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In fact, Christmas tree farms help produce oxygen, and buying locally helps support small, family-owned businesses. Not to mention, the trees can be recycled and turned into mulch, Rivera reminded.

On average, it takes Christmas trees between eight to ten years to grow to 6 feet tall. While there are about 15 different varieties of Christmas trees, they all follow similar life cycles.

The farm, which started planting Christmas trees in 2020, is currently selling pre-cut firs from North Carolina as it waits for its own pines to mature.

Because that can happen when you buy Christmas-season trees and shrubs from a Shreveport plant nursery. “Ever since Covid, people have gotten more focused on sustainable living,” said Kim Liles.

A testament to our first Christmas in our home. But it was really a continuation of a family tradition of planting trees to commemorate an event or person. You see, we bought my in-laws’ home.

Ben and Betty Graves have been growing Christmas trees for 35 years. Since a variety like the Fraser fir will not grow in southern Alabama, the Graves primarily grow Leyland cypress tress ...

The farm is one of 15,000 growing Christmas trees throughout the United States, according to the National Christmas Tree Association. Holiday Tree Farms was established in 1955 by the Schudel family.

“I started looking at growing other food crops with trees, using our expertise and our knowledge base for truffles. And it just spun out of there.” Mycorrhizal Systems’ repurposed farmstead.

The Hosford family started planting a couple hundred Christmas trees each year, using rocky, poor soil around ledges. In the 1980s, they became more intentional and increased to 1,000 to 2,000 trees.