Timber Lane Christmas Tree farm says they had a successful season with sales comparable to last year. They also reflected on ...

Ohio's year of drought could ironically put a damper on the holidays for anyone looking to buy a real Christmas tree this year or even several years from now. Tree farms across central Ohio and other ...

Christmas time is almost here and that means it is also prime time for Christmas tree farms, but getting through this growing season hasn’t been easy. This year brought lengthy droughts and high ...

Christmas trees are grown as a farm crop. It takes several growing seasons before a Christmas tree is ready to harvest.

Keith Stocker is no stranger to waiting. It’s a trait inherent to most farmers, patience. Something about spending year after year in the same cycle of planting, fertilizing, spraying, trimming, ...

Choosing a Christmas tree from an Ohio tree farm supports land that stays in agricultural production rather than being developed. When a tree from a tree farm is cut, it is replaced with a young tree ...

Sam Cartner Jr., co-owner of Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm, measures the official White House Christmas tree, a 20-foot Fraser fir, in Newland, N.C., on Nov. 13, 2024. The Christmas tree industry just ...

Gerald and Ruthann Sitko are the fourth-generation owners of the Sitko Tree Farm, which began selling Christmas trees in 1920 ...

While Christmas tree sales are down long term, growers said their product is resilient to shorter economic pressures such as ...

Snowstorms and cold temperatures dampened sales for many Christmas tree farms across the state. While the work is year-round, their retail season is typically condensed to a two or three week window ...