Anthony Taylor, a forest ecologist and professor of forest management at the University of New Brunswick, said the balsam fir is an important species in the region, making up about 20 per cent of ...

Anyone who’s met me can confirm: I love the holidays. No matter the season, I happily listen to carols, scour estate sales for vintage decor and daydream about my mom’s Christmas cookies.

While artificial Christmas trees might be the popular choice during the holiday season, nothing beats the smell of a fresh balsam fir. But new research out of the University of New Brunswick shows the ...

This blue spruce from Balsam Hill is a realistic, full tree with a traditional silhouette, making it a popular choice year after year. A California fir has a full shape with dense branches and ...

Wreaths are made with the tips of balsam fir trees, harvested by hand by snapping off about 1 to 2 feet from the end of a branch. If harvested too early in the season, the needles will fall off.

Cut the tree into small pieces or mulch it to use in garden pots or landscaping, which will return nutrients to the soil. Depending on the type of gardening you’re doing and the type of tree you have, ...

Manley's own Christmas tree, a Korean fir, is decorated with ornaments collected over the years. In New Hampshire, though, the business for hybrid Korean/Balsam fir trees is thriving. Jay Weir ...

When I buy a Christmas tree it is generally a fir, a balsam fir, or its close cousin the Fraser fir. Only once have I ever bought a spruce for a Christmas tree, and still remember the pain ...

As a third-generation tree farmer living in New Germany, N.S., balsam fir trees are a big part of Wright’s life. He says watching one of late Nova Scotia filmmaker Margaret Perry’s earliest ...