What a beautiful day on the Christmas tree farm today. We had another snow storm overnight that brought 2 to 3 more inches of fluffy snow and NanNuk is in his glory!
We still have plenty of Douglas Fir, Concolor Fir and Norway Spruce trees to pick from. And this is the perfect time to snap a few family photos while the farm is covered in snow.
Undisturbed Snow
Today was the first snow of the season and the farm looked beautiful. We didn’t get the 4 to 6″ that was predicted, but it was a nice coating. The Christmas trees looked great with a dusting of snow!
NanNuk does a great job supervising the operation!
While we wait for the first snowstorm of the season, I want to take a few minutes to give you an update about what’s been happening at White Dog Christmas Tee Farms. We’ve had a lot of new folks visit this year, and we’re very happy to see everyone!
We’ve been getting a lot of phone calls recently, and the main question is “do you have any more trees?”
The answer is yes, we have plenty of trees! The three types of trees that we have for sale this year are Douglas Fir, Concolor Fir and Norway Spruce. We have some other species, but they’re not big enough to sell this year.
Every year, after the season is over, we pull out the stumps from the trees we’ve sold and replant with new seedlings. So we always have a nice variety of trees in all size ranges. And best of all, of our trees are the same prices no matter what size or species you choose!
Hope to see you soon – your perfect Christmas tree is waiting for you!
After we cut your tree, it’s shaken and then wrapped in a net to make it easy to transport and get into your house.
NanNuk had a chance to visit with the Hammonton Dog Park volunteers to get his picture taken with Santa and the Grinch. They had a great fundraising event over the weekend.
We ran a poll on our Facebook page asking folks if he should be given time off from his duties on the Christmas tree farm last Saturday, and over 90% of the respondents said YES! So off we went. Check out his picture below.
NanNuk with Santa and the Grinch at the Hammonton Dog Park fundraising event.
NanNuk is now six years old, and he’s a great dog for the Christmas tree farm. We adopted him three years ago, when he was three years old. His family had to give him up due to a work-related relocation.
He grew up around small children, so he gets so excited when the little guys come to the farm. He can hardly wait to get his harness and leash on so that he can check out what they’re doing. He’s so gentle and sweet with the children, sometimes he even lays down so that he’s on their level because he knows that his size can be intimidating sometimes.
If you’ve never been to a pick your own Christmas Tree Farm before, you might not know what to expect! You can tag your Christmas tree and pick it up at a later time, or you can choose it and take it home with you right away.
Either way the process starts with a tag – we’ll give you either a two-part or three-part tag, you walk the farm until you find a Christmas tree that you like, then you tie the main part of the tag to a tree branch at eye level.
If you’re taking your Christmas tree home that day, you’ll use the two-part tag and hold onto it until your tree is cut and bagged. Then we’ll match up the numbers to ensure that you get the correct tree!
If you’re tagging it for pick up later, you’ll write down your contact info on the bottom part of the tag and give it to us. You’ll keep the middle section. When you’re ready for the tree, we’ll match up all three sections once again to make sure you’re getting the right tree.
Here’s a sample of the two and three part Christmas tree tags.
Today is Small Business Saturday – a day to highlight the important role small businesses play in our communities. Here in Hammonton, we have a lot of locally owned retail stores, restaurants, wineries, breweries – you name it!
You can find info on our downtown establishments on the Downtown Hammonton website. We also posted about a few of our favorites spots in a Facebook post this morning – you can check it out here.
By the way, we have an excellent local winery right next door to us – Plagido’s Winery. And this is Wine Trail Weekend. Do you need any more reasons to visit Hammonton and White Dog Farms?
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Today is a beautiful day on the farm – frosty morning leading to a bright and sunny day!
Wanted to share a link to a short video showing a few photos around the farm that we published on Thanksgiving.
We were watching Good Morning America after our patrol this morning when a segment about Christmas Trees came on. There were talking about how there’s a shortage of trees this year because a lot of farms closed during the recession. Since it takes 7 to 10 years for a tree to grow to a size ready to sell, that corresponds with what’s happening now.
One great tip they gave is to shop at a farm where all the trees are the same price for any size tree – THAT’s US! We’ve been doing that since we started selling trees. All of our trees are $47, same price as last year.
You can check out the entire video clip here.
There’s no shortage of Christmas Trees at White Dog Farms!
One of our popular items are the cross shaped wreaths. Many people use these instead of a traditional grave blanket that lays flat on the ground. These have a stake built into the frame so that they can stand up in the cemetery, making them very visible.
We finished a few this weekend in various colors.
Here’s a cross shape done in all red decorations.
