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Did You Know ... |
The number of hours spent planting, fertilizing, shearing, etc. during the lifetime of a cultured Christmas tree is nearly matched by the hours of labor involved during harvest and delivery. |
Harvesting Trees
Our tree baler does a great job of tying even
our largest trees nice and tight. Baling serves primarily to keep the tree
fresh, makes them easier to handle, and prevents damage to the branches. We use
different colors of twine, as seen under the baler, to easily identify the size
of a Christmas tree. For example, the 6 to 7 foot trees are tied with blue
twine, the 7 to 8 foot are tied with red, while other
colors are used for other sizes. It becomes a real time saver on a retail lot
to look at the twine color and know immediately the size of a tree.
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It is only natural for all
evergreen trees to lose needles off the inner branches in the fall of the
year. Christmas trees are no different. We use this tractor-powered shaker to
assist with removing the inner brown needles. This shaking deposits any
natural needle loss onto our fields and not on a customer’s living room
carpet. |
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After the trees have been
cut and baled, they must be trucked to our tree storage yard. Here is one of
many loads that will be leaving the field. |
The trees are temporarily stored in the yard awaiting shipment to our wholesale customers. Continue on the journey to Storage Yard.