HAGUE'S CHRISTMAS TREES

Growing Christmas trees is like growing any other crop; it just takes more time and patience. Most trees take an average of ten years to grow to the 6-8 foot height most people use. Growing trees requires well- to moderately-drained soil, depending on the type of tree. We typically take a soil test, then apply lime and fertilizer and kill all weeds the fall before planting. Then we plow and disk the field to prepare the soil, as for most other crops. The row spacing is laid out to give the trees room to grow, and a ground cover grass is seeded to prevent erosion... In late November we begin harvesting trees at our farm. Each tree is placed on our tree shaker after harvest, to dislodge old needles, weeds, and debris so you will have a clean tree. Excess bottom branches are cut off to make it easier to put the tree into a stand, then the tree is baled (wrapped with twine) to make it compact for shipping and to protect its delicate branches. When the trees arrive at our retail lot in..

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