High Demand For Fresh Christmas Trees This Year

It has been a busy season so far for some Christmas tree farmers.

Owner of Boyle Family Farm Mitchell Boyle started selling trees last month, “It has actually been quite busy compared to previous years. Usually in December,  the first two weekends is when it goes well, but we have been busy for the last three weeks.”

Boyle says it appears there are less trees available this year, for a couple of reasons, “There used to be a lot of older farmers who planted each year, and Christmas trees were their thing. I don’t think there are a lot of young people today who jump up and say they are going to plant a lot of Christmas trees.”

He feels a real Christmas tree really adds to the festive spirit in your home with the smell.

Boyle says, “We are putting 4000 trees in, in the spring of the year and we will increase that number if need be going forward. That is also a problem, because the seed stock for Christmas trees is in such high demand and is not readily available.”

He believes the community of Christmas tree farmers that are out there are aware of what is going on, but farmers like him are gearing up to meet demands.

“One of the concerns is, if it is a really dry summer like the one we just had, the newly planted trees can die. They don’t have long enough roots to survive and then getting the actually root stock is more difficult and these all become issues why there would be a shortage of root stock going forward.”

Boyle says it is an eight to ten year turn around, but he truly believes people won’t have to worry about a shortage of fresh Christmas trees for the future.