Growing Trees is the Ultimate Side Hustle

I find that growing chestnut trees is a very profitable side hustle for us here at Gold Shaw Farm. Let me show you how I propagate chestnut trees for next to nothing.
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[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

Trees are great. My grandfather planted a sequoia tree when I was born. I'm 73 in a month. That tree today can be seen ten miles away, still reaching skyward.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

That is one magical tree and I hope it stays tall and proud forever.

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

@@UltimaKeyMasterThanks 😊

[@Exderius]

That’s amazing! I hope that tree thrives for generations. I am growing redwoods and giant sequoias, myself, on 1/7th of an acre.

[@outtamindprops6545]

God bless you, may you live another 73 yrs.

[@Lefty248]

May the love your grandfather showed you that day continue to grow until it touches the stars. All the best to you.

[@piperleelee]

I enjoy how you manage your farming techniques as frugally as possible. You make a small farming possible for other's just by posting your videos and applying simple methods for them to follow.

[@piperleelee]

@Ba d Neighbour most small farmers do.

[@BloosSelfReliance]

I watched your video on starting Chestnuts last year and decided "Why Not?" So I got a small bag from a nut farm online and popped them in a pot and hoped for the best. We couldn't bury them though so they stayed in our backyard and i kept an eye on them over winter. Now I have 33 out of 34 Chestnut trees out of the ones that sprouted and I can safely say you have created a monster. I have plans for a Nut Farm and Orchard... eventually lol :D :D :D

[@camicri4263]

Hahaha, the monster can actually start a business or you can sale on a garaj sale.

[@Biggyniner]

What nut farm...? I may want to try this too.

[@BloosSelfReliance]

@@camicri4263 yup exactly!!!

[@BloosSelfReliance]

@@Biggyniner cool

[@seemyworld1]

Great to hear. Good for you. I live in an apartment in a city so it is not for me. Most of my family are nuts, can I just sell them? lol

[@MC-uf1ts]

My older brother planted an acorn at age 4. The tree is now huge at 70yrs old and 18” in circumference.

[@zzypho2160]

How old is ur brother?

[@MC-uf1ts]

@@zzypho2160 74yrs old

[@stevebabiak6997]

I think it might be an 18 inch diameter tree; an 18 inch circumference is only about six inches diameter, and with a 70 year old oak tree I’d expect it to be bigger than that.

[@MC-uf1ts]

I drove by our old house this week and I do believe the tree is even bigger than that. It just amazes me every time I see it. It’s getting bigger and bigger.

[@debasishghoshsays]

@@MC-uf1ts aren’t trees amazing!I am 17,would love to get some suggestions about life!Have a great day!Sir.

[@jamescanjuggle]

managed to accidentally grow potatoes by throwing em in a pile, did the same with chestnuts too and now i have a few saplings 😂😅

[@jasonnikolic]

The potatoes will be with you for life now.

[@Saytguard]

You know you can cut fully grow potato in half and it should grow two potato plants

[@deed5811]

I have had many compost potatoe volunteers in my garden.

[@PhilipCripe]

@@Saytguard that's cool! What about quarters?

[@Saytguard]

@@PhilipCripe not sure really about that one. I mean you can look online if you want to

[@garymarra7542]

Hey brother I am glad you took my advice and didn't let the haters get to you. Keep doing what you do and avoid criticizing others.

[@phetogokgathi4217]

He wasn’t ever going to stop talking

[@garymarra7542]

@@phetogokgathi4217 Did you look at the prior video before he changed the artwork and changed the video from his channel. I follow this guy and wish him all the best. He was royally pissed off.

[@fishermansdaughter5793]

My yard didn’t have anything but weeds when I moved here 23 yrs ago so I let a maple tree & a crab apple tree grow that nature provided on my little 50’x50’ yard. Me & my sister plant the whole yard now that we have some shade. I plant things for the birds, butterflies & of course I have to feed the squirrels 🐿 or there would be nothing left for anyone else. Growing up in the city I missed my calling should have married a farmer, oh well at least I get to enjoy watching yours & a few other farms in action. I was surprised how much I learn & enjoy being a part of other people’s journey, especially all the different ways to be successful. I have a feeling you & your wife have what it takes to make it in the farming world. Love you videos & yes keep talking 😊❤️

[@elizabethharttley4073]

Blessings be. You've created a legacy of high virtue with your trees. We had a family friend who planted a grove of black walnut trees for his grandchildren. They grew straight and strong and the trees were an investment to be used for college or trade school. Plant on!

[@eatwhatukiii2532]

Meanwhile I can’t even manage to grow ONE black walnut.

[@CannonKnight]

Interesting. I recall watching a video around Christmas time explaining the "chestnuts roasting over an open fire" line in the song, and how that's now foreign to us because American Chestnut trees have basically been wiped out due to nation-wide fungus blight. Looks like Morgan is doing his part in saving Christmas 👍

[@purplebunny7728]

Was that Chestnut trees or the Elm or both.

[@garyf3470]

Raw chestnuts in the shell are regularly available in stores where I am in the fall. They’re mostly Italian, I think. I remember vendors in NYC selling them when I was a child. Though they’re not the American chestnut, it’s still a fun experience.

[@garyf3470]

@@purplebunny7728 Both have been decimated by different diseases, chestnut blight and Dutch elm disease.

[@rpurdy4821]

Mel Torme would be happy. 😊⛄❄🎄🎁

[@zmkdco8956]

It wasn't the blight that wiped them out. It was the authorities culling all of them.

[@maryronan9758]

A secret of the Plant nurseries; They grow starts in sand. Soak the sand every day. I’ve started ivy and rosemary shoots this way so far!

[@riverAmazonNZ]

I found a sprouting acorn when I was 8, planted it, and it’s now a towering tree, and I’m not even 40. It helps I planted it next to a stream.

[@fedupnow61859]

Where I grew up in Connecticut my dad have 3 varieties of apples, 2 plum varieties ,peach, cherry and pear. It was a chore for my dad in the fall to prune but we were never ever without fresh fruit.

[@barbarabigelow9110]

Trees!!!!!! 🌳🌳🌳🌳 way to go Pablo!!

[@raptorfae.6645]

It's ironic,to avoid the squirrels eating your seeds you buried them in the ground,you could say you outfoxed the squirrels by thinking like one.

[@yorilamaz]

Umm... but have you seen Mark Rober’s squirrels? Lol

[@justahillbilly7777]

Outfoxed? More like outsquirreled. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@johngreen8693]

@@justahillbilly7777 How did you do that smiley face - love it??!!

[@ivarlaupet8972]

@@johngreen8693 he probably just copied and pasted it from google. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Just search for textfaces and pick one. [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅5̲̅)̲̅$̲̅]

[@Tunkabear]

You’ve inspired me to start turning my whole farm into a chestnut orchard! Hey, if my plans for my land ever change, I can make some money off chestnut wood and create a silvopasture! Great video!

[@RoulicisThe]

You're gonna have to be patient though. Depending on the variety of chestnut, they take between 7 and 10 year to mature, so it takes time for them to start paying you back for your work

[@SadisticSenpai61]

You should be wary of blight too. It's still around and strikes chestnut orchards regularly.

[@donnaml8776]

Also try planting a variety of trees. I’ve learned recently that having only one type can produce many problems. Having a variety helps you to avoid that.

[@gringa978]

@@RoulicisThe yess! It takes 5-7 years for you to get any fruit!

[@tamara8908]

Pablo Barn Cat is so cool. Living the life on the Goldshaw Farm. I'm loving this!

[@DarkAngelwing2]

I’m so happy to hear your voice again ^^ keep up the amazing work, you all are awesome and I loved your videos!

[@DeaconLucas1]

There’s something very genuine about what you’re doing. I’ll definitely be keeping up. Thanks!

[@Valecene]

Your video last year about burying the nuts inspired me to try sprouting nuts of our own. We have 6 mature black walnut trees, and there has been a bounty of saplings in the pile I set aside and all around the yard. My little daughter and I go on walnut hunts, and she's gotten good at spotting the baby trees. 💛

[@Matthew_Does_To_Many_Things]

Yay your voice is back!

[@plankface]

Hear. Hear.

[@suzannepinto8209]

I thought the same thing!😁

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

Timely video! I'm in the middle of figuring out how to make a tree nursery.

[@plankface]

Oh you know there’s a KZbin channel for that! Have fun and good luck. 🍀

[@shannongnazzio6844]

Great job Pablo and great work Morgan 🥰

[@leppardess]

The world definitely needs more trees. I really enjoyed this video for many reasons. I really like that you're trying to do things as frugally as possible. That's always a plus in my book.

[@LittleLehStar]

YAY!! Narrations are back! the last video made me so anxious cuz the usual rituals weren't being done. So happy to hear you again!

[@juliefobair6153]

Thank you for talking in this video. It was very informative

[@chrometheus1789]

So inspiring he’s doing this for the next generations of his family. What a man

[@FoxtrotYouniform]

"you may think I don't have enough space" "I don't have enough space" xD

[@GohantheTurtle]

“You May think I have a life” “I don’t.” ._.

[@FoxtrotYouniform]

@@GohantheTurtle I'd feel personally attacked by that reference, if it were possible for anyone to think I had a life

[@GohantheTurtle]

@@FoxtrotYouniform oh this was a joke relating to me, I mean no harm

[@FoxtrotYouniform]

@@GohantheTurtle mine was a joke relating to me as well xD zero harm taken

[@darrenluu2814]

@@GohantheTurtle pp

[@hollyadkins4729]

I like how you do your research and try different ways to grow or do things. Forever evolving!😉

[@TheIntuitiveBodyFoodieNetwork]

Mind expanding video; thank you!! Started planting rotting mulberry fruit last year. Ended up with 16 trees. 2 of the trees died and I gave 2 away meaning I only have 12 left. I'm hoping to triple my production this year BUT I don't yet own land. In fact, I live on the third floor in a major metropolis but have access to the ground. I have a very strong intention to buy land soon (1-5 years) and I figured instead of waiting until I own the land to grow food, I'd get started on growing NOW! So far I have 3 large gardens full of edible & medicinal flowers, herbs and veggies, 11 fig trees, 2 pear trees, 4 apple trees, 1 plum tree, 2 cherry trees, 5 thornless blackberry plants, 2 raspberry plants, 2 blueberry bushes, and have a pre-order for bare root apricot, nectarine and peach trees already picked out for Spring 2022. At this rate I'll have to buy land much sooner than later lol! Never considered growing nut trees, but this video has inspired me! Thank you!!

[@plantsim]

awesome!! this comment is inspiring to me. Had to comment on the peculiar and concerning turn of phrase "but we have access to the ground" -- had me mentally writing a dystopia where many of your neighbors do not, actually, have ground access and live permanently in their skyscrapers. :D

[@AngieJames4172]

And Pablo barn cat doing what he does, such a wonderful and healthy kitty he is!

[@miric6224]

Hi Morgan, glad to hear from you again. I enjoy watchinh your life so much! A catharsis from my arm chair! Keep posting. Say hi to Allison expecially. You guys took the correct path when you came to the fork in the road😊imho. Later.

[@robertm4050]

I have around a third of an acre. I actually started doing this a few years ago on a much smaller scale with Pawpaw trees. Those are becoming very popular in the last few years. I also started planting different nut trees in woods around me, only local varieties. Most of the nut trees were eaten.

[@Growingdopamine818]

Glad to hear u again.. I'm looking into trees for my yard so thx for the share!

[@susansuiter1907]

At my house I have made a frame similar to what you planted in and set upside down over my raised bed to protect seeds and little seedlings from squirrels, rabbits and chickens until they get started. Might be helpful to protect your chestnuts.

[@harrietcarpenter2387]

Luv u talking about starting ur new trees. Thank u for all the useful info Morgan. 😷🌸

[@aaronketcheson481]

This is nice to watch after coming inside from my farm I was wrapping hay bales and it started raining bad so I kept going because it was only supposed to get worse so I pushed through it only had a hat to keep my head from getting wet

[@KarlaHafdahl]

yayayya back to normal again, good job Morgan, love Pablo Barn Cat eating his lunch LOL; those nuts look so crowded, hope they grow big and tall; I am learning so much today. Thanks!

[@AFAndersen]

No social distancing needed between nuts xD

[@camicri4263]

@@AFAndersen 😂😂

[@KarlaHafdahl]

@@AFAndersen aaahahhahaha good one AF

[@valarielewis9501]

Thanks Morgan!!

[@caubengoan1326]

I wonder how he would pull them out when they are older. It's so jam packed

[@erothegardener]

In my experience you start at one corner and they come right out. What he didn't mention is that the bottom of air pruning beds is a wire mesh which forces the roots to prune themselves there and shoot new roots down. No coiling, little tangling. APB ftw.

[@jackiehayes6302]

The world needs more people like you. 🌍

[@Beegee1952]

We have had so much rain this spring and early summer we have a bumper crop of maple trees sprouting EVERYWHERE in our yard. I have transplanted some, there are literally thousands. We only have 1/4 acre lot! I used to buy roasted chestnuts on the streets of Paris - I envy your chestnuts. 😘

[@mavericklewis4392]

The world needs more trees.

[@elisemiller13]

The world needs more people like you , as well Morgan (And Trees!)

[@freedomacreshomestead3723]

Totally trying that this fall! Thanks for sharing.

[@Omi_Kasigi]

Wish you all the success. Chestnuts are one of my favorite trees since my grandma always brought some chestnuts whenever she came to visit and I grew to love them.

[@YankeeValleyOutdoors]

I love you videos man keep up the good work.

[@nancyinnevada2785]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO TEACH ME SOMETHING NEW 🌱🌳💖🌳🌱

[@johnhoffay9081]

Dude I can't believe you lived in D. C. and N.Y.C. ! Good for you two !!

[@jpp37229]

You could also grow Tulips. Put a net in the ground, tulip bulbs and cover them, next year you can pull the net out of the ground and harvest the tulips after a few years you got plenty of bulbs. Its also a nice and beautifull decoration for your farm!

[@andersonhbk]

Never apologize for taking time out to show Pablo Barncat. He's my fave.. Love his stalking in the background at 03:38 .. Nature in action at Gold Shaw.

[@carolyntemple3928]

Pablo is getting a bit plump. Better get some more cats to share the bounty. Seriously, he's a great cat.

[@keremoofoofoertem7472]

He has Toby Dog as a friend but i dont think thats enough for him

[@sirdavidoftor3413]

I think Pablo has eaten too much of Tobey’s food! That is why he is getting plump! Stay safe, stay sane, be well

[@Cowhead7]

Pablo ain't the only one getting plump if you know what I mean :P

[@jacqdanieles]

@@Cowhead7 😉

[@ruben9912]

Pablo Escobarn

[@gandalf8216]

Growing things is truly a spiritual experience. Few other things can make you feel more whole.

[@sallybruska3245]

Loved your video about sprouting trees. When I was little I would collect chestnuts. We called them buckeyes. Never planted them just played with them. Tried to collect the most.

[@cheongyei]

Pablo was not afraid to show you his bounty. The mutual trust and respect that that shows is great!!

[@erothegardener]

It should be mentioned that the bottom of the air pruning bed is usually a wire mesh so that the roots hit that air layer and prune themselves rather than coil at the bottom. That's why you can plant so many right next to each other! We've been doing this in our greenhouse with chestnuts too and it's so easy and efficient! Well done video sir!

[@VallornDeathblade]

Pablo is looking like one happy barn cat there. Good for him.

[@simp3204]

I did this with some tangelo seeds I got from my neighbor after he shared some of his delicious fruit with me.

[@galba2715]

Glad the voice over returns🙌🙌

[@fannyrosani8715]

Well done .the world needs more trees .keeps on .bravo ..thank u !

[@janetgies8698]

Oh, it’s so good to hear your voice again!

[@savedbeliever]

I agree.

[@sirpainter1]

Happy to hear you got your voice back.

[@bay9876]

Word amongst the barnyard mice is that Pablo is a mean little kitty. The barnyard honour is held by Pablo and Toby Dog for the work they do.

[@cookiesmom2079]

Pablo... such a good kitty. Working hard in the background 😍

[@antwool6260]

Sir I love your shirt. That will be 1 of my wife's birthday presents this month. 🍻 Ohh yeah, we ALL should be taking time out to heal and aid our beautiful mother Earth. ✊🏽✊🏻✊✊🏾✊🏿✊🏼🇺🇸together we stand

[@morganboucher6789]

pablo has the sickest job i bet he is so happy same with the dog they get to do what there breed for its amazing.

[@danno1800]

Really brilliant and well thought out! I have subscribed…much appreciated.

[@incognito2466]

first time I’m early, love your vids!

[@TeenDream888]

_very_ clever to get different varieties of chestnuts, for a number of reasons. monoculture can be so dicey when it comes to crop, for both pests and disease, so by diversifying the types of chestnuts, you help minimize the risk of loss.

[@Karanodom]

I am amazed. This channel is so interesting. I loved that you showed Pablo. Thanks

[@erinstinson5735]

A much better video with you talking, Morgan. And Pablo's post-hunt roll is one of the reasons I love kitties so much. Sooooo cute!

[@xmago619x]

Morgan, you videos make me want to have my own farm so bad. I think i'll quit and start all over again!

[@reggi2674]

Those chickens are going to dig up those chestnuts I suggest you put chicken wire around that raised garden bed 8:21

[@promontorium]

I was going to say he's outside of their fence and then the cock walked right by. OK, MOST of them won't get there!

[@sunnybelisle4007]

That was my first thought when I saw that chicken strolled by eyeing that bed. :-\

[@user-io3hy4zb4s]

Stapling some chicken fencing down on top would work too. Or a tent made of wire to avoid problems with wire getting in the way of the trees.

[@terrenusvitae]

Ah, arboriculture, that old chestnut

[@jeannemariebizeaujohnson8717]

The world does need more trees! You taught me something new. You make it look easy when I know its not... Thank you👨🏼‍🌾 and Pablo Barn cat🐈 for a interesting video...🌱🌳

[@Fatspurios]

I have squirrels and a couple of very old black walnut trees in a neighbours garden and next door had a large Turkish walnut tree in theirs. So many walnut seedling in my garden and tubs and compost heap and lawn and the bottoms of the hedges. I must start to use the squirrels efforts better. Thanks. Be well and stay safe.

[@savedbeliever]

The video is so relaxing, 🤗 I would love if it was longer, but I just watch it over again.💌❣️💌

[@inotaarto8719]

Pablos a happy cat. Thank you for the nice idea and instructions

[@yellowroses2648]

The cat was on the hunt in the background... really wanted to see how that ended! Edit: Should have waited longer.... SUCCESS!

[@aaronbrenke]

happend to me too :) thank you Morgan for puttin your super hunter and his success in the video !!! Pablo is living life of lifes :P

[@luckylindy1009]

Very interesting Morgan...thank you. I always look for your videos - no matter what they're about.

[@amanverma31]

Enjoyed the video!!

[@kmm129]

Always so relaxing and fun. Hope for the future.

[@greenacrebirds]

Before I read the title I thought it was a potato😂

[@AngieJames4172]

Interesting and very informative, thank you Morgan!

[@janetwithers7427]

Fantastic. The world needs more trees! 💞

[@Jamie-813]

I've got an avocado tree, a grapefruit, and an apple tree growing in my apartment window. All started from fruit that provided me with energy at one point!

[@Sebbberz]

love your vids🥰🦆🐓

[@freshimpactco.8698]

Good for you buddy, the world needs more trees and productive trees are a God send. Would be great to see how these seedlings do in the coming months

[@markthecraneman8465]

Cracking idea... Just pre ordered 3kg of chestnuts for October this year.

[@ethanfigert9297]

You should utilize the water from the natural spring nearby to keep the pond completely full with fresh clean water. You could set up some type of pump or even a pipeline that could transport the water with gravity like the one in the old barn that they used for water for the cattle. I just love to see the pond completely full especially with fresh clean water, and I am sure the ducks and geese would appreciate it too!

[@jonnies6655]

Great idea. I do something similar with orange trees except I take cuttings from established trees and put the cuttings into my sandy soil in NW Florida. Keep them watered. They develop roots in just weeks to months. When they have developed a healthy root system (about the size of a man's fist) they can be planted where they will mature. You've just saved buying a young tree for about $30 or more and expanded your orchard. Anyone can use seeds or cuttings to develop an orchard or a business with trees

[@JacquesTreehorn]

Grafting dwarf Japanese maples on rootstock and Asian persimmons on native persimmon root stock are good tree hustles.

[@acelticmiscellany]

Oh my! It looks so lush man, I´ve been inspired, I´m finishing my work as an English teacher in Sevilla and volunteering on what is called a Finca en Español, we could say farm, we could say homestead, it´s between the two, should be fun, and I´ll be closer to the beach. Cheers man, love the same music (¿Propagandhi?), dude, you´ve made me proud of you somehow even though I´ve never met you. But mostly you´ve made me laugh a lot and cry a bit as well you silly sod

[@AsteriETERNAL]

" counting the seedlings before they hatch" 😂

[@rezterralico4369]

Half my small backyard is raspberries. Planted stalks in the fall of 2013 and like 5 or 6 survived. Now I have like a small forest back there. Got over 25 cups of raspberries last year. Only part that sucks is you have to pick them every 2 days. Started with 10 berries then the next day a bowl full. Two days later a bowl full. I don't even add water. Edit pick them every day now until like mid August.

[@lachlanhudson7404]

Our large American Chestnut tree sadly fell to the blight 11 years ago. Had some nice chestnuts for a while and was recommended to not replant for a while to avoid planting one into an area with previous diseased trees.

[@johanodendaal6938]

And Morgan spoke again! 👏🙌

[@doloresreynolds8145]

This is such a great idea! My dad planted a handful of trees in the yard (in suburbia) when I was an infant. Unfortunately, he did not consider the effects of fertilizing the lawn on the growth of those trees. They got really tall, quite fast, then they had problems with being too weak for their height because they were inadvertently fertilized for years and years…. Also, it is easy to put them too close to your buildings. Imagining a tree being 60’ tall and overhanging your buildings, with roots infiltrating your foundation or plumbing, is difficult when the tree you plant is 3’ tall.

[@dyannejohnson6184]

Thank you for instructions…going to pass this on

[@horace6851]

One thing to remind buyers of is that chestnuts don't self pollinate so if they want to have nuts it's better to get at least two trees.

[@Schwiftygetter]

That is an extremely helpful comment, here YOU GET AN AWARD *_YAY GO YOU!_* YOU ARE NOW A *CERTIFIED PEDOFILE* like the meme, jokes

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

I've done this. I like your buckets. I had great success with milk cartons. Much less work and transportable. Don't put a cover on; cover in soil. You can make a fortune on black walnut here in Sherbrooke if you can get them and they winter well