Steve Ottman was born to sell Christmas trees. Ottman, 73, said his family has been growing the holiday staple in Wisconsin since the Great Depression. But now his 50-acre Christmas tree farm just ...

Lines of Christmas trees on a farm in Oregon with fall foliage and mountains in the background - Susan Ridley/Shutterstock A Christmas tree is a broad term for more than 600 species of Conifer trees, ...

Shearing involves shaping the tree into a cone shape, similar to shearing a backyard hedge, and it is the most critical part of Christmas tree growing. Without shearing, it would end up being a ...

WEST GREENWICH – On one side of Big John Leyden’s Tree Farm & Nursery is a pond that’s used to water some of the thousands of Christmas trees growing there. When Tim Leyden checked on it this past ...

One common argument we hear against having a natural Christmas tree is the misconception that the trees are cut down from the forest then hauled away to market. The belief is that fewer trees are left ...