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Wednesday September 22, 2010 - By Clarke
We're picking up chestnuts by hand every day, sometimes more than once a day - have to stay a step ahead of those annoying squirrels. Then every evening we sort them out and put them under refrigeration.
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Tuesday September 14, 2010 - By Clarke
The chestnuts are falling now, and we've started harvesting them. It's off to refrigeration for these babies! Refrigeration (with high humidity) increases the sugar content of chestnuts. By the time they're used, usually in November and December,...
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Wednesday September 08, 2010 - By Clarke
September 8 - The chestnut trees are heavy-laden here in late summer. The limbs bend with the weight of the ripening chestnuts. Looks like another bumper crop!
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