I think you should do more of these tutorial videos since I bet there are a lot of people who might wanna start a farming hobby or be a farmer in their future
Actually from watching Morgan and the family from White House on the Hill, I am more and more drawn to this! You are so right that this inspires others to take the chance!
You should look up the American Chestnut foundation. They added one gene from wheat and it’s completely blight resistant and 99.9999% American chestnut and not hybridized
@@Seriouslioness not hybridized meaning it’s genetically more similar to an original American chestnut tree compared to a Chinese chestnut mated with an American chestnut.
They would be transgenic, not hybridized. Hybrids are through breeding, and hybridization causes up to 50% of a plant's genome to be from another species. Transgenics happen through gene modification, and one gene makes up a very tiny portion of the genome. That means the lineage can be close to 100% American chestnut, without Chinese chestnut ancestry, but still resistant to blight. There are Chinese x American chestnut hybrids that are blight-resistant, but they also might have other genes from the Chinese variety, including ones that affect nut flavor.
If I were ever to buy and plant chestnuts, it would be those! I am a bit of a purist when it comes to conservation, so preserving the species in its (nearly) original form.
Fascinating. Where on their site can I find documentation about the wheat cross? I see mention of experiments with transgenics in the FAQ but the link to it is broken.
You say that now but 5 years ago if you'd told me I'd be sitting here figuring out how to monetize a future farm and prepare to hit the ground rolling with it, I'd have laughed at you, pounded my chest, and told you I'm born and bred NYC stock.
Oh yeah we had a massive chestnut tree in our backyard in Denmark. It came with the house when my parents bought it in 1990 something, it was already a full fledged tree at that point and I remember we hung a rope swing from the branches one of the years. It’s still there. The tree and the swing
From what Ive seen in Denmark and Sweden is the horse chestnut tree that grows everywhere which is unfortunate since the horse chestnuts taste bitter and not suitable for humans
Please let viewers be the first to buy trees. I have a tree farm in my back yard specializing in old time, I call heritage trees brought west by pioneers but out of fashion. My passion is to develop drought tolerant trees. Love to do it with the chestnut!
I have some chestnuts in the fridge. They’ve been in for like a week. I saw your old videos about chestnuts, really interesting. Also, I am growing redwoods and giant sequoia for restoring the carbon sink held by their forests. (With the ultimate goal of purchasing land to plant them on. Because 1/7th of an acre isn’t sufficient.) Keep up the great work!
@@yeagerxp yeah, though a large, open container can’t fit in the small area of the fridge I have them in. I could put them in a mini fridge, not outside, they won’t germinate, 46 degrees f isn’t cold enough.
@@katrinaparadine4987 north west like Pacific nw? Or north west of a certain state? I have 1/7th of an acre right now, but I’m hoping to buy like 50 acres to conserve old growth redwoods
@@Exderius you can leave them in an open plastic bag in the fridge.Even in the fridge they will gas out, and if the gas doesn't dissipate they will mould. I put10 in the fridge 5 got mouldy and only 4 sprouted.Good luck
The town in GERMANY, where I grew up, had a GIANT GERMAN CHESTNUT TREE 🌰 in the center of the the schoolyard. We would collect them and plant them and do crafts with them! The possibilities were endless. I loved that tree. It was a GIANT and VERY OLD... I'm glad that I finally found out what the tree was called in English as I never knew (or bothered to find out).
But there are differences one you can eat and the other you cant one is Kastanie and the other is Esskastanie one is spikey outside and the other looks rather fuzzy, my favorite is the non edible one I just really like the look of the trees and fruits and you can still feed them to the wildlife or Dammwild like my family and I did when I was younger I‘m just so sad that a few years ago the city cut my favorite chestnut tree and also in my area the chestnuts are looking pretty sick and dry
Rarely do I make a comment, I like to come to this channel to see what this big Goon Morgan is up to (I call my nephew Goon too). LOL I live in Toronto, Canada. Last year I followed Morgan's instructions on growing chestnut trees. I can tell you "IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!" I have four little chestnut trees. 👍👍👍. THANKS FOR SHARING Morgan you big Goon. Stay safe
Hey Morgan One of our Embden Geese just laid its first egg! Wow! We got two females and one male on April 23, 2021. We did this after watching you with the geese, and they are so fun. Thanks for your encouragement! My wife and I are both in our seventies, so it's never to late to start chicken and geese.
Very informative video for someone who wants to grow chestnut trees and overall an entertaining video for people like me who don't want to grow or can't grow chestnuts but loved seeing the process . 👍
I love the Chestnut documentary - which is what it is when you put together all the videos you've done on them - it's so interesting and keeps me riveted - I especially like to revisit the little tree-lets and see how they've grown from tiny little sprouts.
I kept thinking about that old fuddy duddy at the town meeting shaking his finger at Morgan too lol. I dont get it. Even without the cows he more than qualifies as a being a farmer. He's doing multiple different things for the community (selling ducks, geese, eggs, future beef jerkey), for his own future, and the future of farming in an eco friendly way. So what if he makes money off his vlogs vids. Its his own way of supplimenting his income while educating people and bringing them along with him on his learning to be a farmer experience. I think its wonderful and tradition gets too stuck in old peoples heads.
so after some preliminary research it appears that locally to me, there's a good amount of blight resistant chestnuts and a decent number of surviving trees. I'm genuinely intrigued as to whether I could maybe aid in some way now knowing this information. This video gives me much to think about. Thank you Morgan!
Glad to see the action taken on the American Chestnut. We live in SoCal now, but my wife's family is from Western NC, where the Chestnuts were very plentiful at one time. My parents even have a nice set of chestnut furniture. Truly a remarkable tree that should be saved using ingenuity.
Only get your chestnuts from american chestnut foundation you can find them on the internet. They are working on producing true disease resistant tree. Those Asian chestnuts aren't big enough to make good timber.
Morgan, Tree husbandry is very cool! Steady and rewarding to the patient person. There is nothing like tasting a fruit from a tree you have nurtured. We have lots of fruit trees on our allotment and have added about 20 ourselves. The pandemic forced me to neglect the plot, but I still have had apples and pears. I missed all the plums this year due to weather and illness. But these are the breaks. For the effort of planting you get a year on year chance of great fruit. If you have enough of them there will always be something. Making flour from the chestnuts would be cool. A simple Italian mill would do the job... then pasta! Take care. Cows look relaxed. Regards Stephen.
I love the idea of growing chestnut trees. I know that I read an article 25 years ago claiming that blight resistant chestnuts had been developed, and that large scale introduction to American forests was underway. That didn't occur. What happened?
basically the anti-GMO movement killed it. a year after the blight-resistant chestnut was developed was when Monsanto started introducing their roundup ready crops, and ever since there's been a lot of public resistance to the idea of introducing genetically modified plants to the ecosystem
@@Epishred That sucks. Plant genetic engineering isn’t all that bad, but Monsanto’s diabolical actions really put it in a bad light. Lolz, if I created blight resistant trees, I’d be like, PLEASE save the seeds and grow them again next year. Have fun!
Epishred might be right as well, but also it takes years to decades to fully breed and test new tree cultivars. You need to prove beyond a doubt that your new release is what you say it does. It's a very slow process especially if the disease pressure isn't the same from year to year and depending on what stage of life the disease manifests
People have been cross breeding the different species since the early 20th century, trying to find a blight resistant tree that still retains the timber quality without much luck. Hopefully those new varieties will work out for us.
OMG!!!!!! Bravos and Butt laugh. I’m rolling. Love the pop culture inserts you do and TY FOR THE EDUCATIONAL VIDEO. THIS SPRING WE WILL BE SPROUTING Chestnut trees!!!!
Cool video. I just went for a walk and found healthy fresh chestnuts scattered all over a sidewalk. Collected a few dozen and now found your video on what to do with 'em :)
I used your method last winter except for the burying the buckets and it worked it was great. I don't have a huge space but i still was able to grow 40 chestnut trees. :D :D :D Here in the UK they go for £15 each. so im good with that lol
My father has been wanting to get his hands on an American chestnut tree. We live in Oregon and so its especially hard to get any as Oregon has very strict importing for plants. Once we find some though he plans to make his own little chestnut farm
Thanks for the video! I'm gonna help you fill the world with chestnut trees! Here in The Netherlands we have a lot of chestnut trees. When I was a kid we used to have a huge chestnut tree in our backyard. I used to plant a lot of chestnut trees as a kid and some actually sprouted! It's so nostalgic, that's why I really want to grow my own! Luckily we have a lot of chestnut trees in The Netherlands, so I can get the nuts from the parks and forests! Thanks to you I finally understand how to grow them!
Oh my, adore your excitement for the humble chestnut tree.....if I was a young woman, I would plant some. Going to ask my daughter,in,law will she plant some, here in OZ.....
we are lucky where we live in Germany (midwest)my neighbor has one that is around 50 years old and in the forest here on the Dutch border there are about 10 left. There used to be more but they are getting too old there. I love roasted chestnuts and I love them mixed in mashed potatoes. Yummy for Thanksgiving.
I live on the same border, but at the Dutch side. I know a few 'secret' trees that do great most years, I always check them and take a small bag home (the rest is for other people or the wildlife) Do you know why in some years the nuts fail to develop? Most years they are fine, even in the recent dry and hot summers, but this year they failed to make good nuts
Mh I also live in germany I just need to take 10 steps in any forest near me and there are tons of chestnuts - quite common here to collect them and bring them to the zoo for feeding purposes lol
I live in Virginia we got few trees here, all my life since I was child my dad used to bake it in the oven around the holidays from October to the New Years, thanks my friend,
I just did this with 6lbs of Chestnut's and also 10lbs of acorns last week to plant out on my property hopefully next year, best of luck to you and your family 👍
Really interesting video. Like someone else said informative and educational. I can see this as a great tutorial for schools elementary and skip middle school and then go straight to vocational school. What a good way to plant seeds in these kids at a young age. Thank you.
I have a small, mostly chestnut forest. It's a never ending source of small seedlings to pullout when they're dormant and replant on other parts of my land. I also harvest the big ones for lumber. Beautiful wood!
I love chestnuts! They always mark the true beginning of the holiday season for me as my mom and I would go to our filipino grocery and stock up on ingredients for all the holiday parties we'd be cooking for(filipinos love to party!) and without fail there was an old man out front selling warm chestnuts. The grocery trip wasn't complete without buying a few bags of nuts for him, snacks for now, and then more for later. Last year we obviously stayed home so we didn't buy groceries or chestnuts, but I hope that old man is doing okay
THANK YOU MORGAN! for your commitment to help restore this valuable tree... I just planted two 6 ft Dunstan Chestnut trees myself. I hope I live long enough to see them produce.
This trees are excellent to grown mushrooms and truffles too. Not sure how to do it artificially, but it's quite lucrative. Check the prize for a white truffle
@@brasschick4214 not a very indicicated breed honestly, but Toby seems very collaborative to be a Maremmano. The only one breed used exclusively for truffles is the Lagotto Romagnolo another Italian breed.
You should make garden beds that easily come apart so then when you have to dig up the seedlings to sell or plant then it's easier to not disturb the roots as much.
I took a look at those wallets. The coin tray had me howling. What I wish to have the extra money for those type of things. Ahhhh made my day looking at them and having a giggle. That is awesome you have sponsor and have had these guys for awhile. I hope some people buy some so you can get some coin for the farm. Make that bank.
Morgan. Great video. I live in the Buffalo, NY area and have Chinese Chestnut trees. Question: When harvesting the nuts for planting: 1) Are the nuts that are brown on the outside of the nut when opening up the husks the best for planting? 2) If the nuts are not brown on the outside are they still good for planting? 3) Are the the flat nuts inside the husk good for planting? Thanks for your time in creating this video. Dave Newman
The only thing I love about winter is the roasted chestnuts you can get here in Europe all over the town where I live. That makes up for all the horrors that come with that season. :D If I had a garden I'd definitely follow your tutorial (thank you for that!) and plant a chestnut tree. Or two. Or three...
I'm jealous. I can only find pre roasted and shelled chestnuts in foil bags, and they are soggy and tasteless and pretty much awful. I bought some last year and they were pretty terrible. I put them out for the birds, and they wouldn't touch them, either.
Something else to note for hunting enthusiasts: The animals LOVE chestnuts. If you have some hunting territory it is worth planting these because when they start producing you will see more deer and deer of larger sizes because these nuts can sustain higher populations. They are a magnet to wildlife!
I'm really happy I found your channel.. you should definitely have some sort of TV show! You have an awesome presence and I learn something every video... keep them coming! Hi Toby Dog!
I love eating Chestnuts - we roast them on our fire over winter it's very cozy. They take about 10-15 years here in the UK to bear any crop and not mature until they are about 20 years so bit of a long burning project. I love that when your in your 60's you'll have an amazing woodland full of chestnuts, something to look forward to.
Yes! gotta love the Chestnut tree!! We don't have any here in the North of Sweden but they are great to eat and as you said the lumber is also fantastic. All the best and good job on bringing back the trees to your area.
Ever thought of selling chestnut tree saplings? I would buy a few! LOL - should have watched the whole video before commenting. You are way ahead of me!
You’re an excellent video maker. In Italy we have both these chestnut trees and another kind, that produces less spiky shells and bigger fruits. They are all lovely
Very interesting, I didn't know that history. I have often wondered why chestnuts seem to be in so many traditions like Christmas songs but I never see them around.
If I had land there would be a bunch of many different trees. I love Chestnuts. Also need to know what kind of dirt they prosper in. We have Groweres here that sell saplings and they always run out. So there are some growing here in Iowa. I'm thinking of starting some Pear trees.
When l was young l tried my very best to make my nut's grow.....But think about it,if it was not for nut's none of us would be here...Thanks Morgan...!
I think you should do more of these tutorial videos since I bet there are a lot of people who might wanna start a farming hobby or be a farmer in their future
Actually from watching Morgan and the family from White House on the Hill, I am more and more drawn to this! You are so right that this inspires others to take the chance!
You should look up the American Chestnut foundation. They added one gene from wheat and it’s completely blight resistant and 99.9999% American chestnut and not hybridized
@@Seriouslioness not hybridized meaning it’s genetically more similar to an original American chestnut tree compared to a Chinese chestnut mated with an American chestnut.
They would be transgenic, not hybridized. Hybrids are through breeding, and hybridization causes up to 50% of a plant's genome to be from another species. Transgenics happen through gene modification, and one gene makes up a very tiny portion of the genome. That means the lineage can be close to 100% American chestnut, without Chinese chestnut ancestry, but still resistant to blight. There are Chinese x American chestnut hybrids that are blight-resistant, but they also might have other genes from the Chinese variety, including ones that affect nut flavor.
@@kathleenmorrill361 thank you; that was much better explained than my response.
If I were ever to buy and plant chestnuts, it would be those! I am a bit of a purist when it comes to conservation, so preserving the species in its (nearly) original form.
Fascinating. Where on their site can I find documentation about the wheat cross? I see mention of experiments with transgenics in the FAQ but the link to it is broken.
Me, who will never grow a chestnut tree in my life: Watches the entire video.
I'm probably gonna try this with walnuts and peaches.
You're not the only one. I live in an apartment in a large city.
You say that now but 5 years ago if you'd told me I'd be sitting here figuring out how to monetize a future farm and prepare to hit the ground rolling with it, I'd have laughed at you, pounded my chest, and told you I'm born and bred NYC stock.
Me too to funny
Josh: me too...Morgan is that good at video making and narration....and well you just never know.
Oh yeah we had a massive chestnut tree in our backyard in Denmark. It came with the house when my parents bought it in 1990 something, it was already a full fledged tree at that point and I remember we hung a rope swing from the branches one of the years. It’s still there.
The tree and the swing
From what Ive seen in Denmark and Sweden is the horse chestnut tree that grows everywhere which is unfortunate since the horse chestnuts taste bitter and not suitable for humans
Loved this one! Especially the Beavis and Butthead and Holes references! My inner middle schooler was right there with you lol!
Nuts!
Please let viewers be the first to buy trees. I have a tree farm in my back yard specializing in old time, I call heritage trees brought west by pioneers but out of fashion. My passion is to develop drought tolerant trees. Love to do it with the chestnut!
From a farmer in the north west who grows chestnuts for commercial crop.. this makes me happy!
I have some chestnuts in the fridge. They’ve been in for like a week.
I saw your old videos about chestnuts, really interesting.
Also, I am growing redwoods and giant sequoia for restoring the carbon sink held by their forests. (With the ultimate goal of purchasing land to plant them on. Because 1/7th of an acre isn’t sufficient.)
Keep up the great work!
I live in the NW - I sure hope you have alot of space for what you are doing!!!! I wish you well!
Do not keep them in a plastic bag. They will become mouldy. Put them in an open container
@@yeagerxp yeah, though a large, open container can’t fit in the small area of the fridge I have them in.
I could put them in a mini fridge, not outside, they won’t germinate, 46 degrees f isn’t cold enough.
@@katrinaparadine4987 north west like Pacific nw? Or north west of a certain state?
I have 1/7th of an acre right now, but I’m hoping to buy like 50 acres to conserve old growth redwoods
@@Exderius you can leave them in an open plastic bag in the fridge.Even in the fridge they will gas out, and if the gas doesn't dissipate they will mould. I put10 in the fridge 5 got mouldy and only 4 sprouted.Good luck
The town in GERMANY, where I grew up, had a GIANT GERMAN CHESTNUT TREE 🌰 in the center of the the schoolyard. We would collect them and plant them and do crafts with them! The possibilities were endless. I loved that tree. It was a GIANT and VERY OLD... I'm glad that I finally found out what the tree was called in English as I never knew (or bothered to find out).
But there are differences one you can eat and the other you cant one is Kastanie and the other is Esskastanie one is spikey outside and the other looks rather fuzzy, my favorite is the non edible one I just really like the look of the trees and fruits and you can still feed them to the wildlife or Dammwild like my family and I did when I was younger I‘m just so sad that a few years ago the city cut my favorite chestnut tree and also in my area the chestnuts are looking pretty sick and dry
Rarely do I make a comment, I like to come to this channel to see what this big Goon Morgan is up to (I call my nephew Goon too). LOL I live in Toronto, Canada. Last year I followed Morgan's instructions on growing chestnut trees. I can tell you "IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!" I have four little chestnut trees. 👍👍👍. THANKS FOR SHARING Morgan you big Goon. Stay safe
Too funny, a chicken right on the heels of you and Toby!
The Bevis impression was hilarious, I had to rewind and watch those a few times for some good laughs. 😂🤣😂🤣😂
I didn't even like that show but thought it was a great addition to this video!
Me too ;)
Not often do you here about people caring about trees and the value of them!!! That’s awesome you have the interest!!
Morgan makes the prospect of growing a tree really exciting
You always make me smile as well as teacher us something new, thank you 😊
Wow the dark rich dirt you dug out of that hole makes me envious..gardener here not a farmer...luv your content
Morgan, your top soil is beautiful!!! You are really blessed to have such rich soil.
Hey Morgan One of our Embden Geese just laid its first egg! Wow! We got two females and one male on April 23, 2021. We did this after watching you with the geese, and they are so fun. Thanks for your encouragement! My wife and I are both in our seventies, so it's never to late to start chicken and geese.
Very informative video for someone who wants to grow chestnut trees and overall an entertaining video for people like me who don't want to grow or can't grow chestnuts but loved seeing the process . 👍
I love the Chestnut documentary - which is what it is when you put together all the videos you've done on them - it's so interesting and keeps me riveted - I especially like to revisit the little tree-lets and see how they've grown from tiny little sprouts.
I love your farm. You’re so much fun to listen to…he.he.he.nuts! Who said you’re not a farmer??
I kept thinking about that old fuddy duddy at the town meeting shaking his finger at Morgan too lol. I dont get it. Even without the cows he more than qualifies as a being a farmer. He's doing multiple different things for the community (selling ducks, geese, eggs, future beef jerkey), for his own future, and the future of farming in an eco friendly way. So what if he makes money off his vlogs vids. Its his own way of supplimenting his income while educating people and bringing them along with him on his learning to be a farmer experience. I think its wonderful and tradition gets too stuck in old peoples heads.
so after some preliminary research it appears that locally to me, there's a good amount of blight resistant chestnuts and a decent number of surviving trees. I'm genuinely intrigued as to whether I could maybe aid in some way now knowing this information. This video gives me much to think about. Thank you Morgan!
Glad to see the action taken on the American Chestnut. We live in SoCal now, but my wife's family is from Western NC, where the Chestnuts were very plentiful at one time. My parents even have a nice set of chestnut furniture. Truly a remarkable tree that should be saved using ingenuity.
Hi Morgan!! I just want to say I LOVE your videos!!! And your position on hound hunting!!! Thank you for not backing down!! You are amazing!!!
I adore your middle school self, your present day self and your true passion for chestnuts and farming. TY!
Hilarious shot of Morgan, the dog and a chicken following behind... Great videography!
I love this channel so much! Thanks for all your hardwork.
You are right.
My kids also love his channel.
I considered chestnut is one of the "golden nuts" Because of its price. Love them. Good job and thanks for sharing 👍
Only get your chestnuts from american chestnut foundation you can find them on the internet. They are working on producing true disease resistant tree. Those Asian chestnuts aren't big enough to make good timber.
@@garymoats9718
Thanks for the info. Appreciated.
Morgan, Tree husbandry is very cool! Steady and rewarding to the patient person. There is nothing like tasting a fruit from a tree you have nurtured. We have lots of fruit trees on our allotment and have added about 20 ourselves. The pandemic forced me to neglect the plot, but I still have had apples and pears. I missed all the plums this year due to weather and illness. But these are the breaks. For the effort of planting you get a year on year chance of great fruit. If you have enough of them there will always be something. Making flour from the chestnuts would be cool. A simple Italian mill would do the job... then pasta! Take care. Cows look relaxed. Regards Stephen.
I love the idea of growing chestnut trees. I know that I read an article 25 years ago claiming that blight resistant chestnuts had been developed, and that large scale introduction to American forests was underway. That didn't occur. What happened?
probably cheap shipping of chestnuts grown elsewhere making it cheaper to import chestnuts than farm them domestically.
basically the anti-GMO movement killed it. a year after the blight-resistant chestnut was developed was when Monsanto started introducing their roundup ready crops, and ever since there's been a lot of public resistance to the idea of introducing genetically modified plants to the ecosystem
@@Epishred That sucks. Plant genetic engineering isn’t all that bad, but Monsanto’s diabolical actions really put it in a bad light.
Lolz, if I created blight resistant trees, I’d be like, PLEASE save the seeds and grow them again next year. Have fun!
Epishred might be right as well, but also it takes years to decades to fully breed and test new tree cultivars. You need to prove beyond a doubt that your new release is what you say it does. It's a very slow process especially if the disease pressure isn't the same from year to year and depending on what stage of life the disease manifests
People have been cross breeding the different species since the early 20th century, trying to find a blight resistant tree that still retains the timber quality without much luck. Hopefully those new varieties will work out for us.
The world just needs more trees overall. :)
OMG!!!!!! Bravos and Butt laugh. I’m rolling. Love the pop culture inserts you do and TY FOR THE EDUCATIONAL VIDEO. THIS SPRING WE WILL BE SPROUTING Chestnut trees!!!!
Chestnut candy is a great treat y'all!
Love your enthusiasm and sense of humour, Morgan
Cool video. I just went for a walk and found healthy fresh chestnuts scattered all over a sidewalk. Collected a few dozen and now found your video on what to do with 'em :)
I used your method last winter except for the burying the buckets and it worked it was great. I don't have a huge space but i still was able to grow 40 chestnut trees. :D :D :D Here in the UK they go for £15 each. so im good with that lol
Where do you find the chestnuts??
@@_Cato_ I purchase mine from a company here in the UK that only sells fresh nuts in the shell. they are called Potash Farm.
My father has been wanting to get his hands on an American chestnut tree. We live in Oregon and so its especially hard to get any as Oregon has very strict importing for plants. Once we find some though he plans to make his own little chestnut farm
Onegreenworld nursery in Oregon has chestnuts...and almost anything else. Burntridgenursery in Washington has a large selection of chestnuts.
Good luck! I'm planning on Chinese sweet chestnut myself :>
Among your very best productions!
Thanks for the video! I'm gonna help you fill the world with chestnut trees!
Here in The Netherlands we have a lot of chestnut trees. When I was a kid we used to have a huge chestnut tree in our backyard. I used to plant a lot of chestnut trees as a kid and some actually sprouted!
It's so nostalgic, that's why I really want to grow my own! Luckily we have a lot of chestnut trees in The Netherlands, so I can get the nuts from the parks and forests!
Thanks to you I finally understand how to grow them!
Awesome for our family a new baby is a new tree !!! My daughter cherry tree will soon have cherry!
Oh my, adore your excitement for the humble chestnut tree.....if I was a young woman, I would plant some. Going to ask my daughter,in,law will she plant some, here in OZ.....
So forward and future thinking. That's why we love you and what you do. Thanks for sharing.
we are lucky where we live in Germany (midwest)my neighbor has one that is around 50 years old and in the forest here on the Dutch border there are about 10 left. There used to be more but they are getting too old there. I love roasted chestnuts and I love them mixed in mashed potatoes. Yummy for Thanksgiving.
I live on the same border, but at the Dutch side. I know a few 'secret' trees that do great most years, I always check them and take a small bag home (the rest is for other people or the wildlife) Do you know why in some years the nuts fail to develop? Most years they are fine, even in the recent dry and hot summers, but this year they failed to make good nuts
Do the Germans have thanksgiving? I didin't know.
Mh I also live in germany I just need to take 10 steps in any forest near me and there are tons of chestnuts - quite common here to collect them and bring them to the zoo for feeding purposes lol
@@dargus1718 those are probably common horse chestnuts, that are not suitable for humans
@@Blackadder75 possible in Germany it's simply called "Kastanie" which translates to chestnut in english
"...to grow them all around the country."
You have lots of non-US viewers, Morgan!
I'd be curious to know his outside-US analytics, actually.
Greetings from the UK!
Oh my gosh I was engrossed with growing chestnuts and then your comical reference to nuts made my day. Thank you 😊!!
I live in Virginia we got few trees here, all my life since I was child my dad used to bake it in the oven around the holidays from October to the New Years, thanks my friend,
the beavis imitation has got me cracking up hysterically! i would hope/wish i can grow Chestnuts in south Texas.
On point Beavis impression. Absolutely spot on.
My neighbor has a chestnut tree thats about 10yrs old. The amount of chestnuts it makes is amazing.
I just did this with 6lbs of Chestnut's and also 10lbs of acorns last week to plant out on my property hopefully next year, best of luck to you and your family 👍
Really interesting video. Like someone else said informative and educational. I can see this as a great tutorial for schools elementary and skip middle school and then go straight to vocational school. What a good way to plant seeds in these kids at a young age. Thank you.
I would have LOVED to have escaped the classroom and gone into learning and working outdoors!
You have great soil compared to the clay we have here in NC. No wonder your wife's garden is so nice!
I have a small, mostly chestnut forest. It's a never ending source of small seedlings to pullout when they're dormant and replant on other parts of my land. I also harvest the big ones for lumber. Beautiful wood!
Seriously? Why would you cut down such astronomically rare trees?
@@_Cato_ whoops. I live in France. They aren't rare at all.
I love chestnuts! They always mark the true beginning of the holiday season for me as my mom and I would go to our filipino grocery and stock up on ingredients for all the holiday parties we'd be cooking for(filipinos love to party!) and without fail there was an old man out front selling warm chestnuts. The grocery trip wasn't complete without buying a few bags of nuts for him, snacks for now, and then more for later. Last year we obviously stayed home so we didn't buy groceries or chestnuts, but I hope that old man is doing okay
You nailed the edited format this time around.
Ridge wallet is a good sponsor, it fits the viewers the best I think.
THANK YOU MORGAN! for your commitment to help restore this valuable tree... I just planted two 6 ft Dunstan Chestnut trees myself. I hope I live long enough to see them produce.
That score is the work of a mad man!
You crack me up. I can definitely tell you are in my age gap and era with the whole beavus and bitthead skit. Too funny
This trees are excellent to grown mushrooms and truffles too. Not sure how to do it artificially, but it's quite lucrative. Check the prize for a white truffle
I say Toby Dog could be trained to sniff out truffles!
@@brasschick4214 not a very indicicated breed honestly, but Toby seems very collaborative to be a Maremmano.
The only one breed used exclusively for truffles is the Lagotto Romagnolo another Italian breed.
YOUR FIRST HARVEST!!! Congratulations
You should make garden beds that easily come apart so then when you have to dig up the seedlings to sell or plant then it's easier to not disturb the roots as much.
Got any link how to do this?
When do you pull your started seedlings to plant or to sell, and when is the best time to plant them
Ginny has grown so much ^^
YAY! Been waiting for this update. Thanks, Morgan!
I took a look at those wallets. The coin tray had me howling. What I wish to have the extra money for those type of things. Ahhhh made my day looking at them and having a giggle. That is awesome you have sponsor and have had these guys for awhile. I hope some people buy some so you can get some coin for the farm. Make that bank.
Thank you for being a chestnut champion.
This is a fantastic video. Keep doing what you're doing !
eating roasted chestnuts is a must in fall/winter!
One of my favorite snacks was a chestnut purée, and roasted chestnuts purchases from Christmas markets. Wonderful childhood memories.
Ginny's just fertilizing the seedlings.
Actually cat poop doesn't really fertilize
Morgan. Great video. I live in the Buffalo, NY area and have Chinese Chestnut trees. Question: When harvesting the nuts for planting:
1) Are the nuts that are brown on the outside of the nut when opening up the husks the best for planting?
2) If the nuts are not brown on the outside are they still good for planting?
3) Are the the flat nuts inside the husk good for planting?
Thanks for your time in creating this video.
Dave Newman
Love the Beavis and Butthead references 😂
A fruit (or nut) tree is a friend for life :)
The only thing I love about winter is the roasted chestnuts you can get here in Europe all over the town where I live. That makes up for all the horrors that come with that season. :D If I had a garden I'd definitely follow your tutorial (thank you for that!) and plant a chestnut tree. Or two. Or three...
I'm jealous. I can only find pre roasted and shelled chestnuts in foil bags, and they are soggy and tasteless and pretty much awful. I bought some last year and they were pretty terrible. I put them out for the birds, and they wouldn't touch them, either.
And you can pay with coins too ;-)
Thank you Farmer Beavis :)
Something else to note for hunting enthusiasts: The animals LOVE chestnuts. If you have some hunting territory it is worth planting these because when they start producing you will see more deer and deer of larger sizes because these nuts can sustain higher populations. They are a magnet to wildlife!
I've always been fascinated by the history of the american chestnut & the blight issues. Loved seeing your process of growing these seeds!
I'm really happy I found your channel.. you should definitely have some sort of TV show! You have an awesome presence and I learn something every video... keep them coming! Hi Toby Dog!
I love this video. I recently learned about American Chestnuts being wiped out and it made me so sad. It's good to see what you're doing!
Bravo !! Chestnuts are very popular here where I live. They’re very Christmasy in my opinion !
That was a lovely transition at 1:52
Thanks Morgan . A friend just gave me some chestnuts and was just going to toss them in the soil . Now i will try your method.
YES! I love this! Thanks for spreading the word!
The biggest thing you and me have in common is our love for Chestnut trees!
I love eating Chestnuts - we roast them on our fire over winter it's very cozy. They take about 10-15 years here in the UK to bear any crop and not mature until they are about 20 years so bit of a long burning project. I love that when your in your 60's you'll have an amazing woodland full of chestnuts, something to look forward to.
I'm definitely giving this approach a try, thanks so much!
Thanks for the inspiration! Ordered some online as I watched. 😁
Yes! gotta love the Chestnut tree!! We don't have any here in the North of Sweden but they are great to eat and as you said the lumber is also fantastic. All the best and good job on bringing back the trees to your area.
Morgan jumping onto his shovel to be able to dig better is entertaining and wholesome, but I do worry that he will fall off!
Your permaculture videos are the best on the channel
Ever thought of selling chestnut tree saplings? I would buy a few! LOL - should have watched the whole video before commenting. You are way ahead of me!
I think he does have them for sale on his website in the spring
You’re an excellent video maker.
In Italy we have both these chestnut trees and another kind, that produces less spiky shells and bigger fruits. They are all lovely
Very interesting, I didn't know that history. I have often wondered why chestnuts seem to be in so many traditions like Christmas songs but I never see them around.
If I had land there would be a bunch of many different trees. I love Chestnuts. Also need to know what kind of dirt they prosper in. We have Groweres here that sell saplings and they always run out. So there are some growing here in Iowa. I'm thinking of starting some Pear trees.
When l was young l tried my very best to make my nut's grow.....But think about it,if it was not for nut's none of us would be here...Thanks Morgan...!
My late Father-in-law sprouted our American Chestnut tree and I needed to learn about cold stratification to germinate sprouts for family and friends.
Question, where can a person purchase the nuts? That seems like a good idea to grow your own.
He said it in the video. Did you watch it before posting?
@@kennyholmes5196 Yes twice.
@@chrystalsabin4091 Then you should know where you can buy 'em. Search online, as he said in the video.
Call local nurseries and ask around to see if they have any/ suggestions
Check it out the top comment. They sell blight resistant chestnuts!
love your videos 😻
follow you from tunisia ❤️🇹🇳
Ours are pure American Chestnuts. 🌰 Just grabbed some this afternoon!