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.
Beautiful but windy day today, perfect for decorating in the barn!
Here are a few wreaths, ready to go!
When you tag your tree this weekend you’ll save $5 off the price of your tree! NanNuk is waiting to see you!
NanNuk takes his job very seriously!
Sometimes when you come out to tag your tree early, you’ll see some brown needles on the trees. That’s because evergreens, like pine, spruce, fir and concolor, naturally shed their needles every two years in the fall season.
The oldest needles on the trees are cast off. These needles are generally located on the inside of the tree, closest to the trunk. The needles drop below the tree to provide valuable mulch or scatter into the lawn when the wind is blowing.
Here’s a link to a great article about this phenomena.
