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Beschreibung
Growing beautiful Christmas trees is a great way to generate off-season farm income and make better use of your land. From selecting a site and planting the right species to marketing and selling trees, this Storey BASICS® guide shows you how to build and maintain your own small tree nursery. Including handy tips for making handcrafted kissing balls and holiday wreaths, Growing Christmas Trees covers everything you need to know to successfully cultivate stunning evergreens that will provide income and bring holiday cheer.
Growing beautiful Christmas trees is a great way to generate off-season farm income and make better use of your land. From selecting a site and planting the right species to marketing and selling trees, this Storey BASICS® guide shows you how to build and maintain your own small tree nursery. Including handy tips for making handcrafted kissing balls and holiday wreaths, Growing Christmas Trees covers everything you need to know to successfully cultivate stunning evergreens that will provide income and bring holiday cheer.
Über den Autor

Patrick White operates Meadow Ridge Tree Farm (www.meadowridgetree [...]), a Christmas tree farm in Middlesex, Vermont, with about 8,000 trees in the ground. He is on the board of directors of the New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association and editor of the group's newsletter. He also runs Meadow Ridge Media ([...] providing freelance writing and editing services to trade magazines in the agriculture, landscaping, and golf industries.


The late Lewis Hill, a beloved and best-selling Storey author, grew more than 20,000 trees on his farm in Greensboro, Vermont. He was also a member of the National Christmas Tree Association and the New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: A Time-Honored Tradition

Chapter One: Getting Started

Chapter Two: Enter the Trees

Chapter Three: Planting and Growing

Chapter Four: Shearing and Pruning

Chapter Five: When Things Go Wrong

Chapter Six: Sales Strategies

Chapter Seven: Time to Harvest

Chapter Eight: Wreaths and Greens

Conclusion

Caring for a Real Christmas Tree
A Christmas Tree Grower's Calendar
Glossary
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Garten & Natur
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781612123653
ISBN-10: 1612123651
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: White, Patrick
Hersteller: Storey Publishing, LLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 178 x 127 x 7 mm
Von/Mit: Patrick White
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.02.2015
Gewicht: 0,13 kg
Artikel-ID: 107538152