorns. During such a year, trees will produce more fruit than usual to ensure reproduction on a two to five-year cycle, often in synchronicity with each other. Although the trigger for this cycle has not been clearly identified by scientists, the bounty o