I've had artificial for YEARS. But no pre-lit. That just adds unneeded cost and problems. LED lights are so cheap if they fail after a few years, replace them. One quality artificial tree will last many, many years unless you have pets or kids that damage it.

We bit the bullet and went artificial this year finally. Spending $200 for a mediocre real tree year after year finally wore us down. I also got absolutely sick of the hassle. We got a 9' beautiful pre-lit tree for $350. It will have already paid for itself next Christmas.

I hope it worked out ok for you

We never much luck getting good trees since friends family closed there tree growing operation so we got a artificial tree cause people price themselves out of business my tree is ten years old and looks brand new and haven't even had to replace a light bulb in the strand use to love to take kind out to get a tree but since his operation closed wasn't the same my opinion good luck like they said hook up with nursery and sell to them only thing is can you give a warranty and for how long not knowing if people will water it and take care of it

Phil, seems we’ve had similar comments from farmers across Tennessee, so far. -Brad

Love the splitter. I know nothing happened to your hands because it wouldn’t be on. But your hands and or fingers should not be on the top of the log ever. Just good muscle memory to try to use it more safely.

I agree the economic argument doesn’t make sense, unless you’re happy with a cheap fake tree. I hope that next year is a better one for you. Will you be considering an increased marketing budget?

I never thought of that…. Water getting in from the air filter. I always put my wood splitter away when Iam finished with it so I never knew this problem existed. Good point.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🍺🍺🍺🍺👏👏👏☮️☮️☮️

With the prices we have seen around here, we ended up with the smallest tree we have ever had. We saw trees for as much as $280. At that kind of price a fake tree starts to make sense. We hate the fake trees so always get real trees but the prices are getting a bit crazy.

Sorry if I missed it, but what is your average price/tree?

Smart thinking. Ever think of selling to landscapers during the year out of your farm for home transplants? Or in container trees? How were fire wood sales by your customers? Always think out of the box. Great job in regards to the decision on quality of trees to your customers. Do you add your trees to your pond for fish habitat? That could be another idea for an activity for your customers. Catch and release fishing? During the year on special weekends. Just trying to think how to do things that won't cost much additional output to accomplish. Hope these ideas help and time to rent a good shredder for nice pine mulch. Just another idea for that continued snell in people's gardens. 🤔 Have a great Christmas and great job once again.

Can you remind me what gauge that wire was please and thank you! I am starting to build bins for my yard but Iv been going with the nailed together brace method

Nice splitting session and bin building!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

How did your tree season end Phil? Were ypu able to offload the rest of your trees?

What model is that

I built 3 large pallet bins early 2024 and the wood dries nice. I’m not sure I like climbing in to throw out the wood sticks. It seems like unloading a pallet bin gives some of the saved time away again. 🤔 So now, I’m trying to decide what I’m going to do next year . 😅

It's not called a blade kid it's called a chain... what a ..ing newbie.

Great video! Keep them coming. Happy Holidays to you and yours.

Good video 👍 A little bit of bucking, splitting, and bunker building 😊 I hope the Christmas tree season is going well for you. Cutting and splitting in the late fall and winter is the best, you can always add clothing to keep warm but you can only take so much off when it's hot.

Nice storage bin. I came through Virginia yesterday and it’s definitely colder there than it is in south Georgia.

I use zip ties when I make my bins. It’s a little more expensive but way faster. I than Run a wire to the other side.

Although more expensive, you may want to try welded wire fence and tee posts for a more visual appeal to your customers that come to the farm. Not sure if they can even see it though. Great job Phil👍👍

I as well love splitting in fall and winter. The bind have allowed me to spend more time splitting. Good vid Phil take care and hope your moving trees.

Thought you said that machine had to go bye bye? Glad to see you still have it. Helps with those larger ones that's for sure. Hope Christmas sales are going good still. 🌲🪵 Have a good rest of the weekend. stay safe Chris wood yard another awesome channel. Glad to hear you have wood loads rolling in soon. 👍🪵

Did you notice any results from the fertilizer tablets that you used during the fall plant ? and were they the 10 gram 20-10-5 tabs by Agriform ?

Great review. I think I need a pair of them. I am due for a new pair. Thanks for sharing as always. Happy Holidays to you and yours.

Out of stock

I had my Hisea boot for 2 years ,I wear them everyday. Great boots

I see they have the strap in back to pull boot on that’s nice they are handy many don’t have that anymore ❤

I agree. Review of products should be after they have been tested. Great review. Take care

Good review 👍

Great real life review! My son has the rain style boot and has lasted very well and will probably get him and myself another pair ! Thanks

Great video. I Will go check them out. Thank you.

Had a Stihl, traded it for a 590, glad I did.

This guy has is act together, kudos to him. He’s a professional

I LOVE my Forest King 22 ton log splitter. Sure it's made in China but I've had it 20 years and use it every year to fill my red oak wood rack (4 full chords annually). It's a beast in splitting green wood and wouldn't trade it for anything and will never lend it out again without me being onsite! Neighbor used cheap gas and pounded on my wedge because log got stuck and they didn't know how to get it unstuck.

Nice vid Phil. Hoping the next couple weekends have you stressing about running out of inventory. Take care.

Look into hydrosol production if you have lots of leftover trees. 1KG of finely chipped fir makes 1 Liter of hydrosol which sells between $20-$100 per liter depending on wholesale vs retail and bottle sizing.

maybe you could add a sand bank around the stove to keep heat longer

Good stuff Phil. What % of your firewood runs thru the kiln.

Ever try those logs that say it eliminates the creosote in the chimney? Just asking. Have never done it myself but saw them at the hardware stores. Any others use them?

Older stoves do make a lot of creosote. I can burn 5 cord through my modern, efficient stove heating all winter and have less creosote than that, and what I do get is the powdery stuff not the glaze. Be cautious with the ash on the trees. It does boost some minerals in the soil, but it will also change soil pH. I think many of the trees like slightly acidic soil, and wood ash moves the needle toward alkaline, like lime.

Hoping for a big weekend for you (and us too) this weekend! You setup looks great!

That is great news, I was hoping that was the direction of this video! I have really focused on firewood this year and it has been great. Looking forward to watching your growth buddy, take care!

I hope you have a great season selling trees

In my experience the scotch pines two biggest problems were root collar weevil and rust balls.

Back in the 80's I was in charge of the seedling beds for a large Xmas tree grower . After bed prep with tiller attachment, we would trench cross the width of bed. Lay a 1x4 across the bed, then place the seedlings on board at proper spacing , then lay second 1x4 over that to sandwich seedlings then pick up and place roots down in trench to proper depth. Then with second hand proceed to compact soil around root row. Having a second set of 1x4 's and twoore people preloading sped things up quite well . We did this to wild balsam seedlings to acclimate to direct sun and allow them to build better roots before being planted in field rows two years later. Worked extremely well, irrigation of beds was also incorporated.

Your place looks great Phil! Pumpkin sales are the same way- the amount we sell vary year to year.

…also Phil I do boosted ads on Facebook, which I also share on my personal page.