Customer Reviews

Christmas Trees: Growing and Selling Trees, Wreaths, and Greens

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This is a hobby for me, and Hill's book has all the answers. He has been a professional grower for many years. He covers all the details: planting, weeding, pruning and selling.

Easy to read and reasonably priced.

Although this book seems more designed to educate the novice at growing Christmas trees, I believe everyone, even people currently in this business, can learn something valuable from it. It is well written and enjoyable to read, plus informative in that it describes all sorts of trees used, planting methods, protection and care of seedlings and transplants, recommendations for planting locations, and a whole host of other information. I attribute this book to getting me interested in this field as a hobby. Recommend it very highly!

This was a good book for the novice with no experience in the tree industry. It was a quick read and enjoyable. But not for someone in who works in the field already.

This is a great book. It's a quick, easy read and easy to understand. The author doesn't bog the reader down with a bunch of dry scientific data. The tree farming aspect is in itself priceless, but the sections on making money from wreaths and greens could potentially earn the tree farmer as much or more income than from tree sales! On our farm we plan to use trees that will not make Christmas trees as our source of greens for the wreaths versus cutting them off and throwing them in the ditch, totally maximizing the profits even from bad trees that were torn up by deer, bugs, or bad weather.

I know the choices of Christmas tree farming books are very limited, but this book will be well worth the cost for those interested in Christmas tree farming or those that have been doing it for years.

This is a great book that lets those who want to start a Christmas Tree Farm know the basic information they need in order to start their own farm. The author also adds his suggestions and the way that the author started his own tree farm. You will still need some speific information about your land and what you want to grow there, but the author lets you know how to go about obtaining the information you need to have a successful business. He also encourages you about market conditions and basics about how to market your product.

This book is the mainstay of the industry. A ready reference for anyone interested in starting or fourishing in the Christmas tree business. Straight forward and clear.

This is a good practical guide that touches on most all the aspects of growing Christmas trees. It's a quick, interesting book to read!

I bought this book because I have been thinking of getting into the Christmas tree business, starting out on a small scale. This book is very helpful, and Mr. Hill has a wealth of knowledge to share. He covers alot of different aspects of tree growing, from begining to end. I would recommend buying if your at all interested, also a very easy read.

Remains timely and most useful for begining tree farmer....for marketing as well. Exactly what I needed.

This book surpased my expectations. In one book the author drips water on dozens of aspects / facets of growing. You won't be disapointed. My goal was to grow a few tree's as Christmas presents for friends and family every year. The book made it clear what I need to do and not do. Well worth the money and time.