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Earth Day and Arbor Day!

Lots of companies want to celebrate these environmental events by handing out flowers and plants. These 2 days fall in mid-April, which is getting toward the end of our season. We still have some plugs and bareroot trees available. Plugs really are easier to manage when handing them out one at a time. You can [...]

Bare Root, Plug, and Transplant Sizes

Most of our products are started from seed on our farm. Some are planted into greenhouse trays, others go directly into the field. These seeds germinate and grow for 9-12 months. Many plugs are ready to ship out at this time, some smaller plants are transplated into the field to put on more growth. Sometimes […]

What are all these Seed Sources?

Nordmann Fir and Turkish Fir are European favorites for Christmas trees. The European market prefers different traits in their trees than the American Christmas tree market does. For this reason, there are many seed sources from forests and seed orchards that produce these different traits. The attached document shows the European ratings for several seed […]

Timber Seed Zones

Although we typically only have one or two seed zones for some native species, Douglas fir and Noble Fir come in a wide variety. Some make better Christmas trees than others, but the main use of the seed zone is to replant trees that came from the same or nearby area. They are accustomed to […]

Free Tree School Webinars

www.KnowYourForest.org/TreeSchoolOnline This is a great, free resource! Several videos about forest planning and management, property taxes, Christmas tree research, trees and the changing climate, WEEDS and PESTS, and more.

So You Want to Grow Christmas Trees…

Growing Christmas Trees   

WildFire September 2020 (Beachie Creek)

Article about the Wildfires in 2020 8.30.2021 On Tuesday, September 8th the community around our high elevation farm in Silverton, Oregon was part of the first area to be evacuated due the Beachie Creek Fire which at this writing, is only 20% contained. Although we don’t live on that farm, the area is where Dave […]

Soil Shields – New Product

Check out our newest product to improve tree survival… Read Me

Why Aren’t There Any Trees?

The answer is complicated. A number of forces are coming into play, and a shortage of timber species seems inevitable for the near term. We project a shortage for at least 2­-3 years. Harvests have been strong, prices have been good and housing construction is slow (but has been gradually creeping up). The oversupply in […]

Oregon Christmas Tree Growers Report Less Trees Harvested

In 2015, Oregon Christmas tree growers cut and sold 4.7 million trees, down 26 percent from 2010. The gross sales for 2015 totaled $84.5 million and the average price per tree was $17.90. This is the first time this study was repeated since 2011. There were 41,223 acres growing Christmas trees, down 28 percent from […]