You can also chip your old tree and use it for mulch in your garden in the spring.
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He says if you properly maintain your tree it should last you until the end of the year.
“I think you get the whole family together and you go out and you get to wander through the tree lot or farm if you’re going to cut your own and it’s just more family time to spend together. It’s the “and” that is the memory maker”, said Judy Summers, whose family has owned and operated Summers Christmas Tree Farm for 52 years.
The Hardesty family returned for their 30th year of finding a tree at Hickory Ridge, bringing a box of donuts for Rieppel and his workers to mark the occasion.
Joe Whitney said his 29-acre Christmas tree lot near Salem, Oregon gets two months of sunshine, but this year they received six months of sunshine.
“We do pink and blue and white flocking of the trees and we do a lot of wreaths and garlands”, Thomley said.
It’s the great debate: Real Christmas trees versus fake Christmas trees.
Martin says he doesn’t expect the Christmas tree sales to slow down.
Beck said that recent rains have actually helped perk up his growing trees just in time for the Christmas holiday. “They smell so good and they’re just pretty, and it’s fun picking them out”.
Wiggins says the trees tend to flourish in East Texas weather.
Duncan Tree Farm has garland and wreaths as well as five different varieties of trees to choose from.
North Carolina’s most popular tree is the Fraser Fir, which is only native to Western North Carolina and very small parts of Tennessee and Virginia. Sons Darius and Luke tried their hand at cutting down a tree, but it took dad to finish the job as someone yelled “Timber!”
If it is, you might need to get a new tree.
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Kyle Larm and fiancee Nicole Hayes of Grand Island are among the season opening weekend customers, getting advice from Glass on what to look for in a fresh tree.
