I know this isn't something I should share with the world but unloading trees isn't fun. At about 8:30 AM the first of two semi-trucks came to the farm to unload almost 300 pine and fir trees. As Andy's expression conveys, the sight of a 53 foot trail jam packed with these green beauties is impressive. With the help of a good crew we managed to get the two trucks unloaded in about 90 minutes. The one nice thing was the great weather to work in.
Here are some tree facts that I found interesting.
It takes six to ten years of fighting heavy rain, wind, hail and drought to get a mature tree.
In the United States we use between 30-35 million trees a year to celebrate the season.
22% of United States households have a real trees, 48% have artificial trees and 32% have no tree.
The first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States was started in 1851 in New York by Mark Carr.
The first decorated Christmas tree was in Riga, Latvia in 1510. There is also a legend that Martin Luther was the first to adopt the use of the tree into Christian traditions.
