My 5 year old daughter has a very inquisitive mind and this video was perfect in explaining the chestnut harvesting process. Thanks for a great video!!
I live in New Jersey near the Pennsylvania border I remember as a child my father would bring me to several trees that he knew were growing in a certain location we Would collect the chestnuts go home and roast them on an open fire. The memory of that and also chestnuts on the New York City streets or in the streets of Rome or Florence are indelibly mark on my mind forever and it’s a great memory!
excellent video,have you made a video of the processing in the barn,it would settle a question for me as to how you get the kernel from inside the shell,
I have recently become interested in starting a chestnut tree farm. I know I am at least 3 years away from being able to get some land to start. I wonder is there any advice you would give or is there anything I can be doing now that will help the process? Thank you so much for these video's of your process. It is really helpful and interesting. Janice
@@nhmountains5683 Gee thanks. Never knew that. What do you paint with? I have two huge chestnut trees, I don't think it'll make any difference because for all the years, nobody ever did any maintenance with them. However, I do get warms coming out of the chestnuts, which is very disgusting.
@@sosole888the point is to do everything you can to ensure the tree survives. You don’t know how many trees didn’t make it to grow those two you mention.
It looks like you wait for chestnuts to fall off the tree. You don't pick them, you pick them up. I would guess that you go out and sweep the ground at least once a day during harvest time to get the freshly fallen nuts off the ground as soon as possible. I live near large pecan groves, they shake the tree to get the nuts off of them. This is quite different.
Great to see someone like you.
I just planted 88 trees.
Thank you for posting this. I am hoping to plant 20-30 acres of chestnuts in the next few years. This answered some of my questions.
My 5 year old daughter has a very inquisitive mind and this video was perfect in explaining the chestnut harvesting process. Thanks for a great video!!
I live in New Jersey near the Pennsylvania border I remember as a child my father would bring me to several trees that he knew were growing in a certain location we Would collect the chestnuts go home and roast them on an open fire. The memory of that and also chestnuts on the New York City streets or in the streets of Rome or Florence are indelibly mark on my mind forever and it’s a great memory!
What wonderful people, well done on such an amazing retirement project
excellent video,have you made a video of the processing in the barn,it would settle a question for me as to how you get the kernel from inside the shell,
Great video,thanks for shareing,I love chestnuts !!!
So do you collect the burrs that fall between the trees where all the waste is blown .
I have recently become interested in starting a chestnut tree farm. I know I am at least 3 years away from being able to get some land to start. I wonder is there any advice you would give or is there anything I can be doing now that will help the process? Thank you so much for these video's of your process. It is really helpful and interesting. Janice
Thanks again for showing off your trees. So how big were the trees when you planted them? So They were only 11 years old when this video was filmed?
Curiosity sakes why did you get closer to the trees
and all the little animals HATE the strange noisey machines....
Oh no stop harvesting food we will wake them up 🤨
Who is the price for chestnut machine?
Why do you paint the tree trunk white?
To prevent borers and sun scald.
@@nhmountains5683 Gee thanks. Never knew that. What do you paint with? I have two huge chestnut trees, I don't think it'll make any difference because for all the years, nobody ever did any maintenance with them. However, I do get warms coming out of the chestnuts, which is very disgusting.
Yes if the bark is thicker on your trees there’s no risk of sun scald.
@@sosole888the point is to do everything you can to ensure the tree survives. You don’t know how many trees didn’t make it to grow those two you mention.
I could eat roasted chestnuts 24/7
It looks like you wait for chestnuts to fall off the tree. You don't pick them, you pick them up. I would guess that you go out and sweep the ground at least once a day during harvest time to get the freshly fallen nuts off the ground as soon as possible. I live near large pecan groves, they shake the tree to get the nuts off of them. This is quite different.
Im here in 2024.