My great-great-uncle Edgar Ronnie, said for the first month after planting seedlings he would go to his tree orchard after dinner and correct any trees that shifted in soil. My great-great aunt Lottie Elenor would pick up the empty moonshine bottles he left around the orchard. They called their tree farm, Moonshine Meadows Christmas Trees. 👍👍👍
Just thought I'd mention, out where I am I regularly pay at least $10 (usually $20 now) for a bundle of assorted "greens" (aka, the cutoff branches from the base of the trees) every Christmas season, to use in decorating my house. It would be a possible use for those "reject" trees that you'd otherwise throw on the burn pile.
My wife’s uncle had a tree farm. I helped him with the farm during his later years. He used a long knife to trim the trees. The knife was thin and razor sharp. I sharpened the knives for him. He could clean up a tree in a few swipes. He also cut his trees with a bow saw. He avoided machinery if possible. He had a tree baler and a tree wrapping machine. I used to maintain them for him. The tree shaker was always a source of work. I rebuilt it a couple of times. It tried to shake itself apart. I still have his old walk behind brush hog. I think it is as old as I am. I just put a new engine on it a decade ago. It’s a nice machine. Thank you for taking me down the way back machine. You have a wonderful family. Best wishes, Alan
Your precious little son is always the star of the show Wes. I think $50 is a very reasonable price for your fresh Christmas Trees. Thanks again for a great video.
I've always wanted a Christmas tree farm. One thing in our area is Christmas greens for decorating. One place we've gotten trees cuts the branches from the culls and bundles them and sells them for decorating. Great video as always!
I'm not sure if anyone does what we used to do what we did in our family when I was a kid. We used a large container to set the tree in. Centered the tree and placed large rocks around the base. Helped to weigh it down and also could center those types of trees you cut as bad. But we didnt have alot and a tree holder wasnt something we had nor needed. Just a thought for you.
Hope your tree business does well. Great pick of a tree by your wife. And nice job with the decorating. Great video. Love the little guy as he gets older and more verbal.
Christmas trees were my Grandad's most sucessfull crop. They grew scotch pine - doug fir - white fir - grand fir -Nobel Fir, with Nobel firs being the highest dollar tree. When Grandad checked out he an his brother had 250 K of them. I remember helping to plant them in January-Febuary with snot dripin out of my nose in the cold weather. Took about 6-8 years to grow a saleable tree, scotch pine a little less. I understand the amount of effort it takes for you to raise a saleable tree. Was fun going down memory lane watchin your video. Hope you & your family have a good Holiday season.
That's a real nice Christmas tree Wes. Too bad you can't dig up those trash trees and sell them as living shrubs or one could make wreaths from them instead of just putting them on the compost pile. Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Great video thumbs up.
My uncle had a side business selling Christmas trees; back when there were empty lots on the corners here in socal. A very long time ago... Hope your tree sales exceed expectations.
hey, Wes, now you've dug out the 4 post holes for your Xmas tree signs, you could put 4 short sections of plastic pipe into the ground for the posts to re-use the signs next year.
Great video Wes. The one thing I take exception to is the term "going South". The inference is going South is bad. As a born Southerner I have never cared for that term. If you are going to use a term to indicate something went wrong, I prefer "going North". Born American, Southern by the grace of God.
Those are sum beautiful Leland Cypress !! That's all we buy !! I wish we were a lil closer but I'm in Vicksburg, Mississippi !! God Bless y'all and stay safe ❤️🙏🙏
Great video Wesley as always. I loved those little "chainsaw" and the "tractor" at the end. Your son had such a happy face! Cheers and Marry Christas and HNY to all of you from NE Patagonia, Argentina.
We got a tree a few years ago and from the front it was it was good. But the back was bad so we got a discount and put the bad again the wall and nobody knew any different.
New to your channel, but in Florida people will pay $10-20 for a bundle of your cull trees for wreaths , keep up the good work, also loved the pig butchering
The split tree truck xmas tree could of still been used for outside tree decorations that way you dont waste the tree and you could have sold them a discount price
Nice festive video, Wes... thanks! I smiled with your son said the tree was "gween"! 😉 - We added a dimmer to our tree lights - it really makes it special to dim down the little bulbs and make them look like little candles...
"This is how Christmas trees are supposed to look !!" And he was so sure of himself Papa. The Christmas quote of the season from the Junior Supervisor. I put up our tree late last night, as our rental company had outlawed real trees last year. Booo. That sure is a pretty tree Mr. Green Jeans. And I love your ornaments too.
Nice looking trees - and the last Christmas tree we bought was $65.00 = If you have electric out there with the trees - decorate one real pretty - great for catching peoples eye as they drive by.
Very nice. My neighbor had a tree farm for years so I’ve seen a lot about keeping them. Yours are really nice. I loved your first little customer with no money and the wedgie. He really knows his GWEEN trees.
In the Pacific NW we have douglas fir, grands and noble fir. There are so many Christmas tree farms around here it's ridiculous. Most of the Christmas trees that are harvested are shipped to other states and countries.
That’s a really nice tree and the decoration is beautiful. Oh yes I hope your family had a great and blessed thanksgiving, I sometimes forget about your thanksgiving as we only due Christmas here in the UK.
Wes, you spelled parking wrong on the sign, just kidding, have a great Holiday with your family, the tree looks great, I too like clear lights only, see ya soon.
@@falllineridge - If you can add a dimmer to the clear ones, it adds a whole new dimension. I buy a normal wall dimmer and solder it into an extension cord... easy peasy!
Great video Wes. "Gween" trees...lol. Watching your son grow up is really cool. Thanks for sharing! God bless & Merry Christmas to you and the family from California
Talking about types of trees, just a suggestion, “Carolina sapphire cypress” also makes a good Christmas tree with blue green and blue foliage fast growing and very drought tolerant for growing
Hi Wes! I hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving. I think you're the first person I've followed that raises Christmas trees and they look great. I love little man's overalls!
Not to knock you. But I think it's very interesting that your trees are not all trimmed up ready to go. It's like going to buy a car in a car lot and they have to put the tires on ,Before you can buy it.
I measure a tree by my husband's height. Just set him in the spot in the living room then stand him up next to the prospective tree! Works for the height anyway, every time.
WE USED TO ALWAYS HAVE A CEDAR TREE, IN THE 90'S WE STARTED BUYIN TREES, BRINGS BACK MEMORIES, THANX FOR THAT, PROBABLY HAVE A DOZEN FOLKS SAYIN MAKE YA SOME WREATHS OUT OF THOSE CULLS, REALLY GET A KICK OUT OF THE LIL FELLA
This maybe a "you don't know much about growing Xmas trees do ya" question but... on the trees with the crooked trunks (and not the split trunks...lol), couldn't you just let them grow a little taller and trim the bottom branches up to where the trunk is straight enough to be usable or just go ahead and trim the bottom branches up? 🤷♂ It may look a little funny to a customer seeing a tree with its bottom branches cut though. Oh, and $50 is a good deal. If I remember right, they can be $60+, easily depending on size, at the box stores.
I grow Xmas trees and for crooked or mishapen lower trunks you can absolutely "burn" the first foot. I also have split trunks that I keep as long as the split isn't in the first foot, I call'em "compromise trees" since there is 2 tops it means 1 star and 1 angel!!
40v Ryobi trimmer. I haven't cranked my gas trimmer in 5 years. I would love a live tree, but my sinuses disagree. I'm still waiting on the deer hunting videos. I hunt in Alabama, and the rut hasn't kicked in yet. Remind me where you get your oils processed. I'm not going to use the guy I've used the past 2 years. I don't mind paying more to get it done properly.
"Comin to buy a Christmas tree. But don't got no money.." 🤣🤣🤣
Seriously cackled cause it's the truest thing I've heard in years
My great-great-uncle Edgar Ronnie, said for the first month after planting seedlings he would go to his tree orchard after dinner and correct any trees that shifted in soil. My great-great aunt Lottie Elenor would pick up the empty moonshine bottles he left around the orchard. They called their tree farm, Moonshine Meadows Christmas Trees. 👍👍👍
My grandfather has been selling Christmas trees since the 1950s. I’m excited to take over the family business and expand operations
I like getting an "ugly" tree and teaching my grandsons that we can fix it up and love a tree that's not perfect.
Just thought I'd mention, out where I am I regularly pay at least $10 (usually $20 now) for a bundle of assorted "greens" (aka, the cutoff branches from the base of the trees) every Christmas season, to use in decorating my house. It would be a possible use for those "reject" trees that you'd otherwise throw on the burn pile.
My wife’s uncle had a tree
farm. I helped him with the farm during his later years. He used a long knife to trim the trees. The knife was thin and razor sharp. I sharpened the knives for him. He could clean up a tree in a few swipes. He also cut his trees with a bow saw. He avoided machinery if possible. He had a tree baler and a tree wrapping machine. I used to maintain them for him. The tree shaker was always a source of work. I rebuilt it a couple of times. It tried to shake itself apart. I still have his old walk behind brush hog. I think it is as old as I am. I just put a new engine on it a decade ago. It’s a nice machine. Thank you for taking me down the way back machine. You have a wonderful family. Best wishes,
Alan
Your precious little son is always the star of the show Wes. I think $50 is a very reasonable price for your fresh Christmas Trees. Thanks again for a great video.
I've always wanted a Christmas tree farm. One thing in our area is Christmas greens for decorating. One place we've gotten trees cuts the branches from the culls and bundles them and sells them for decorating. Great video as always!
i was thinking the same thing.
Your tree is beautifully decorated!
I'm not sure if anyone does what we used to do what we did in our family when I was a kid. We used a large container to set the tree in. Centered the tree and placed large rocks around the base. Helped to weigh it down and also could center those types of trees you cut as bad. But we didnt have alot and a tree holder wasnt something we had nor needed. Just a thought for you.
Hope your tree business does well. Great pick of a tree by your wife. And nice job with the decorating. Great video. Love the little guy as he gets older and more verbal.
Gorgeous tree family!! Loving the decorations!!
Christmas trees were my Grandad's most sucessfull crop. They grew scotch pine - doug fir - white fir - grand fir -Nobel Fir, with Nobel firs being the highest dollar tree. When Grandad checked out he an his brother had 250 K of them. I remember helping to plant them in January-Febuary with snot dripin out of my nose in the cold weather. Took about 6-8 years to grow a saleable tree, scotch pine a little less. I understand the amount of effort it takes for you to raise a saleable tree. Was fun going down memory lane watchin your video. Hope you & your family have a good Holiday season.
That's a real nice Christmas tree Wes. Too bad you can't dig up those trash trees and sell them as living shrubs or one could make wreaths from them instead of just putting them on the compost pile. Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Great video thumbs up.
Loved this video please show more of the tree 🌲 farm didn’t know you had one . Please share how you started it. God bless
My uncle had a side business selling Christmas trees; back when there were empty lots on the corners here in socal. A very long time ago...
Hope your tree sales exceed expectations.
hey, Wes, now you've dug out the 4 post holes for your Xmas tree signs, you could put 4 short sections of plastic pipe into the ground for the posts to re-use the signs next year.
Wes, I feel like you’re the most honest, upfront person I’ve never met lol. Enjoy your channel as always!
Looking forward to a 2024 update on the Christmas tree farm and how its going in preparation for this season..
“We comin to buy a Christmas tree but we don’t have no money!”🤣😂. That really made me laugh. LOL!
😂
Great video Wes. The one thing I take exception to is the term "going South". The inference is going South is bad. As a born Southerner I have never cared for that term. If you are going to use a term to indicate something went wrong, I prefer "going North". Born American, Southern by the grace of God.
Hope the trees sell amazing this year, and best wishes to you and your family!
Appears your son has a favorite ornament.
Those are sum beautiful Leland Cypress !! That's all we buy !! I wish we were a lil closer but I'm in Vicksburg, Mississippi !! God Bless y'all and stay safe ❤️🙏🙏
Great video Wesley as always. I loved those little "chainsaw" and the "tractor" at the end. Your son had such a happy face!
Cheers and Marry Christas and HNY to all of you from NE Patagonia, Argentina.
Good luck with the Christmas tree sales. Nice thing you do for your customers with the exchange. Stay safe.
Hope the Christmas tree do well for y’all , little man is awesome he is growing up so fast.
We got a tree a few years ago and from the front it was it was good. But the back was bad so we got a discount and put the bad again the wall and nobody knew any different.
New to your channel, but in Florida people will pay $10-20 for a bundle of your cull trees for wreaths , keep up the good work, also loved the pig butchering
Don't take my comment as negative... really enjoy your posts... blessings
May have sold the limbs for greenery off the crooked trees cut down. Just a thought. We enjoy your videos
Beautiful Tree, Happy Thanksgiving and may God bless you and yours.
Definitely a beautiful tree Happy Holidays
I didnt know u owned a christmas tree farm! How cool
The split tree truck xmas tree could of still been used for outside tree decorations that way you dont waste the tree and you could have sold them a discount price
Great video and a very pretty tree!
Nice festive video, Wes... thanks! I smiled with your son said the tree was "gween"! 😉 - We added a dimmer to our tree lights - it really makes it special to dim down the little bulbs and make them look like little candles...
If the Christmas trees don’t sell that good you can always make a Hallmark movie!😂😂
Your son is so cute. He wants a Christmas tree but he doesn't have any money.
Nice ending to the video Wes. I can just see in your little guy's eyes, his anticipation of what is coming. And that would be Santa.
That’s an amazing idea for a little income for the homestead. I love it. It’s gotta smell soooooo amazing
Yes it does!
I'm glad you didn't shorten Christmas. 😊😊
"This is how Christmas trees are supposed to look !!" And he was so sure of himself Papa. The Christmas quote of the season from the Junior Supervisor. I put up our tree late last night, as our rental company had outlawed real trees last year. Booo. That sure is a pretty tree Mr. Green Jeans. And I love your ornaments too.
Enjoyable to watch.
good video and job. little guy is star of show want to get tree but have no money. all of you have a merry christmas.
Grand tree for a lucky young man. Thanks for sharing.
Nice looking trees - and the last Christmas tree we bought was $65.00 = If you have electric out there with the trees - decorate one real pretty - great for catching peoples eye as they drive by.
Merry Christmas tree month.
Beautiful tree!
Very nice. My neighbor had a tree farm for years so I’ve seen a lot about keeping them. Yours are really nice. I loved your first little customer with no money and the wedgie. He really knows his GWEEN trees.
Lovely tree!
Your tree looks great :)
Your son got it all. I love him. He is a special one.
He's a hoot. Thanks for watching!
Happy holidays! 👌👍
hello wes & it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks wes friends randy and good luck at the christmas tree farming wes thanks friends randy
Thanks Randy!
In the Pacific NW we have douglas fir, grands and noble fir. There are so many Christmas tree farms around here it's ridiculous. Most of the Christmas trees that are harvested are shipped to other states and countries.
That’s a really nice tree and the decoration is beautiful. Oh yes I hope your family had a great and blessed thanksgiving, I sometimes forget about your thanksgiving as we only due Christmas here in the UK.
Your son cracks me up I can’t wait for that one day keep doing great
He's constant entertainment.
Scotch pines are notorious for crooked stumps, too. Tom Ireland.
Wes, you spelled parking wrong on the sign, just kidding, have a great Holiday with your family, the tree looks great, I too like clear lights only, see ya soon.
I like colored lights, my wife likes clear ones, we alternate years on the lights. This year is her year.
@@falllineridge - If you can add a dimmer to the clear ones, it adds a whole new dimension. I buy a normal wall dimmer and solder it into an extension cord... easy peasy!
Just beautiful folks what a great tree
Thanks for sharing. Decorated tree looks great. Your son loves the tractor ornament....
He's thinking of the day he'll drive the real McCoy!
Great video Wes. "Gween" trees...lol. Watching your son grow up is really cool. Thanks for sharing! God bless & Merry Christmas to you and the family from California
"This is how Christmas trees are supposed to look" 😂😂😂
The little guy with the wedgie is tree salesman of the month with that line.
Great video! Even got a laugh or three!🤣 God bless you and your family!🙏
Seems to me that you could make evergreen garlands or grave blankets out of those trees you cut down, or even sell the branches for holiday greenery,
I think you should have a Charlie Brown Christmas Tree section....give those orphan trees a second chance!
MERRY CHRISTMAS
The perfect tree. It is Beautiful!!
Nice job Wes. Enjoyed the walk-through/explanations.
Just love your family. Good luck with your trees
Talking about types of trees, just a suggestion, “Carolina sapphire cypress” also makes a good Christmas tree with blue green and blue foliage fast growing and very drought tolerant for growing
Beautiful tree! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
lovely decoration for your tree, hope you all have a merry christmas and a happy new year.
Your son just made me lol 😂, “I’ave come to buy a Christmas tree, but don’t have any money” priceless.
Hi Wes! I hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving. I think you're the first person I've followed that raises Christmas trees and they look great. I love little man's overalls!
Your son kills me 🤣🤣🤣 little guy is hilarious
Constant entertainment.
Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Very cool chainsaw ornament.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
Great work
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family
Awesome video 🌲🌲🌲
Nice video Wes … hope you and yours had a fantastic Thanksgiving. ✌🏻!
Not to knock you. But I think it's very interesting that your trees are not all trimmed up ready to go. It's like going to buy a car in a car lot and they have to put the tires on ,Before you can buy it.
I measure a tree by my husband's height. Just set him in the spot in the living room then stand him up next to the prospective tree! Works for the height anyway, every time.
Looks great!
" I have a wedgie !" That's classic RUclips right there , hahaha . Great video as always . Happy Thanksgiving .
Good evening from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I like real Christmas trees. But I’m highly allergic to them. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. 🇺🇸🦃
Damn. I just paid $90 at a tree farm. Nicely run family owned operation that ties it properly to your roof, but still.
WE USED TO ALWAYS HAVE A CEDAR TREE, IN THE 90'S WE STARTED BUYIN TREES, BRINGS BACK MEMORIES, THANX FOR THAT, PROBABLY HAVE A DOZEN FOLKS SAYIN MAKE YA SOME WREATHS OUT OF THOSE CULLS, REALLY GET A KICK OUT OF THE LIL FELLA
Cedar trees are the classic tree around here too! Or, they were at one time at least.
I would come buy one from ya !!
Great video! Really appreciate the tips and your trees look great. Could you share where you source your trees that you planted? Thanks again!
This maybe a "you don't know much about growing Xmas trees do ya" question but... on the trees with the crooked trunks (and not the split trunks...lol), couldn't you just let them grow a little taller and trim the bottom branches up to where the trunk is straight enough to be usable or just go ahead and trim the bottom branches up? 🤷♂ It may look a little funny to a customer seeing a tree with its bottom branches cut though.
Oh, and $50 is a good deal. If I remember right, they can be $60+, easily depending on size, at the box stores.
I grow Xmas trees and for crooked or mishapen lower trunks you can absolutely "burn" the first foot. I also have split trunks that I keep as long as the split isn't in the first foot, I call'em "compromise trees" since there is 2 tops it means 1 star and 1 angel!!
Take those defect trees and place them by the sign at the road. More of an attraction then just the sign. If someone takes them oh well 😂
Priceless
Happy Thanksgiving brother
I hope you have an amazing Christmas to
Just saying 🇨🇦👍🏻😁
40v Ryobi trimmer. I haven't cranked my gas trimmer in 5 years.
I would love a live tree, but my sinuses disagree.
I'm still waiting on the deer hunting videos. I hunt in Alabama, and the rut hasn't kicked in yet.
Remind me where you get your oils processed. I'm not going to use the guy I've used the past 2 years. I don't mind paying more to get it done properly.
"We come ta buy a Christmas Tree but we ain't got no money. " Bahahahahaha
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