Wow, big business!

Some people around here do get permission from the government to prune wild trees on "Crown Land" (most forest land in Canada is Gov't owned) and sell them for Christmas trees. I think they are offered up by the government as "Christmas tree woodlots", and probably because they don't contain any trees worth logging for lumber or even for fenceposts/rails. Not anywhere near the scale of what your article is talking about.



I think those trees are pruned a little during the year to encourage denser branch growth than normal. By the time you get them they are so thick a mouse can't get into the heavy foliage.

I guess I've been using "charlie brown" trees all my life...wild grown and 6 branches total on it. When I was younger and Christmas was more important, Dad and I would drill holes in the trunk and stuff more branches into a tree to make it bushier. My kids and I did it a few times, too. Worked and looked great!!

But wherever there's a demand, there are people willing to fill it!!! Wow.

Thanks for the link.

Jon.