Red Fern Farm

Red Fern Farm

Yes, It grows here.

Search
Skip to content
  • Helpful Info
    • Chestnuts
      • 2017 Letts, Iowa Chestnut Conference Videos & Handouts
      • 2019 PFI Chestnut Workshop
      • Comfortable Income on 10 Acres using Chestnuts & Pawpaws
      • Iowa Chestnut Primer
      • Marketing Chestnuts
        • Prairie Grove Chestnut Growers
      • Pruning Chestnut Trees
      • So, You’re Thinking About Planting Chestnuts….
    • Consultation with Tom Wahl & Kathy Dice
    • Grafting
    • Planting Instructions
    • Recipes
      • American Persimmon
        • Persimmon Brownie
        • Persimmon Chiffon Pie
        • Persimmon Margarittas
      • Chestnut Recipes
      • Pawpaws
        • Pawpaw, cooked recieps
        • Pawpaw, raw recipes
  • My Account
  • Shop
  • Red Fern Farm
    • Contact Us
    • History
    • Location
    • Videos & Podcasts about Red Fern Farm
  • Cart
  • Checkout
Uncategorized, You-Pick

You-Pick at Red Fern Farm, Done for 2024

Agroforestry, American Persimmons, Chestnuts, Uncategorized, You-Pick

You-Pick at Red Fern Farm 2023 – Done

Checking the ripeness of a pawpaw.
Agroforestry, Chestnuts, You-Pick

You-Pick at Red Fern Farm 2022

Bundles of collected scion wood
Uncategorized

Scionwood available, 2022

clusters of ripening Cornelian cherries.
American Persimmons, Chestnuts, Heartnuts, Pawpaws, You-Pick

YOU-PICK AT RED FERN FARM 2021

American Persimmons, Pawpaws

Pawpaw and Persimmon Videos

Chestnuts, Nurseries

Trees for 2025

November 25, 2023 Kathy Dice

Red Fern Farm has retired from the nursery business. You will no longer see tree seedlings for sale in our shop. We have passed on our excellent seed genetics and growing practices to Canopy, where you can purchase potted and bare-root trees. Canopy’s website for 2025 tree sales is NOW LIVE!

BUY TREES HERE

Posts navigation

1 2 … 38 Next →

Where can I buy trees?

Red Fern Farm has retired from the nursery business, so you will no longer see tree seedlings for sale in our shop. We have passed on our excellent seed genetics and growing practices to Canopy, where you can purchase potted and bare-root trees.

Buy TreeS

Recent Videos

  1. Practical Farmers of Iowa hosted a workshop on growing chestnuts commercially. They videoed the conference. This video of Tom goes into details about Establishment and maintenance. You will find the same details in our chestnut primer (available on this website for down load). If you don’t like reading, enjoy the video:

    Establishing and Maintaining Chestnuts Video

    November 26, 2019 Kathy Dice
  2. Tom Wahl spoke on site selection and care of chestnut trees at the Chestnut conference in Letts, Iowa on February 11, 2017. The conference was video taped.  This video is 1 hour and 20 minute long. It covers hardiness zones, drainage needs, Ph requirements and more for chestnut trees.  Information from the conference is available.

    You can  watch the vidoe and others from the chestnut conferce on you tube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aV_U0k-lmg

    Tom Wahl on Site Selection and Care of Chestnuts

    March 25, 2017 Kathy Dice
More videos →

Recent Posts

  • You-Pick at Red Fern Farm, Done for 2024 June 16, 2024
  • Trees for 2025 November 25, 2023
  • You-Pick at Red Fern Farm 2023 – Done August 6, 2023
  • You-Pick at Red Fern Farm 2022 August 28, 2022
  • Scionwood available, 2022 January 12, 2022

Recent Comments

  • Kathy Dice on Consultation with Tom Wahl & Kathy Dice
  • Will Agger on Consultation with Tom Wahl & Kathy Dice
  • Vinny on Chestnut Scion Wood – Closed for 2025
  • Kathy Dice on Consultation with Tom Wahl & Kathy Dice
  • Eric Thompson on Consultation with Tom Wahl & Kathy Dice

Archives

  • June 2024
  • November 2023
  • August 2023
  • August 2022
  • January 2022
  • August 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • September 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • August 2019
  • June 2019
  • February 2019
  • December 2018
  • August 2018
  • June 2018
  • April 2018
  • January 2018
  • November 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • January 2017
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • January 2016
  • January 2015
  • January 2014
  • June 2013
  • January 2013

Writings from Red Fern Farm

  • Agroforestry (20)
  • American Persimmons (8)
  • Chestnuts (22)
  • Events (1)
  • Heartnuts (6)
  • Nurseries (2)
  • Pawpaws (9)
  • Uncategorized (17)
  • You-Pick (10)
Buy TreeS

Other Items for Sale:

  • Goodies To Eat...
  • Scion Wood - Closed for 2025
  • Seed & Seed Nuts - Open
  • Tree Shelters & Stakes
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Proudly powered by WordPress