Plants Beautiful Christmas Trees

This is our first year that we will be opening up our gift shop for Christmas in July! The place looks beautiful after we put a few days into re-organizing things.

We have cold apple cider and cookies in there and several new things that we’ve been collecting since last Christmas. And surprise, surprise we have trees available for sale! Not Christmas trees, but some potted fruit and pine trees. We’ve also got some B&B (ball and burlap) trees on display and are taking orders for autumn digging.

Our hours are 9-6 and our last day is Sunday! So come on out and this time enjoy the sun and heat while you get to plan in advance for Christmas!

Thank you for making Plant’s Beautiful Christmas Tree Farm a part of your holiday celebrations!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

And A Happy New Year!

Well the storm is coming and according to what I’ve heard we’re suppose to get between 9-13″ of snow today!  Then more tonight besides.  Sadly, due to the weather Santa and the sleigh aren’t going to make it today.  This would have been their last day here anyways, but the weather is just to menacing to send someone out on a sleigh ride.

I hope you got your chance to come out and get your ride and visit with Santa.  We will still be open today if anyone wants to come out, and if you do, drive safe.  Hwy 29 has been plowed but as of about 15 minutes ago county road 42 hadn’t and there is about 2″ on the ground.  So be safe and stay warm!

This year has been an awesome one for snow!  Seems like something has been coming out of the sky for nearly a week.  It’s been nice because there is so little at a time the roads aren’t to bad, but it’s accumulating in the field and on the ground.  I’m pretty sure we’ll have sleigh rides this weekend.

And that’s why I’m posting too.  This is our last weekend for the sleigh rides and Santa.  He’s got to get going back to the North pole to have everything read by Christmas.:)  So come out and enjoy.  I hear that the weather is suppose to continue this little bit of snow until Saturday night and then Sunday the weather will be getting a bit nastier.  But we’ll be here!  Come out and have yourself some fun and enjoy the snow!

Because the weekends are so busy this time of year, the employees usually take days off in the middle of the week.  So this week when Forest, my husband, had Wednesday and Thursday off we decided it was time to get our Christmas tree.  That and the weather was getting colder and we didn’t really want to wait until it was really cold to get a tree.  So Wednesday morning we got the house ready and then, figuring we would kill two birds with one stone, got the dogs on their leashes and started for the fields.  now it’s not really that long of a walk from our house to the Blue Spruce field, but because it was so cold (probably about -10°F with windchill) it wasn’t all that enjoyable (now I see why people drive out to the fields).  Thankfully though the sun was out and really (save for the wind) it was a beautiful day to be out walking.

We decided to get a Colorado Blue Spruce this year because our son, Michael, is one and a half and really loves the tree.  We figured that this tree is the prickliest that we grow and so would probably detour him from trying to climb the tree (or yank it down) once we set it up in the house.  We found the perfect one for the corner of the house we planned to put it in.  It’s somewhere between 8-9′ a bit thin, but I like that.  That way you can actually see the decorations.  Last year we had a White Pine (that was about the same size) and massively fat and it seemed like it swallowed up our decorations a bit.  But both are lovely.

Forest cut the tree down once we found it and our daughter, Aurora, helped to drag the tree to the road so we could come back with the car in a little while and pick it up.  We hoofed it back to the house (because of the cold).  Michael and I went inside to warm up and find decorations and Forest and Aurora drove out to the fields to collect the tree.

When they came back we got the tree stand in place and then brought the tree in.  It didn’t take long at all to get it set up and fill the stand with water.  Then came the fun part of putting on lights and putting on the ornaments.  The top third has the breakable ones and the bottom two thirds is kid friendly.:)

It’s so nice to have the tree up.  Blue Spruce aren’t as fragrant as a Frasure Fir.  But really I don’t mind.  Michael seems to stay away from the tree so we don’t have to worry about it falling on top of him.

Hurray!  Christmas is finally here!

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 may make it more pleasant for cutting a tree.  You don’t have to tramp through to much.  Obviously it’s overcast but it still seems quite light out.  And the snow is just gorgeous!

Today and tomorrow we’re doing wagon rides (maybe sleigh rides tomorrow if this keeps up) and our photographers are there to have your pictures taken.  And Santa is there today and tomorrow from noon til 5.

I hope this snow holds out for everyone and just keeps drifting down.  It sure is beautiful and really adds to the christmas spirit.

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 are all up on the outside, garland and lights, so the whole thing is just bursting with the Christmas spirit! Inside everyone is bustling to get organized and ready for our first customers. Opening day is tomorrow!! (Nov. 22)

I tried to get in there to take some pictures, but it’s so busy right now. Fortunately for you though I have been getting some of our best pictures from last year in order so we can set up a gallery for you. We’re not quite there yet, but I thought I would give you a sneak peek with a few of my favorites.

The shop looking beautiful in the snow.

Mr. & Mrs. Claus having a good laugh.

Another happy family. Look at those great helpers!

She is so cute!

A nice day for a sleigh ride.

There are more to come (hopefully soon). I have just been having so much fun looking through and finding these gems that I figured you would too. Now you know what to look forward to. But remember, Santa and the sleigh rides start after Thanksgiving. Just to make sure you get in on that part of the fun. Not that coming out now wont be fun, but then you can have me take a picture of you with Santa.;) Yet, I’ll be out there for a short time to help out taking pictures. I hope to see you there!

NOTE: Thanks you to all of last years photographers and the fabulous, happy models in these pictures.:)