One New Jersey tree farmer said his prices are up about 10%, so a 7-foot Fraser fir is selling for about $105. The price jump will help cover a 350% increase in the cost of fertilizer and other ...

This post will show you how to fluff an artificial Christmas Tree. This year I bought two 48" flocked, lighted trees in pots, ...

Beer Unsold Guinness beer used to fertilize Christmas trees during the lockdown The beer may have gone stale, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have its uses.

If you prefer real Christmas trees to artificial ones, ... Inflation hit 7.7% in October, and Christmas tree growers weren’t spared with gasoline, diesel and fertilizer prices soaring.

Christmas tree prices are expected to rise this year due to high inflation. Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images Americans who miss out might end up putting money in Beijing’s pocket.

Aug. 20—HEGINS — Many of the young Fraser fir seedlings at TLC Tree Farm are dead or dying due to the persistent lack of rain in western Schuylkill County, Christmas tree grower Russell Wagner ...

Every year, Americans buy somewhere between 35 million and 50 million Christmas trees, and many more pull an artificial tree out of storage for the season.In all, about three-quarters of U.S ...

With Thanksgiving out of the way, the hunt for a Christmas tree is on for plenty of families wanting to snag the perfect Fraser fir or pine for their homes this year.

It begins with planting 10,000 young trees annually on 70 acres, said John Wyckoff, the owner. That cost him $50,000 this year, before fertilizer and clearing land. “We throw money in the dirt ...

Christmas tree farms can function much like young forests, said Andy Finton, a forest ecologist with the Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts. ... reducing the need for fertilizers.

Christmas trees are big business in Pennsylvania, ... The cost of fertilizer and chemicals have risen 50% or more, he said, and the labor shortage has driven growers’ costs higher.