Archive for November, 2008

Snow!!

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Alrighty folks!
We’ve got snow!!  Yay!  What a fabulous time for it to snow.  According the the weather we’re not really suppose to have snow until this evening, but it’s snowing big beautiful flakes right now.  The ground a nice little blanket on it.  It’s not enough for sleigh rides yet, but in some ways that [...]

Opening Day!

Friday, November 21st, 2008

We’ve been buzzing around here. Everyone has been getting the shop ready for the last two days. We had to fill up the greenhouse and the yard with the pre-cut trees and label them all. The wreaths were getting finished up and hung around the shop outside for display. The decorations [...]

Living Christmas Trees

Monday, November 17th, 2008

During the summer we get shipments of seedling trees from other nurseries so we can plant and raise them into the beautiful trees you see out in the fields. They were all so cute! And I was slightly shocked when I was told we’d be selling live christmas trees this year! “What! [...]

Trees & Wreaths & Snow…Oh My!

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

It seems to me like this time of year always catches us by surprise.  There is always so much to do and so little time to do it in.  Today there is a gaggle of people working in the wreathroom, making and decorating wreaths, and making garland.  I’m sure they are pretty happy to be [...]

And So Begins The Wreaths…

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

It’s the beginning of November.  Time to start making wreaths, STAT!  We’ve already had a half a dozen or so ordered and we will be shipping them before Thanksgiving!  It is still a wonder to me that the Christmas season starts so early for some people.  But it’s good for us.
I know Lisa has a [...]