There is an acorn shortage this year and biologists are concerned.  They concluded that since last year  there was a bumper crop of acorns, the oaks don’t want to produce them this year. So, what this means is that there will be a food shortage for the wildlife this winter.  Or more to the point, there will be an increased attack on our shrubs and trees this winter.  And given the  size of the deer herd in the backyard, we will need to fence in all of our landscape shrubs.