Many families are getting ready to put up their Christmas tree, but like many other things this holiday season, prices are being pushed up. McLoganTV spoke to a local Christmas tree farmer.
"The drought situation for most of the summer caused farmers to have to irrigate, which uses fuel with high diesel prices," said administrative director Robert Carpenter.Farmers say they can't compete with chains that offer artificial trees, a glut on those since the pandemic with prices actually dropping, or the national growers that prune and shape with automated, mechanized machines.
"But the little guys like me, we hand-prune them and we create a much more natural look," Dart said."The fact is it just takes ten years to grow a tree from a little seedling to harvestable size.""I like the smell, and you can decorate them so nicely," another customer said. "Choosing their own Christmas tree is one of a few things that multi-generational family groups can do together," Dart said."It's time to break out and get yourself a purple Christmas tree," he said.Jennifer McLogan
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