Ox Heights

Ox Heights Ox Heights is a family farm in Northern Michigan that grows exceptional chestnuts, peaches, hazelnuts, English walnuts, grass fed lamb, and maple syrup.

We share our sustainable approaches on our website blog and social media channels. Ox Heights is a family farm in Northern Michigan that grows exceptional chestnuts, peaches, English walnuts, hazelnuts, lamb, and maple syrup. Sustainability is our goal and we share what we learn through our blog and social media channels. We specialize in providing the highest quality mail order chestnuts in North America.

Are there chestnuts 🌰 inside the burs?Chestnut burs typically have the potential to develop three chestnuts each. Howeve...
09/02/2026

Are there chestnuts 🌰 inside the burs?

Chestnut burs typically have the potential to develop three chestnuts each. However, sometimes the nuts are not pollinated and never develop into chestnuts. Instead they are flat with no nut meat 😢.

In our latest video, see how you can determine how many nuts per bur are pollinated and use that information to estimate chestnut harvest.

Take care everyone!

Are your chestnuts pollinated and developing in the bur? Chestnu...

The best peaches of the season are just a couple days away!Don’t miss your chance to get tree ripped peaches directly fr...
08/31/2026

The best peaches of the season are just a couple days away!

Don’t miss your chance to get tree ripped peaches directly from Rogers City, Michigan!

08/30/2026

How we pick hazelnuts!

Grab an apple picking bag, a step ladder, and an audio book and you’re good to go for hours.

Did any of Nick’s chestnut 🌰 grafts survive?Take a walk in the orchard and see.
08/29/2026

Did any of Nick’s chestnut 🌰 grafts survive?

Take a walk in the orchard and see.

Walk through the North Star Chestnut Orchard with Nick and check ou...

Its Market Day in Rogers City. We are here from 9-noon. We have lamb, peaches and some bonus fruits! 8/28/2026
08/28/2026

Its Market Day in Rogers City. We are here from 9-noon. We have lamb, peaches and some bonus fruits! 8/28/2026

08/27/2026

Half of the trunk of my chestnut tree died last summer. Can you help me figure out why?

08/27/2026

Return of the Ox! These beautiful boys arrived this week and now we need your help! Let us know what their names should be. We would love them to have names with a chestnut theme.

08/26/2026

Hazelnuts nearly ready to rain down!

We love all nuts at North Star Chestnuts, including these incredible European Hazelnuts.

They are just days from raining off the bushes. We love roasting them with maple syrup over a fire.

Oh wow, can anyone remember what they were doing in late August 2018?  Fun to flash through our blog history and remembe...
08/24/2026

Oh wow, can anyone remember what they were doing in late August 2018? Fun to flash through our blog history and remember when...

Take care everyone and have a great week!

Getting ready for tree planting is a family affair.

These peaches are perfectly ripe, but smaller than what we typically sell.   I’ve got about 3.5 bushels of them ready to...
08/23/2026

These peaches are perfectly ripe, but smaller than what we typically sell. I’ve got about 3.5 bushels of them ready to sell at $40 per bushel rather than the typical $55 per bushel. Text Nick @ 269-888-1120 if you’d like some.

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Rogers City, MI

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