MERRILL, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – We haven’t even hit Thanksgiving yet, but local tree farms are entering harvest season.
Christmas tree farms like High Ground Tree Farm, LLC in Merrill and at many others around central Wisconsin are in the middle of cutting trees and prepping them to be sold to retailers.
One question you might be having is: did the drought have any affect on the farms or the trees? “It hasn’t affected the larger trees, The larger trees can withstand that pretty good,” said High Ground Tree Farm, LLC manager David Black II. “They’re a bigger root system and pretty tolerant. We did lose some small plantings. The stuff we planted this spring suffered a lot, but the crop we planted for this year is really good.”
“Basically, every year we’re sold out,” said Dennis Carlson of Swan’s Christmas Tree Farm in Mosinee. “We’ve got repeat customers that have been through us or been with us for many many years so it’s not like we have any extra surplus or additional trees right now to be able to offer new customers.”
Tuesday, for both farms, was a big day for cutting down trees, putting them through the baler, and getting them wrapped up for sale.
Black Friday will be the most popular time to buy trees at retail stores and both David and Dennis said that is when you should head out.
