Perfectly Cut 1/2Rack is $45

Okay it has been a tough year for firewood – but I have a good feeling that it is now going to b better then last year – we actually had to stoop to selling Weeping Willow firewood – that is even wimpier then pine. Anyway we were all excited ’cause 14 cords of great Almond showed up on Saturday and I was going to email everyone to come and get it but as of yesterday without any email notice we sold out. BUT, good news more of the same great stuff is already on the way. 14 more cords of Almond will be here by the end of the week – first orders will probably get it Friday the 23rd or Saturday the 24th. All of the orders are guaranteed delivery the week of the 27th. If any one needs a little Firewood for Christmas ambiance then come get a 1/2 rack for $45 or a full rack for $89. We should have enough of those to last through Christmas Eve. Also, our famous fire starters are back in stock – we have tried and sold several varieties over the years but these are by far the most effective and inexpensive too.

Hey, we have got our Advance Nutrients web site up – lot’s of buy 3 get 1 free deals – go to Cheap Advanced Nutrients

Then, in order to keep them that way they are covered with a shade cloth and misted several times throughout the day. The best part is as soon as a tree is selected to be on display it is given a fresh cut, placed on our ‘tree driller’ (an upside-down drill press) and they get a perfectly straight hole in the trunk. Okay, drum roll…then we mount a leak proof water bowl and stand on the tree…ta da!

So, just like the puppy in the window with the waggily tail, the store keeps feeding him until some one takes him home; well, we keep your Christmas tree happy until you take it home. Also, every aspect of our stand is re-usable – so enjoy the fact that the tree is totally ready to go, no more fussing with the knobs on your tree stand; then return the stand and get a $5 store credit to use in the spring or on next year’s tree!

We will have plenty of 5’-9’ trees, anything we ran out of last year we ordered extra of for this year. There will be Douglas Firs, Noble Firs and the the Grand Fir, the most fragrant of all the cut trees. The Grand Fir was new for us a few years ago and now it is 1/3 of our order – it has become very popular here in Tehachapi.

If you look at the trunks of the Christmas trees you will see what looks like blisters; they hold sap and after you take your tree home pop one every so often to increase the fragrance in your home. I know, we are full of trivia… Glade’s ® got nothing on us!

Okay, last tip on cut trees – according to the University of Oregon no concoction in your tree’s water keeps it any fresher; we have heard them all, aspirin, sugar, cider, etc. What will help is to get the tree right home and to make your first bowl of water very warm. We also have products that are anti-transpirants which when sprayed on the tree keep the needles from
loosing moisture and drying out. It is the same stuff we put on the trees for commercial buildings in order to comply with the fire retardant/resistant rules; it works on live trees too if that is what you use for a Christmas Tree. Enjoy!

Living Christmas Trees

Since so many of us have big enough lots that there is always room for another tree – right?!   Lots of people decide to go with a living tree. We have a care sheet to follow in order to have the best success at putting an almost dormant tree into a heated home for Christmas and then planting it in your yard in the new year. Some folks get few smaller ones to match the size of the kids, enjoy them in the house and then plant them in the yard for each of the kids. At first the kids out grow the conifers but then, over time the once, small tree passes the kids in height and girth.

The nursery has a wider selection of various evergreens to use as a Christmas Tree – some of my favorites are:

• The Korean Fir. Last year was our first year and I just checked on one planted in town – it is doing great; they are good to -50 degrees. For its first 10 years it would be considered a dwarf getting only 6’ wide and 10’ tall.
• Vanderwolf Pine is another one; if you want to see a great 4 year old specimen check out the one planted to the left of the Pet Lodge’s front entrance – very nice; fast growing and very drought tolerant (only needs water 1x per month in its third summer).
• The Fat Albert version of the Colorado Blue Spruce also has some unique features in that it is bluer than most of the Colorado Spruce and it has a mature size of about 12’ tall and 8’ wide (the nursery has a nice one planted by our pond).

A few of the others are Serbian Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Giant Sequoias, Incense Cedars and Norway Spruce. The Norway is our fastest growing spruce which some folks have reported 3 feet of growth in a year. Another soft needled conifer is the White Pine, probably our fastest growing pine.