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Get Ready For Autumn
August 2008
Acorn Candles
Acorn Production -- Oak trees can start producing acorns when
they are 20 years old, but sometimes can go all the way to 50 years for the first production. By the time the tree
is 70 to 80 years old it will produce thousands of acorns.
The oak trees produce acorns once a year during the fall. Acorn production varies year to year and normally alternates.
Not even the healthiest and largest oak can accumulate enough food and energy to produce strong crops two years
in succession. Real strong acorn productions might happen every four to ten years. In addition, a late spring frost
can blight the flowers which prevents acorn development. Droughts and insect ravages can decimate crops.
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Leaf
Candles
We thought it might be fun to gather up some facts about things we think about
when we think about Autumn, or Fall.
One of the things that come to our attention in the fall are leaves. Below are some facts about leaves you may
find interesting.
A leaf is like a miniature factory. It takes the ingredients of sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, and chlorophyll
to make food for itself.
In autumn, there is less sunlight because the days are shorter. Because sunlight is a crucial ingredient in the
leaf "factory", the leaf is unable to sustain itself any longer. It becomes weak, breaks from the branch,
and floats to the ground.
Did you know that leaves are really red, yellow, orange, and brown all year long; we just can't see it! The intense
green pigment of chlorophyll actually blocks the pigments of the other colors. You could say that the other colors
are "invisible". In the autumn, red, yellow, orange, and brown become visible and bright when the green
chlorophyll weakens before the leaf falls off the tree.
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