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Pretty sure my dad has been single handedly trying to bring back the chestnut tree. He has been growing them and giving them away as well as planting them himself for a few years now. When the mailman shows up with a box that shakes or one that has instructions to keep refrigerated I know he is on a new tree adventure and I love it! At first he thought I was just humoring him, but I'm legitimately fascinated. He taught my son to care for his tree babies while they were on a 2 week trip and I think he may have planted a seed for a future tree grower!
The Calamondin fruit (the very tart, sour little orange) is used a ton in Filipino cooking, similar to the way limes are used in Mexican cooking. You can use the fruit (it's called "calamansi" in the Philippines) in marinades, to flavor drinks, and to brighten foods with a squeeze (like squeezing a lime on a taco). I'm super jealous of your new citrus trees! I have a few (kumquat, Calamondin, lime) but don't have room to do many more. Have fun! Use the calamansi like lemons to make a drink... It's so good!
Absolutely!!
It makes a good drink, just like lemonade. Oh, so refreshing.
Calamansi is sooo good! I lived in Hawaii for 7 years and it was abundant in many dishes/drinks there. I'm in NYC now I miss it very much
I have a continual fruiting one. When the next round is just about ripe, any that are left on the tree, go in the freezer whole. I use them like that in smoothies.
As a kid in south Florida we had a tree in the back yard. My girlfriend and I would take a salt shaker out and sit and eat the fruit liberally salted, until our teeth were on edge. So enjoyed them.
Figs have to be trained to be more tree-like vs. the shrub form they are naturally. The fun thing is that all of the shoots coming off from the base are SUPER EASY to root. Then you can share with all of your friends!
Our 100-year-old Celest fig is 8' tall and is also a bush with multiple fruit-bearing limbs coming up from the 7' circle. Always loaded so it isn't necessary to make them be a tree for a bountiful harvest.
As a child my best memory of Christmas at my aunt’s in far south eastern Alabama (minutes from theFlorida panhandle) was picking tangerines from her trees on Christmas Eve
Citrus reminds me of Christmas too. In PA it was tradition to put oranges into stockings (it came over from Europe) and my grandparents always put them in the grandkids stockings. I have fond memories of my grandfather peeling all our oranges on Christmas for us to enjoy.
I have thought about a tattoo with a stick, but as a reminder to “take the log out” of my own eye…lol…
Sean of EdibleAcres is a genious and a pioneer. The very early work doesn't have the best video quality, but every single video packs a lot of information in (well, besides the chicken-TV ones, obviously). When I found him years ago I binge watched all of it. How he's transformd his propery slowly with almost exclusively manual labour is amazing.
Calamundin!! The juice makes a wonderful pie! Similar to a key lime. I grew up in central FL - and my neighbor had a tree we "borrowed" from. I am so excited for you.
Just remember to fertilize your citrus trees on Valentine's day, because they need love too!
This is a great way to remember it!
You might consider the Meyer lemon. It makes the best lemonade. I’m in Southern California zone 9. My Meyer lemon is a dwarf and that old man is fifty years old and still producing heavily. Best wishes with your citrus trees
You need to talk to your buddy Morgan Gold about the chestnut trees. That's something he is really good at.
We had chestnut trees on our farm in Va. what a treat at Christmas. Black walnuts were prevalent and today my great nephew who owns the farm now harvest the black walnuts from the same trees.
I have black walnut trees. They're a pain in the butt tho. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to crack and the meats are small. They get wormy VERY fast if you don't get them right away. And the juglone is secreted from the roots and is in the leaves when they drop. It inhibits the growth of a lot of things around them. Basically the tree poisons other plants so they either die or get stunted. The wood is cool. But of course you need to hire someone to cut the trees if you wanna use the wood.
Chestnuts got diseases that killed many of them off. Just like the elm got borers and diseases that killed almost all of them off.
Oh Jess I was hoping to see you get a Pineapple guava. I’m from the west coast and learned that I can grow them here in South Carolina. It’s a delightful evergreen and when ripe the fruit fall to the ground like an Easter egg hunt. I’ve made jam that’s out of this world delicious. Please try to get a tree I think you’ll be very happy you did!!! 💕💕💕
I just purchased 2 pineapple guava and am looking forward to trying them
Ellen
Florida Gardner zone 9a
@@ellenconforti5693 that’s awesome 🤩 I really love this fruit tree and can’t say enough good things about it. The flower petals taste like cotton candy and are beautiful. The fruit is so tasty. I just cut them in half and scoop out the sweet meat treat. 😝 Also the jam/jelly is one of the best on toast!! Good luck with your new babies!! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.❣️
Do you eat the leaves too?
Ellen
One of my favorites! I strawberry guavas are amazing as well 🧚🏻♀️ 🍓
Fig trees are multi trunked so those are sprouts aiming to grow into full bushy tree. Let them grow this year and shape it next year.
that chestnut moment was golden knowledge thank you
I’m soo excited I have a cherry tree that’s about 3years old and it’s loaded with cherries 🍒 i also have a lime tree 🌳 that’s loaded. Some cherry limeade sounds really good. 😊 Thank You for sharing you always have such valuable info. 🌻
Oh that sounds delish! We’re planting cherries this year but no lime tree here in Indiana…unless someone has a large greenhouse for winter. But I’m looking forward to cherry and mint tea 😉
😍😍😍 so cool!
Edible Acres is an amazing gem of a channel! He's not too far from me and I enjoy following people in my climate/growing zone. Sean is a great educator and so resourceful in his growing and chicken raising. I love his chicken system and chicken TV videos.
Oh! Jess! What a happy girl you must be!
OMG, a calamondin! We had a large tree in our back yard in Miami. They make the absolute best marmalade ever…and I’m so envious! I miss it so much! Way to go, Jess!❤️❤️
This is one of those videos that makes me want to move south!! I am so happy for you with all those trees. The chestnut is super great too. Really great of Will to share his outcome with all of us.
The best ice cream I ever ate was made with the juice from our tangelo tree at our old house
Our Master Gardener meeting we had this past week had a gentleman from the Indiana Nut and Fruit Growers give a talk about the different nut trees and what trees are affected by Eastern filbert blight, Pecan scab, etc. Very interesting talk.
May I ask what region you are in? I've been looking for a meeting in my area since I moved here 2 years ago. I am in the south east edge of Indiana.
@@sharonbolton6477 Please check with your county extension office. They should have a Master Gardener Coordinator or if they don't, the next county over.
Welcome to the south, humid whether bot or cold! Moved to TN in 1976 and still am not used to the humidity
that last toss of chestnuts when the chunk of sprouts spilled out of the bucket was so impressive! like hitting the jackpot on a slot machine 😂
also, those tart teeny oranges can be used to marinade meat or "cook" (aka cure) fish like in ceviche
Jess you keep me going on my backyard 6 large raised bed gardens My husband is back in the hospital with AML Cancer out if remission after a 6 month remission We didn’t grow for the last 3 seasons as I grow year round normally Being disabled I need his strength Between you Jess and the Lord I’ve had so much strength to keep moving forward and build the 2 new birdie beds alone Along with full then alone etc. I’m like you this is my church I’m so close to my Father when my hands are in the soil and the food Yess the food!! Your right we could eat like Kings!! Thank you for your encouragement and drive I almost sold my plants and didn’t have this season again.. You and the Lord keep me going despite loosing 2 greenhouse this year in less than 2 months !! Take Care God Bless each and everyone of you!
Love EdibleAcres for learning polyculture and working with the landscape. I think figs put lots of shoots off from the roots. In cooler zones they die back in the fall and regrow from the shoots every year. Loving the idea of citrus trees. Can't have in my zone unless I take them in every winter but I will happily take joy in your growing them!
Truly nice that you really trust will as much as you do he sounds really cool and those chestnuts that he did sound really fantastic hope you guys get some to grow and I'm still around to see chestnuts roasting on an open fire
I'm just drooling over the citrus trees that you are able to plant in your area. I so wish I could have done it where I live. Enjoy them.
Awesome haul on fruit trees. That is interested on the chestnut trees.
Wow , I love all those citrus trees . Unfortunately where I am I can't keep citrus trees ,7b on the Texas /Oklahoma border . We get lots of cold , ice and snow most winters and some we get nothing . That face when you bit that lime, priceless. I want to have a window greenhouse . Maybe I can get my boys to make me one. Fingers crossed.
You just described South Georgia perfectly!
And Florida for an even longer time in summer
There used to be a huge chestnut tree across the street from where we lived when I was s little girl. I hope they grow for you I’d like to see them come back. 😘
Chestnut trees in a bucket. Great job Will. Citrus! Good job getting all those varieties Will. It was fun to see Drew fishing in your pond too Jess. Thanks for this.
There are lots of kumquat trees in Tucson. They are just a divine lil citrus. So excited for your new trees! And your chestnuts. What a neat thing.
Citrus growing outside your door. Awesome
I’m so excited to follow your citrus journey! I have 15, in pots, up here in Ohio. They go outside in Spring, and come back in before first frost. Yes, grow lights are a huge help. Oh, and I make marmalade with my little calamondin fruits. It’s so good that way!
So cool! What kind do you grow? I’m in Ohio as well and am looking for types of citrus that I could do and bring inside.
All the new trees, so great! Love the Chestnuts Reveal 🌰
I love all the citrus trees. You will have fun watching them grow. Amazing about the acorns too. 💖
Just enjoy seeing hour Gardena and homestead coming along . To see you grin from ear to ear I just can't stop smiling 🤗😁🥰
I'm on zone 8b in Texas.
I USED to have a blood orange, and lemon & lime trees.
But the past 2 Winters we've gotten Arctic storms.
They've taken all my citrus!!
And I did protect them, too.
anyway-
I need varieties that can take a bit more cold.
I'm saving this video to my future gardening list here on You Tube!!
Thanks Jess! ❤️
I’m in 8b central Texas also and my brand new citrus trees died not this last winter, but the winter before and omg I was sooo upset! Lol we had just moved here and I threw an absolute fit about it and didn’t even replace them lol. Never knew it got that cold here! Definitely started doing my research after that mess 😅
@@AussieBit451
I know what you mean about throwing a fit about that storm & the result it had on plants!
To be fair, none of us knew it got that cold here!
I don't know anyone who saw that coming.
I've lived in Texas all my life, half here in Central Tx, and the other half up in North Texas, and it has NEVER gotten as cold as that one Arctic storm in February 2021!!
I've STILL got a bit of ptsd from that storm!!!
It's Etched in my brain forever.
It was -3° at my house that week, and yes, that's when most of my citrus bit the dust too, and I had my orange tree wrapped in 3 blankets.
I had been growing that tree over here for 10 years.
I haven't replaced mine either. And after seeing that we got more of that awful cold again this last Winter, (except it didn't last as long this time) I'm only going to buy citrus that can take SOME cold weather, and take my chances with that.
I'm starting my research list too!
But it will be another year or two before I take the plunge again.
I'm NOT enjoying the climate change that's for sure...
Homemade jello and jellies! All the things, Jess, you have a beautiful piece of paradise that I know is only going to get even more Awesome!
Andrew is a "Stickler" of a brother!! 😇😆❤
Have a great week ahead and God bless.
If you haven't had lemon curd before you should definitely check it out. It's a creamy spread that can be made with any kind of citrus and is SO delicious. I just moved to a house with loads of orange and lemon trees so my cupboard is now fully stocked with orange and lemon curd.
I've tried some of the jarred ones. Some taste amazing and have a creamy texture and others are too thick and clumpy, thinking they substituted with lesser quality products, made it too thick, or maybe they used preservatives that changed the texture.
Learned from my Mom to make lemon meringue pies, and could eat the delicious filling all day! Never thought to can it.
Lucky you! 🍊
Blessings to all!
And to you as well. Have a blessed week.
@@teresamariner4238
May you be blessed more abundantly!
Jess, this is so exciting to watch you make a good forest. I am in my waiting room dreaming of my forever home. This way when I get land I can take your hard earned lessons to build mine.
Will is a cutie!!! Seeing a man into plants and trees makes me wish I was single 😂😂😂 I’ve just been researching trees for 9a so love this informative video ❤️❤️
Good to see the smiles!
Wow, Citrus!!!
So happy for y'all...so much to look forward to, makes each day a gift
Brought back memories of my high school home in California. We had a kumquat tree. So delishish.
I live in zone 4b in Canada. I grow citrus but bring them in for the winter. My favorite lemon which has a beautiful sweet flavor. It's great for lemonade. It is the Meyer's lemon. I highly recommend it. I also have 2 types of limes, a grapefruit and an orange. I also just ordered a Australian finger lime. Seeing as you have a greenhouse you could try different citrus and keep them in large pots in your greenhouses or even planted right in the ground in your hi tunnels.
I am trying to grow a Meyer lemon and a Persian lime and they look awful. I have tried everything to keep these babies alive and they are not happy. I even repotted them in a grow bag thinking that was the problem was the ceramic pot they were in with still no luck😭
Check the soil pH for your Meyer Lemon. Lemons like a low pH. Use Miracid if your soil pH is too high. If you arein the US, you can pay a small fee to send your soil in to your county agent for testing.
@@schex9 I have used espoma soil acidified and so far it seems as though the soil ph stays around 7. I have also tried vinegar water with the same results. I haven’t tried miricacid do you put it in the soil around the plant?
Gold Shaw Farm also has chestnut sprouting videos!
Calamondins make the BEST marmalade/jam! My aunt has a tree in FL and I experimented one year and after that, it was a popular request. We play tricks on newbies to try this “mini tangerine” - never fails to get a laugh at the puckered faces. 😄
Jess, I watch your videos over and over learn more I missed the first time
Yay for fly fishing! 🎣
Welcome to Zone 8! 👋 I was excited for citrus as well.
Ugh! I miss the humidity so much! Making a move from Florida to the middle of Texas has left me feeling like a damn prune the majority of the year! Lol so excited to hear more about the citrus 🖤🖤 I had a couple of brand new oranges that a real bad winter took right out, then I pouted about it for a little too long and never replaced them, but this made me want to this year soooo bad!
Also, that Will…..is insanely handsome 😅
Edible acres is a lovely channel and plant nursery. Glad you used their advice !
And bless you, 'til next time.
Those Calamondin are great squeezed for margaritas. A friend had a few trees and I brought home some bags, squeezed them and added honey, ice, and water for a lovely citrus-ade. Super high in vitamin c, a, and minerals.Pretty as a garnish instead of other citrus wedges. Super cute in pretty dishes all around. Dehydrate for holiday holiday treats, baking... probably would make an excellent Vitamin C powder for folks who do that.
Edible acres does amazing work.
The tart little oranges make a fantastic orange preserve with whole oranges in it and a wonderful marmalade.
Thank you! I was wondering about that. Thought it would make an amazing marmalade, not too sweet and not too tart.
Woke to a dusting of snow this morning in the PNW...today we stood outside in the sprinkle rain and cold at a local nursery to learn about what will grow here well and work together in our adopted new home.
Jess those citrus trees look wonderful, very healthy & a great choice of varieties! When you get enough kumquats they make a delicious marmalade, I think the calamondin would as well. My favourite for the kumquats is a mix of half strawberries & half kumquats. But the last time I made a batch I didn't have quite enough kumquats so I added in two blood oranges (skin & juice) & oh my goodness it was the best marmalade I've ever made! The tartness of the kumquats still came through the sweetness of the strawberries & the peel & juice from the blood oranges made it look amazing! I hope all of them grow well for you.
I love to think of the return of the Chesnut! Glad you and Will are doing your part to make it happen.
Hi Jess, I've started black walnuts and black locust from seed. Both are extremely easy to grow, fast growing and walnut is beautiful wood if you are patient. Same for butternut. I love trees and you certainly have the acreage. Your farm is becoming more beautiful with every video.
Çhestnut trees are such beautiful trees - lovely to see your arboretum taking shape.
Jess, look into red mulberry trees. They produce early fruit. Similar looking to blackberries but not too tart. The trees can get a decent size, they grow fast and they are beautiful. Some turn out to be great climbing trees. 🤗
Prefect for your zone.
Will is to stinking cute for his own good... and brains to boot!
Love the pun Will, LOL! Great video Jess! I have so many things I want to plant now. Thank you! Blessings!
I added 5 fruit trees when I moved to tis property 2 years ago , I'm so excited to add more!
Good morning and great video about the chestnut trees.
I live in zone 8b, and I would love more than anything to have a potted lemon tree, but my husband says I have run out of room. I may treat myself to one for a birthday gift to me anyways. I'm sure I can squeeze it in somewhere! 🤣 I'm excited for all your citrus, they'll be just magical.
Lol, there’s always dwarf varieties!
Jessie, we had a Eureka lemon tree in central Florida. The mature lemons are bigger than your fist the tree is a heavy producer. There were so many one year I ended up juicing them and freezing the juice. They make the most delicious lemon meringue pies. From a 5' starter tree, we got lemons the second season. I'm back in Missouri and I miss my citrus trees.
Looking at all or those Birdie’s beds makes me sooo happy! I can’t wait to see what you plant in them!
I believe they are the Vego Garden beds, which are very similar.
Sean is awesome and has valuable knowledge for sure! He also has great plants if you are lucky enough to get them ordered because they sell out as fast as he lists them. Watch his water management videos and his on comfrey!
Congratulations Jess!
Those chestnuts were so interesting, never heard of doing that before.
The figs will do that, the one at my house has 5 main trunks that eventually got so large they shaded out the smaller starts. My tree got so large I had to cut it down to 5 ft last year because it was so large and heavy it just started to break away and fall down (granted it had gotten as tall as the neighbors two story house lol). It will be interesting to see how it chooses to grow now that smaller shoots have sunlight again.
There is a Gardening event going on in Hartsville, SC on April 21-23. It's called "Darlington County Master Gardener Spring Plant Sale".
Drew, get mini marshmallows pit some peanut butter on them put it on a hook 🪝 with a float 3-4 inches above the hook. Cast just shy of middle of the pond and wait to see the float dip below the water, fish on!
wow that's a lot of fruit trees so cool
Thanks for sharing about the nuts! Will be fun to see how the citrus does there. Kumquat and orange marmalade is REALLY Yummy!
Morgan at Gold Shaw farm did this years ago with chestnuts. We call kumquat "Fortunella" here in the Mediterranean, love it! Can you grow olive trees over there?
I live in SC and was looking at an olive tree for sale at a supermarket today actually. I didn't buy it because I have no idea how to take care of it or even it will survive in this climate. But people are trying to sell em.
We grow olives as ornamentals in the UK, but the growing season is nowhere near long enough or hot enough for the tiny olives to grow or ripen. Still nice to look at though. Jess may have more success
I LOVE the citrus trees! I’m here in Arkansas and I have to bring mine inside in winter. You should get some olive trees. I have a few in pots and their foliage is beautiful. You’re garden space will be amazing❤️❤️❤️
Omg kumquat! I recently learned you can make a syrup from kumquat that acts as a natural cough suppressant!
I have Meyer lemons that grow in pots at my house. I put them in the greenhouse when it gets too cold. I was able to root a bunch of plants from the original tree and have given several away. Zone 8
I had a house many years ago that had 3 Valencia Orange trees and they were the best oranges I’ve ever had. So juicy, so sweet and very few seeds and like you said the trees weren’t very big but they were loaded with fruit. I would pick grocery bags full and take to work and give away. I hope to have some fruit trees once I get my property. Have a blessed day 🙏🏻🙏🏻💕👩🏻🌾
I visited Ukraine, they have walnut trees everywhere in their towns it’s amazing, they also all grow grapes right on their front lawns it’s beautiful
Oh yes it’s so exciting growing your own produce and especially fruit 🍎
Calamondins make excellent marinades for pork and chicken……..and you can use them in place of limes to make a “key lime” pie….they make great marmalade…..we grow them everywhere in Florida
I watch Edible Acres faithfully. Great channel. Worth checking out.
Wow. By the time the fruit trees hit the box stores they sure are beat up.
And the air prune bed look very interesting, brushing out the root system. I'm giving it a try this year!!
Edible Acres wonderful channel. Sean and Sasha are amazing their chicken videos are very informative.
Oh my gosh I would love to get some of those chestnut trees. HOWEVER, I don't have enough property to give it the space and love that it would need. Some day I will be going to have a large land, and that is when I will do it. Thanks for the link that's great to have.
I feel citrus rich too! Lemon lime bush and a grapefruit tree are currently sitting under my grow lights🥰
Kumquats are amaaazing... but my favorite of all quats are the Loquats! And I can't wait to see what yall pull outta that pond! :D
The Calamondin cumquat makes the best jam / marmalade, brings back childhood memories.
My Turkey Fig produced shoots like that. I carefully took them off the main plant (including a small hook off the main root). Had 4 shoots and 3 took straight away. I now have one mature Fig and 3 babies. Do cool!
I bought the same sweatshirt but I had to cut a 3 inch at the throat. Too tight but now fits perfectly. Love it
We have Kumquat trees ..my aunt has I have one ..we love them …very good for you