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Ginseng is a plant native to North America that is valued for the ability of it's roots to help people resist stress, boost immunity, improve congnitive function, and fight fatigue. Ginseng is very picky about where it ...

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In 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, through their Small Rancher Grant Program funded our farm, Ox Heights, to conduct an experiment evaluating the survival and growth of grafted European-Japanese Chestnuts in fa...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/survival-of-grafted-european-chestnuts-10-years-after-planting","title":"Survival of Grafted European Chestnuts 10 Years after Planting","summary":"In 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, through their Small Rancher Grant Program funded our farm, Ox Heights, to conduct an experiment evaluating the survival and growth of grafted European-Japanese Chestnuts in fa...","date_modified":"2026-06-27T21:14:49Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/why-we-spent-5000-on-irrigation-for-our-chestnut-orchard","html_content":"

A wise person once told me that at any point in time, a farmer is only 2 weeks from a drought. We've found that to be true. Case in point is that despite having a record wet spring...

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Everyone has a dream. What's yours? After starting a family, one of our dreams was to plant an orchard of 'something' on our high ground in Northern Michigan near Lake Huron. 10 years ago, we decided that the 'somethi...

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Uffda is a norwegian term used to express exhaustion or dismay. Uffda sums things up nicely after a once in a 500-year ice storm in March 2025 brought 2.5 inches of freezing rain...

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It's April 2nd and there is 18 inches of snow on the orchard floor, 0.3 inches of freezing rain on all the trees, and the early outlook for our 2026 chestnut harvest is as excellent as ever. What???

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Tree farmers might just be the most optimistic people I know. Think about it: they press a single nut into the soil and make a quiet, powerful bet—that they’ll be here in 30 years, that the tree will thrive alongside the...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/growing-chestnut-trees-from-chestnuts---testing-approaches","title":"Growing chestnut trees from chestnuts - testing approaches","summary":"Tree farmers might just be the most optimistic people I know. Think about it: they press a single nut into the soil and make a quiet, powerful bet—that they’ll be here in 30 years, that the tree will thrive alongside the...","date_modified":"2026-03-18T00:50:15Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/can-a-chestnut-farm-support-a-family","html_content":"

My dad once told me that the only reason to have a business is to make money. I guess the same could be said for farms. Of course, growing high quality and tasty food is rewarding, but at the end of the day, \"everyone's...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/can-a-chestnut-farm-support-a-family","title":"Can a Chestnut Farm Support a Family?","summary":"My dad once told me that the only reason to have a business is to make money. I guess the same could be said for farms. Of course, growing high quality and tasty food is rewarding, but at the end of the day, \"everyone's...","date_modified":"2026-02-01T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/how-to-get-transplanted-asian-pine-nut-trees-to-survive-and-grow","html_content":"

We absolutely love trees that produce food. Why? Quite simple - plant it once and harvest food for generations!

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/how-to-get-transplanted-asian-pine-nut-trees-to-survive-and-grow","title":"Survival and Growth of Asian Pine Nut Trees - A Farm Experiment","summary":"We absolutely love trees that produce food. Why? Quite simple - plant it once and harvest food for generations!","date_modified":"2026-01-19T14:34:24Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/2025-ox-heights-farm-production-report","html_content":"

Yep, I know...annual reports are boring to read and even more boring to write. But they provide a record of what the farm produced in a given year that is useful to review in the future and provide to people interested ...

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I think it's easy to forget how great the Great Lakes really are. These inland seas contain 20% of the available freshwater on the earth and big enough to create their own climate! Being downwind of the Lakes Superior, ...

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Guess what - the most profitable tree on the farm is not chestnuts, it's not peaches, it's not veneer sugar maple - its fir trees that plant themselves and require no care. Confused...well, I am too. Read on for the rest...

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Chestnut harvest 2025 is in the books and the last 'official' nut was picked up on November 2nd. While we still will glean some chestnuts off the orchards in November, the harvest in 2025 is for all intents and purposes...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/2025-chestnut-harvest-stats---with-a-comparison-to-previous-years","title":"2025 Chestnut Harvest Stats - With a Comparison to Previous Years","summary":"Chestnut harvest 2025 is in the books and the last 'official' nut was picked up on November 2nd. While we still will glean some chestnuts off the orchards in November, the harvest in 2025 is for all intents and purposes...","date_modified":"2025-11-04T13:02:00Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/midseason-chestnut-harvest-update---2025","html_content":"

We are about halfway through chestnut harvest - which spans the entire month of October here in far Northern Michigan. We've been blessed with pleasant weather and lots of help from our kids and and friends. We also have...

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With chestnuts falling as I write, we managed to squeeze in time for a family tradition - pressing apple cider.

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Wild rice is the grain that grows on water.

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One month and counting until peak chestnut harvest! Nuts will start shipping out in about 45 days! Pre-order yours today!

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/2025-north-star-chestnut-crop-looks-exceptional","title":"2025 North Star Chestnut Crop Looks Exceptional","summary":"One month and counting until peak chestnut harvest! Nuts will start shipping out in about 45 days! Pre-order yours today! ","date_modified":"2025-09-09T01:41:51Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/peach-harvest-update---why-a-variety-of-varieties","html_content":"

Did you know that Ox Heights has 8 varieties of peaches? I have a hard time remembering them all: Rising Star, Reliance, Red Haven, Blazing Star, Glohaven, Sweet Star, Loring, and Glowing Star. Why so many varieties an...

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Have you ever met a friend that lives a similar life with similar obsessions but in a completely different place in the world? That happened to us and the story started about a decade ago. The most recent chapter of the...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/friends-with-trees-in-a-distant-land","title":"Friends with Trees in a Distant Land","summary":"Have you ever met a friend that lives a similar life with similar obsessions but in a completely different place in the world? That happened to us and the story started about a decade ago. The most recent chapter of the...","date_modified":"2025-08-15T12:12:56Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/firewood-from-heaven","html_content":"

\"Manna from Heaven\" is idiom referring to an unexpected and welcome gift, benefit, or piece of good news. In the Book of Exodus, when the Israelites faced starvation in the desert, God provided manna as a daily food sour...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/firewood-from-heaven","title":"Firewood from Heaven?","summary":"\"Manna from Heaven\" is idiom referring to an unexpected and welcome gift, benefit, or piece of good news. In the Book of Exodus, when the Israelites faced starvation in the desert, God provided manna as a daily food sour...","date_modified":"2025-07-25T00:47:03Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/millions-of-peaches","html_content":"

A band named The Presidents of the Unities States of America released the song named \"Millions of Peaches\" in 1996. The music video has been viewed 5.4 million times (apparently silly songs are more interesting than far...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/millions-of-peaches","title":"Millions of Peaches - How we thin fruit on peach trees","summary":"A band named The Presidents of the Unities States of America released the song named \"Millions of Peaches\" in 1996. The music video has been viewed 5.4 million times (apparently silly songs are more interesting than far...","date_modified":"2025-06-22T22:47:15Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/suckers---love-and-hate-but-mostly-hate","html_content":"

Chestnuts are notorious for their ability to resprout from the stump. In some parts of the world, chestnuts are coppiced to produce biomass or wood products as seen in this image below.

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/suckers---love-and-hate-but-mostly-hate","title":"Suckers - Love and Hate (but mostly hate)","summary":"Chestnuts are notorious for their ability to resprout from the stump. In some parts of the world, chestnuts are coppiced to produce biomass or wood products as seen in this image below.","date_modified":"2025-06-02T00:49:50Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/from-nut-to-tree-to-field","html_content":"

In December, we stratified chestnuts in peat moss in hopes they would germinate in the spring and grow into a chestnut tree (see the full story here).

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I recently told a friend, \"You can't fix dead.\"\nYou can fix a car, repair a house, even heal a broken bone. But when something is dead, that's that.

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/can-you-fix-dead","title":"Can you fix dead?","summary":"I recently told a friend, \"You can't fix dead.\"\nYou can fix a car, repair a house, even heal a broken bone. But when something is dead, that's that.","date_modified":"2025-04-20T17:08:36Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/the-ice-storm-apocalypse-of-2025","html_content":"

Where do we start? Do we start with... 'I'm writing this in a cold house powered by a generator and been without power for 9 days'...or maybe...'what two words strikes fear into a tree farmer's heart? Answer = Ice storm...

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Late February and early March is spent giving our trees their annual haircut. Here are the tools of our trade.

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Remember when...well, let's say April 2024 when spring was springing, birds were singing, and the grass was greening up?

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Everyone's talking about the 'Siberian' cold, so I guess we will too!

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/how-cold-is-it-where-you-are","title":"How cold is it where you are?","summary":"Everyone's talking about the 'Siberian' cold, so I guess we will too! ","date_modified":"2025-01-20T17:35:22Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/family-farming---the-most-complicated-job-in-america","html_content":"

An argument should be made that FARMING is the most complicated profession in America. Just think of what it takes to be a successful farmer... understanding the soil, the seed, the plant, the water, animal health, anim...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/family-farming---the-most-complicated-job-in-america","title":"Family Farming - the most complicated job in America?","summary":"An argument should be made that FARMING is the most complicated profession in America. Just think of what it takes to be a successful farmer... understanding the soil, the seed, the plant, the water, animal health, anim...","date_modified":"2025-01-11T16:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/getting-squirrelly---finding-tasty-chestnuts-at-new-years","html_content":"

Our Thanksgiving and Christmas was white, but after a few days in the 40s, we have transitioned to a green and brown look to end 2024.

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/getting-squirrelly---finding-tasty-chestnuts-at-new-years","title":"Getting Squirrelly - Finding tasty chestnuts at New Years?","summary":"Our Thanksgiving and Christmas was white, but after a few days in the 40s, we have transitioned to a green and brown look to end 2024. ","date_modified":"2024-12-29T23:13:49Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/winter-solstice-doldrums","html_content":"

I remember hearing that it is not a coincidence that the Holidays coincide with the winter solstice. The Holidays give us something to look forward to. Otherwise, and sometimes in spite of the Holidays, the long nights ...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/winter-solstice-doldrums","title":"Winter Solstice Doldrums ","summary":"I remember hearing that it is not a coincidence that the Holidays coincide with the winter solstice. The Holidays give us something to look forward to. Otherwise, and sometimes in spite of the Holidays, the long nights ...","date_modified":"2024-12-19T01:20:17Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/thank-you-and-last-chance-for-chestnuts","html_content":"

We are pleased to report that we are SOLD OUT of our limited run of large European and large Chinese chestnuts.

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If you resist the short-term urge to eat all your chestnuts, there is a long-term 'enjoyment' option available to those with a green thumb - stratify the nuts over the winter and plant them as trees during the spring.

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/planting-a-seed-for-2025","title":"Planting a seed for 2025","summary":"If you resist the short-term urge to eat all your chestnuts, there is a long-term 'enjoyment' option available to those with a green thumb - stratify the nuts over the winter and plant them as trees during the spring.","date_modified":"2024-12-03T03:00:07Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/new-thanksgiving-tradition---chestnut-stuffing","html_content":"

To be honest, we've never incorporated chestnuts into our Holiday celebrations. That all changed today! I've heard from several friends that Thanksgiving in their homes isn't Thanksgiving unless there is chestnut stuff...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/new-thanksgiving-tradition---chestnut-stuffing","title":"New Thanksgiving Tradition - Chestnut Stuffing","summary":"To be honest, we've never incorporated chestnuts into our Holiday celebrations. That all changed today! I've heard from several friends that Thanksgiving in their homes isn't Thanksgiving unless there is chestnut stuff...","date_modified":"2024-11-29T01:47:07Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/part-2-chestnut-farm-shortlist-before-snow-flies","html_content":"

Protecting our chestnut, English walnut, hazelnut, apple, pear, and peach trees from rodent girdling during winter is currently priority #1 on the farm (its going to start snowing on Tuesday)!. As we posted a couple day...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/part-2-chestnut-farm-shortlist-before-snow-flies","title":"Chestnut farm shortlist before snow flies. Rodent protection","summary":"Protecting our chestnut, English walnut, hazelnut, apple, pear, and peach trees from rodent girdling during winter is currently priority #1 on the farm (its going to start snowing on Tuesday)!. As we posted a couple day...","date_modified":"2024-11-25T00:56:10Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/farm-shortlist-before-the-snow-flies","html_content":"

Northern Michigan is expecting a hard shift to winter weather which is likely to give us a White Thanksgiving. White Thanksgivings are not uncommon for us in Northern Michigan and is a reason why our ground never freeze...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/farm-shortlist-before-the-snow-flies","title":"Chestnut farm shortlist before the snow flies","summary":"Northern Michigan is expecting a hard shift to winter weather which is likely to give us a White Thanksgiving. White Thanksgivings are not uncommon for us in Northern Michigan and is a reason why our ground never freeze...","date_modified":"2024-11-23T14:42:55Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/2024-post-chestnut-harvest-update","html_content":"

The chestnut trees are just starting to go dormant and have begun shedding their leaves. We've noticed that the chestnuts hold on to their leaves longer than any other tree on the farm. The color in the chestnut leaves...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/2024-post-chestnut-harvest-update","title":"2024 Post Chestnut Harvest Update","summary":"The chestnut trees are just starting to go dormant and have begun shedding their leaves. We've noticed that the chestnuts hold on to their leaves longer than any other tree on the farm. The color in the chestnut leaves...","date_modified":"2024-11-10T00:13:10Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/2024-chestnut-harvest-stats","html_content":"

We are happy to report that chestnut harvest 2024 is officially in the books! After 319 hours shared among Abby, Nick, 5 kids, 4 neighbors, and 2 friends, we officially picked up 8,079 lbs of chestnuts. For context, th...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/2024-chestnut-harvest-stats","title":"2024 Chestnut Harvest Stats","summary":"We are happy to report that chestnut harvest 2024 is officially in the books! After 319 hours shared among Abby, Nick, 5 kids, 4 neighbors, and 2 friends, we officially picked up 8,079 lbs of chestnuts. For context, th...","date_modified":"2024-11-07T01:15:58Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/harvest-2024-launch-of-north-star-chestnuts","html_content":"

We have exciting news to share! Number 1, the chestnuts are falling!!!

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A favorite childhood book of mine was \"Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie\". I feel a little like I'm in my own story this late summer/early fall called \"Keep the water flowing, Abby\". Our wet growing season had ended rather ...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/keep-the-water-flowing","title":"Keep The Water Flowing","summary":"A favorite childhood book of mine was \"Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie\". I feel a little like I'm in my own story this late summer/early fall called \"Keep the water flowing, Abby\". Our wet growing season had ended rather ...","date_modified":"2024-09-13T13:47:23Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/peaches-and-summer-projects","html_content":"

Year 3 of our peach project and we have yield!

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The firework show last night might have been spectacular, but the orchard show during the day has us more excited!

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/4th-of-july-pollen-works","title":"4th of July Pollen-Works","summary":"The firework show last night might have been spectacular, but the orchard show during the day has us more excited! ","date_modified":"2024-07-05T18:24:33Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/late-june-2024","html_content":"

Flowers on the chestnut trees are now easily visible.

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/late-june-2024","title":"Late June 2024","summary":"Flowers on the chestnut trees are now easily visible. ","date_modified":"2024-06-21T17:14:56Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/full-time-farming","html_content":"

This time of year the to-do list is a full time job as spring growth ramps up and pests start to make their appearance. Many of these tasks involve a careful eye on the weather. Catching the right rain for fertilizer app...

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The Chestnuts are always the last to wake up, but they are now starting to stretch their leaves.

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Sometimes you just get so excited to finish a project you wished that a few more minutes of critical thinking had taken place...

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/planting-un-planting-replanting","title":"Planting, Un-planting & Replanting","summary":"Sometimes you just get so excited to finish a project you wished that a few more minutes of critical thinking had taken place... ","date_modified":"2024-05-03T19:28:12Z"},{"id":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/the-pine-nut-adventure-begins-now","html_content":"

I think many of us are familiar with the pine nuts in pesto, hummus or topping a salad. Our latest SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education) project involves these tasty nuts in a intercrop silvopasture system....

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I'll admit, this winter has been a little perplexing. Our normal winter routine of ice-fishing, skiing and a general break from the orchard was derailed. Low and no snow conditions has helped us get ahead of some spring ...

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I had the pleasure of chatting with Melanie Jones of United Chestnuts as she captures the different facets of the chestnut industry in the US. For anyone interested, our conversation can be heard on her blog here.

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November has been perfect, as the weather cooled slowly and I'm very pleased with how well the trees have gone to sleep. The leaves turned brown and now have blown free from the trees.

","url":"https://northstarchestnuts.com/blog/f/harvest-continues-in-november","title":"Harvest Continues in November","summary":"November has been perfect, as the weather cooled slowly and I'm very pleased with how well the trees have gone to sleep. The leaves turned brown and now have blown free from the trees. ","date_modified":"2023-11-30T13:38:38Z"}]}