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Now we are talking!!!!!!! My parents own an antique store, and they just paid $80 for an 8 foot tree. If the tree puts on a foot per year, and I can begin harvesting in 5 years, and save some trees of course to get bigger, that might be the way to go. I could grow a good crop on 3 acres. I could line them up so mowing would be no problem. I guess I need to start researching this. Only question, why are'nt more people doing it????????
I also thought of growing ornamentals, but frankly I don't like them. I also considered magnolias, they are low maintenance and smell great when they bloom  However, christmas trees seem much more profitable than magnolias.
Thanks, Matt.
Ps-I did consider leasing, but it just does'nt seem worth it when it is only a few acres. I really probably could'nt expect much return, and another person would be controlling that portion of my property, and would have access. Not that I could'nt deal with that, I'd just love to avoid it, and doing something myself opens up a learning opportunity and experience.
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Christmas trees aren't exactly maintenance free. A lot of folks around us grow them and they always seem to have crews out mowing and shaping them. Less maintenance than other crops/trees, but still a fair amount of work. The market for taller trees is rather small, probably most that sell are in the 6-7 foot range. Some of the growers around here are selling them as U-Cuts because the money isn't there to have them cut, wrapped and shipped wholesale. I guess they sell a dozen or so a day that way. We have a couple of acres of Noble firs that were planted as a Christmas tree farm long before we bought the property. They're now about 30 feet tall and we sell about one a year to somebody. This year we're selling the greens to Christmas wreath manufacturers for about 10 cents a lb. Should make us $500-1000 bucks. About 10-15 of them are dying each year now. Apparently Nobles send down a deep tap root, and when it reaches saturated soil they drown. As they die out we're replacing them with Douglas Firs and Cedars for timber production.
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Think about it though, aphids, gypsy moths, and the like, thats ornamentals. The only thing you've really got on evergreens in the occasional borer and the bagworms, which are easily fixed. And the shaping isn't really necessary if when the tree is young you shape it right to start with. (lateral pruning)
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Matt -
Ok, you have the land, enough to offer yourself some income, AND you have some toys. You are way ahead of the game already my friend. Around here (New England area), land is being gobbled up, and the backyard vegetable gardener wants to have their yard - not necessarily with a weedy garden plopped in the middle of it. Or they do not have sufficient space for a veg. garden.
What we have been doing for many years, is making available 'patches' of gardening space within a large garden plot for people to rent out for their very own garden. You own the land, you own the equipment to plow or till it for them (prep work) and then they do the rest, while you sit back and reap the benefits of rental income.
Maybe some free veggies too, TRUST ME...it works!
- WIllie H.
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There is also the CSA (Consumer Supported Agriculture) movement. This is almost like a u-pick vegie garden, where the individual customers sign up for an allotment of produce per week during the growing season. The exact items are not specified, just round amounts (so many lbs. greens, so many roots, etc) so if one crop doesn't work, another is substituted. But this would be a pretty diverse planting and would require a real interest on your part.
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Mathewh - what does your parents antique store have to do with the tree? Also - aorund here tree's average $30 - $40 wether you buy it already cut or cut it yourself. I prefer to cut it myself for better freshness.
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grasgod, they paid 80 for a tree from a local grower. It was about 9 feet tall.
Willie H, what do the plots go for and for what size and access parameters??????
thanks, thats a creative idea!
Matt
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