So you’re standing in a lot in front of Home Depot and you’re looking at the trees leaning against a chain link fence and thinking to yourself…this is not how it’s supposed to be. I am supposed to go out into the snow and trudge through the woods and cut down a tree.
It may be Valencia, CA. And it may be 75 degrees out, but you can actually go cut down a tree at a place called Nancy’s Ranch.
Nancy’s been in the Christmas tree business here for more than 30 years. And unlike the guy at your local corner lot, she knows a lot about trees. She sells 12 to 1,500 cut-your-own Monterey Pines every year. KCRW visited the farm:
A Northwest Christmas Tree Orchard
Wild Noble Fir Top
Patrick and Priscilla’s tree in their living room
Patrick and Priscilla with their tree
Part of Nancy’s Ranch orchard
Noble Fir Christmas Tree
A Northwest Christmas Tree Orchard