It’s not easy growing Christmas trees in Alabama. The famous Frasier Fir, one of the most popular Christmas trees, grows best in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and many Alabamians who put ...

Christmas tree farming is special in one aspect — it takes over seven years of planning, management, and, of course anticipation, and boils it down to a few short days or even hours. For Ken Reeves, ...

Christmas tree farming is becoming a rarer part of American agriculture, but at Riverview Christmas Tree farm on the Iowa, South Dakota border they’re helping keep the tradition alive. Todd Gannon and ...

Christmas trees are a hot commodity this time of year. The first christmas tree farm in the US began in 1901. Tree farms were once thought of as a viable alternative to use low-quality farmland, but ...

Why would anyone start a Christmas tree farm? In the case of Tom Ward of Ward Ranch in Bonny Doon, California, it’s because he loved working with trees. Ward started his farm in 1995, and it took ten ...

With branches and trees downed across the Cadillac area this week following an ice storm, local Christmas tree farms aren’t shaken.