Pick Your Own West Virginia

A freshly cut Christmas tree will last forever (sort of).

People who cut their own Christmas trees each year do so because they appreciate the freshness, the color and the unparalleled fragrance the tree brings to your home at the holidays.  Equally important, though, is the fact that fresh trees hold their needles far longer than store-bought trees.

True story:  in late May this year, a gentleman and his family had just finished picking strawberries at Ridgefield Farm, and as he was checking out, he made a point of telling me he had just thrown out the Christmas tree they’d cut from our farm last year.  Naturally, I had to tell him I hoped it hadn’t been in their living room the whole time, and thankfully, it hadn’t.  Nevertheless, he said that all the needles were still on the tree when they threw it out in May.

Now that’s a testimonial!