Christmas trees also have been harvested as thinnings from young, planted forests. However, "wild" trees tend to grow irregularly, and even in planted forests only a small fraction of trees may ...

Christmas trees tend to come from specialized farms—not just straight from the woods, as some people think. It takes farmers eight to 10 years to grow trees to their proper size; the plants then ...

GOBLES, Mich. (WOOD) — Constant rainfall during this year’s Christmas tree growing season was an improvement after a dry summer last year, according to researchers. The good news comes as ...

Many Christmas tree purchasers have Oregon or North Carolina to thank for the festive firs sparkling in their windows during the holiday season. That’s according to a U.S. News analysis of tree ...

Along the way, Michael took another precautionary move. Because the farm is so remote – the town has no paved roads – he ...

The club gets its trees from Washington state. It’s hard to make money from growing Christmas trees because growing times are longer than traditional crops. Also, harvesting the trees are labor ...

It’s been two weeks since flash flooding hit the commonwealth and first responders have been working non-stop in rescues and flood relief. As we enter into the month of March, there are all ...

However, “we could decide to rewild entire areas with natural forest and that could be better than growing Christmas trees,” suggests the ecologist. And, to keep your tree's carbon footprint ...

For Larry Smith, a lifelong Christmas tree farmer in Avery County, the storm’s impact was both heartbreaking and humbling. Smith, who began growing trees as a high school student in 1977 ...