Jul 312014
 
Premium trees

Blue tags indicate our very best trees

Early customers get the best trees.  Make sure you read on to save 5%!

As has been Redrock Farm’s tradition for the past decade or more, those customers that place their Christmas tree order early (or come to the farm and tag) get our very best trees.  This is one of the years where the trees are going to be  most beautiful because Mother nature has smiled upon us.  No late spring freeze, very few insect problems and about the right mix of sun and rain.

The other part of the tradition is that if you order before November 1st you receive a 5% discount but you must give us the code word “freshness”

https://www.christmastrees.net/shop/index.php?l=product_list&c=6

Once you have ordered early, I go out and select and tag a very nice tree for you.

Local customers (and those of you who come from distance to visit) can get our best trees by simply coming to the farm and tagging a tree after the Tunbridge World’s Fair in mid September.  If we are not here when you visit, there are instructions on the table in the long shed behind the white door that has a “Christmas Trees” sign on it.

You will not get our best 6 foot balsam fir even if you order right now because we have customers in Alamogordo, New Mexico who always order first!  But you can get the best 7+ footer or 8 to 9 footer.

Remember “freshness” and early customers get the best trees.

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Jul 252014
 

 

Below pond tree field

Below pond Christmas tree field

I’ve spent most of the last two days pulling weeds under trees and “doing tops” in preparation for shearing the tree in the pictured field. I’d had a few observations.
Because of the severe winter and lack of food toward the end, deer did a lot of damage to trees on the north end of the field (to the right farthest from the greenhouse), eating whole branches and buds off a lot of the small trees…most will take a few years to recover.
I’ve not been stung once in this field this year…normally I stir up yellow jackets and have probably averaged two stings per year.
There are an abundance of bird nests in this particular field. I found four nests with just hatches babies, only because startled mothers flew out while i was next to the tree. I’m guessing that one out of every fifteen trees has a birds nest in it. Christmas trees are a really important habitat for birds!
The Christmas trees are much better looking this year than they have been for several years. This is because of no late spring freeze and not too much rain like we’ve had in past years.

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Jul 142014
 

Our 8th crop of seedlings is presently germinating.  Each year that task gets a little less stressful.  Just the right amount of water, but not too much, and don’t let them dry out!  After about three weeks of germinating I will begin to fertilize the baby seedlings.

This year’s new seedlings are Nordmann fir, Douglas fir, and Austrian pine.  So far it looks like every Austrian pine and Douglas fir seed has germinated and none of the Nordmanns have started.

These new seedlings will be available for sale next year, either in April if big enough, or in June after they have completed two growing seasons in the greenhouse.

 

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