Patrick White, Lewis Hill

Growing Christmas Trees (eBook, ePUB)

Select the Right Species, Raise the Best Trees, Market for the Holidays. A Storey BASICS® Title

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A handy primer for growers raising Christmas trees for profit, this guide covers everything from choosing the best pine, fir, and spruce to planting, growing, shearing, pruning, harvesting, and selling.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612123660
• Artikelnr.: 42499201

Autorenporträt

Patrick White operates Meadow Ridge Tree Farm (www.meadowridgetree farm.com), a Christmas tree farm in Middlesex, Vermont, with about 8,000 trees in the ground. He is on the board of directors of the New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association and editor of the group's newsletter. He also runs Meadow Ridge Media (www.meadowridgemedia.com), providing freelance writing and editing services to trade magazines in the agriculture, landscaping, and golf industries.

The late Lewis Hill, a beloved and best-selling Storey author, grew more than 20,000 trees on his farm in Greensboro, Vermont. He was also a member of the National Christmas Tree Association and the New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Time-Honored Tradition
Chapter One: Getting Started
Chapter Two: Enter the Trees
Chapter Three: Planting and Growing
Chapter Four: Shearing and Pruning
Chapter Five: When Things Go Wrong
Chapter Six: Sales Strategies
Chapter Seven: Time to Harvest
Chapter Eight: Wreaths and Greens
Conclusion
Caring for a Real Christmas Tree
A Christmas Tree Grower's Calendar
Glossary
Index