Farmers and scientists are concerned Hurricane Helene floodwaters may have spread a deadly fungus to the region's beloved ...

Connecticut farms like Double Trouble Acres, Locket's Meadow Farm and Lil' Rascals Farm are accepting Christmas tree ...

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 ...

Spruces do not retain their needles for long, the needles are quite sharp, and the needles are not aromatic like those of firs. Norway spruce has very dark green needles. It retains them longer than ...

Booth’s Christmas Tree Farm is a family-run business that has been open for decades and offers a variety of services to their ...

We visit Christmas tree farmers in North Carolina hit hard by Hurricane Helene. Plus, old-school restaurants and the Arctic tundra. Sign up for the Marketplace newsletter to get the day’s ...

“Can we start developing trees that have not only that classic Fraser fir bouquet but maybe get a little crazy and develop something like a peppermint mocha or a minty Christmas tree?

North Carolina is right behind Oregon, producing almost 4 million trees a year and is known for producing Fraser Fir trees. Michigan produces 2 million Christmas trees annually, per the Michigan ...

Christmas trees are big business out West, but a hotter climate means challenges for tree growers. John Tillman owns Tillman Christmas Trees and has acres of Noble, Nordmann, Fraser, Korean and ...

Stelzer said everyone has their own perfect Christmas tree. To him, however, it is a Fraser fir that has lots of branches, is a little bit narrower and about 7 feet tall. Even though Stelzer said ...