Demonstration Orchard
Fall 2025 - Chestnut Orchard Year 1 Lessons Lea...
The first growing season is just about complete at our chestnut demonstration orchard. It's been a full year with lots of lessons learned and we've compiled a long to do...
Fall 2025 - Chestnut Orchard Year 1 Lessons Lea...
The first growing season is just about complete at our chestnut demonstration orchard. It's been a full year with lots of lessons learned and we've compiled a long to do...
Summer 2025 - All About Chestnut Tree Tubes
One of the main trials we're conducting in our orchard is all about tree tubes. What sizes are best for our climate and pests? Do colors matter? What about stakes?...
Summer 2025 - All About Chestnut Tree Tubes
One of the main trials we're conducting in our orchard is all about tree tubes. What sizes are best for our climate and pests? Do colors matter? What about stakes?...
Spring 2025 - Chestnuts in the Heat, Pests, & C...
Spring is quickly turning into summer in Northern California. As the farming has picked up, our blogging pace has fallen off. So, this update will share how our chestnut orchard...
Spring 2025 - Chestnuts in the Heat, Pests, & C...
Spring is quickly turning into summer in Northern California. As the farming has picked up, our blogging pace has fallen off. So, this update will share how our chestnut orchard...
Chestnut Orchard Planting - Layout & Initial Data
The first chestnut orchard planting update we wrote in January covered the basics of the trees, cover crop, and how we measured and planted the 50% of our orchard that...
Chestnut Orchard Planting - Layout & Initial Data
The first chestnut orchard planting update we wrote in January covered the basics of the trees, cover crop, and how we measured and planted the 50% of our orchard that...
Chestnut Irrigation Design Part 2
The first Chestnut Irrigation Design post was all about our orchard's soil types, expected crop ET, and the general irrigation system we were going to install in light of those two...
Chestnut Irrigation Design Part 2
The first Chestnut Irrigation Design post was all about our orchard's soil types, expected crop ET, and the general irrigation system we were going to install in light of those two...
Chestnut Orchard Planting
As summer turned to fall, we finished up the irrigation system (more detail on the final system in a future post) and the rains started in Northern California. Our moonscape-looking dusty...
Chestnut Orchard Planting
As summer turned to fall, we finished up the irrigation system (more detail on the final system in a future post) and the rains started in Northern California. Our moonscape-looking dusty...