The 2009 cut your own christmas tree season will begin with a large selection of Balsam firs, Blue Spruce and Concolor firs. Tree height this year is up to 9' tall and the price for cut your own tree is $35.  We will have pre-cut trees ranging in price from $10 -$35.

The farm shop will be open the weekend before Thanksgiving with Randy's fresh made Christmas wreaths. He assembles various types of wreaths to include fir balsam, blue spruce and white pine. He also makes wreaths with a mixture of the aforementioned greens and adds Oregon Cedar, winter berries, holly, rosehips, pinecones... We sell wreaths undecorated or decorated. We take special orders and can make wreaths sized up to a 5' ring which is about 6.5'across when completed.  This year I will be assembling wreaths consisting of a twig background with green boughs on top.  This wreath is designed to hang beyond the holidays and thruout the winter.

Always check the weather before heading out to the farm as it can be very windy and cold.  It is a pretty place to walk about and you can take your time, look over the trees and enjoy the outdoors.  People do bring their dogs, on a leash please.  We provide hand saws, twine for tying your tree to your vehicle and elastic trunk ties. After you have cut down your tree, we will pull the tree thru the netter which makes it easier to get into the house.    Randy or Earl can help you cut your tree if you need help and also will help you tie it to your vehicle if needed.  We also have a bough pile if you'd like some fresh greens for decorating.

After you have cut your tree come into the shop and have a cup of spiced hot cider (cider on weekends only), and browse the christmas wreaths, handmade soaps and fresh vegetables. We will have bunches of hot peppers, dried flower wreaths, fingerling and large size potatoes thru out the holiday season.

We sell tree removal bags for $1.50.  These are placed around the base of the tree when you set it up and when you're ready to take it out of the house you just pull it up around the tree and thus any needles stay in the bag.

How is a tree from our farm different from the trees sold in the lots and big box stores?  Local trees cut at the end of November and into December here in NH are domant when cut. When the tree is placed into your warm house it comes out of dormancy and requires water. Fresh cut trees have good needle retention and are not a fire hazard (it is nearly impossible to make a fresh cut tree burn with a match). On the other hand, trees sold in the lots and stores are usually from Canada or northern NH or Maine and have been cut late September to Early November and are stored in huge piles while waiting for shipment. These trees will usually begin to dop their needles once brought indoors as too much moisture has been lost.  If you want to cut your tree early but don't want to put it up until later in December all you need to do is to not bring it into your house. Leave it outside in a shady spot or inside an unheated building. Your tree will stay dormant and when you are ready to bring it inside, saw a little slice from the butt end to enable water uptake. 

Cutting down your own tree is great for the environment. Your support ensures tree farm land will stay open and not go into development. Tree farms are the sort of green material that absorb high amounts of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas.  During the summer wild life, native plant species and insects abound in the patches.  Unlike many christmas tree farms, we do not use herbicides in our tree patches and this encourages a healthy ecosystem.  

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