No dead critters, and all the plants are thriving. The oak, in particular, is dropping acorns at a frantic pace. The squirrels are picking them up at an equally frantic pace.
Anyone got any suggestions for what I can do with a metric shitload of acorns? I think the tree is a live oak, if it makes a difference.
Buy black Iberian piglet, feed acorns to piglet, make your own pata negra. Feeding the acorns to a European breed of pig should be particularly appropriate, considering that it’s a metric shitload 
Technically you can make acorn flour and use it for breads and shit, but acorns are so tannic that the process to make them edible really isn’t worth it.
I’d also stay away from oleander tea, though it has a catchy name.
The Wikipedia entry for lantana says the leaves are poisonous, but that the fully ripe berries are edible. I should note that “edible” says nothing about paletability.
I used to live in Las Vegas, where oleander was a common landscaping plant. Every so often, I’d hear or read about the Dangers Of Oleander, especially the dangers of using the sticks for roasting hot dogs or marshmallows.
** head explodes **
Daria: We’re out in the middle of nowhere, nobody knows we’re here, we have no way to contact anyone, and our parents have gone insane.
Quinn: Yes.
Daria: This is really scary, Quinn.
Quinn: But why did they go insane?
Daria: Judging by dad’s woodland skills, I’d say it was the berries.
Quinn: It couldn’t have been the berries.
Daria: That’s what I think, because you ate the berries and you seem fine.
Quinn: No, I mean because those weren’t the glitter berries.
Daria: Glitter berries?
Quinn: You know, the glitter berries! The ones that fill your mouth with beautiful sparkling glitter when you bite into them. Those are the ones that make you act weird. I mean until you spread your shimmering wings and fly away.
(BTW, anyone else think they should make an actual “Mint Berry Crunch” cereal? I’d buy it)
Heh, that’s my favorite episode. I love how long Quinn holds it together after their parents lose their shit.