We’ve all heard the Christmas Song, the one that starts, “Chestnuuuuuts roasting on an open fiiiiire.” But how many of us have actually eaten fresh, locally-grown chestnuts?
Hans Johsens prepares for the onslaught of harvest season visitors to his Skyline Chestnut In the Santa Cruz Mountains, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
And while Weylin and Rose – a former UC Berkeley optometry professor and a community college and high school math teacher, respectively – just celebrated their 80th birthdays, they show no signs of slowing down. They spent days this fall delivering 25-pound bags of chestnuts from their Winters farm to Bay Area food markets including Berkeley Bowl.
Farming is full of challenges, says Weylin, who calls it “the ultimate in gambling,” with years of drought and water shortages, and then last winter, a late season deluge that flooded many of their fields, leaving tree roots susceptible to root rot.Prefer to gather your own? Head for La Honda’s Skyline Chestnuts, where 20 acres of heritage chestnut trees have been growing quietly in the Santa Cruz Mountains since the Gold Rush.
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