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I guess you’ll never know where your friendly neighborhood sleepy farmer will end up: http://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/christmas-tree-farmer-raises-concerns-climate-change I have no idea how the journalist that interviewed me managed to cut 60 minutes of footage to 2 mi

While walking though the field, I came upon a deer mouse that leapt through the grass ahead of me.  Startled at first, I took a moment to watch him move along to one of the large Christmas trees and  I peeked under the tree to see where he might be going. Curious about my attention, t

Someone recently asked me about whether it might be a more environmentally sustainable choice to reuse a fake Christmas tree versus cutting a real one down every year.  To me, it’s really unequivocal — the real tree is the better option for a host of reasons.  I came acros

I’ve found it quite fascinating to watch just how quickly our fir & spruce trees have grown in just one month.  The buds didn’t break until about mid May and I took a few photos one month later. In the photo of the Blue Spruce, you can really see just how blue the tree

Real Christmas trees get a second life after the holidays. Many communities collect them curbside and turn them into mulch, and others use them to shore up beach dunes, create fish habitat in lakes or even mill them into lumber. Read more in this 2013 news story: Christmas trees: a re