The rain heading into last weekend was a welcome sight for some, especially those families who love putting a live tree in their living rooms for Christmas.
The dry weather the state has been experiencing could lead to an increase in prices of Christmas trees this upcoming holiday season.
Tish Woodruff, who owns Kadee Tree Farm in Greenville, tells NBC DFW that the farm is currently short about 1,000 trees because of the long stretches of dry weather.
She says, “We lost a lot of what we call our baby trees, which were in the first year, so that’ll be a lot of extra planting this year to get ready for the next few years.”
Currently, the plan for Kadee Tree Farm is to import more trees from out of state. The cost to do so, including diesel, shipping, and fertilizer will force some farms to charge a little more. Woodruff says that other places have it worse than she.
“Some of the smaller farms lost 90% of their trees, so that’s really going to affect their business where they might not be open this year,” she says.
Start looking for your trees early this year! According to Woodruff, it takes about five years for a tree to grow five feet.
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