Ox Heights

06/01/2026

Closing out May in the North Star Chestnut Orchard

05/30/2026

Take a trip around the farm on a beautiful day in northern Michigan and see how the peaches, walnuts, chestnuts, lamb, and apples are looking. Take care everyone!

05/29/2026

Happy market day! We are at the Rogers City Farmers market until 12pm today.

05/27/2026

The beauty and promise of the peach bloom season has finally arrived!

05/24/2026

What to do with all those branches we pruned off in the winter??? This is our second year of turning them into biochar. The process goes quick! It really is an efficient way to dispose of the brush and have a beneficial impact on our soils for the future.

05/23/2026

Looking for ideas on how to irrigate you garden or orchard?

Our latest video describes the irrigation systems we use for newly planted orchards and older orchards.

Irrigation systems can start small and simple for newly planted orchards. As the orchards grows, irrigation systems can be sized up efficiently to match the ...

05/22/2026

At the Rogers City Farmers market today 5/22/2026 until 12pm. We have lamb cuts, rhubarb and syrup.

05/21/2026

Growing chestnut trees from chestnuts is easy. Did you know that the same equipment can be used twice in the same season to grow twice as many chestnut trees. See how in our latest short.

05/19/2026

Interested in planting your own chestnut orchard? Check out our latest video showing the different methods we are using to expand our orchards. Take care everyone!

Learn how to grow your own chestnut trees from seed and how to plant them in your own orchard. We are testing the benefits of using tree tubes and starting ...

05/16/2026

Check out our most recent blog where we reflect on 10 years growing chestnuts and a family in northern Michigan.

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...