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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-03-18, Page 65F �acrOase t chime from your wo • from paglte 18A Commenting. on the :VIN R's invo1vn ent in marking trees, Mr. Smith said. '••The .only limitationiw•e have is the availability ,of manpower'. We can't do it the day after you -phone, it May take three or four days." .. As well as the financial benefits, Mr. Sinith. sai+ii there are other aspects which should be Taken into consideration. -If there is an old. defective tree: it doesn't have to come down if it provides _ shelter. for wildlife. If it is the home of a rac- coon famLy. you may want to leave it and get a retun on the pelts," he suggested. 'One tbirig to keep in mind is that Huron -County does have a tree cutting bylaw in place. A woodlot owner- who wishes to sell the trees Must notify the county in advance: If he is using the wood for personal use, this does not apply: A few problems a woodlot owner may run into is thr temptation - not .towait the re- . quired amount -.of time until the trees are ready to be cut. Also, when dragging the logs out o the woodlot, be sure to cut them -so they.'d© not damage the other trees. • - Growing Christmas Trees For Profit Neil Edgar, a farmerin Whitechurch, got into the ghristmas tree selling business by accident.; "We bought a - 100 acre farm at Whitech4rch and found some spruce trees. on a pari of it, cut one for ourselves and some fort the neighbors and our friends in town. We sold about 50 of them," said Mr. '-Edgar,: adding, "That was 12 years ago and we sold tiliein-for $2 each. - He went orr to explain that the following year they'phoned the MNR and found out where they could buy some and decided to . plant between 200-500 Scotch Pines. As for; the question of whether he recom- mends people get into the business of selling Christmms trees, Mr. Edgar - said, "The potential is there now, but I can't tell you 8 _ how it will be in 10 years. If you do get inte it,.. • do it in a small way." - Mr. Edgar • estimates it takes between seven and •10 years for a tree .to Teach its mature Wght. AlthOgh he has been in the business for 12 .years, lir. Edgar says he still can't meet the demand for trees and is forced to bring in . trees from Somerville Nursery -in Alliston, Provilding acew pointers for the audience, Mr. Edgar said a person's location and the numbeif of Christmas tree .sellers around him m4kes a great difference. "You location is important. We're right on a highway,. so we're easy to find," he= said.. - As for other sellers, there is only one near Mr. Edgar and the two of them work closely togethrlr.' . . • "T phone him or he phones me and asks how any trees Fm selling. This helps us know ow many trees to cut because you can't iscount the trees and sell -them on Boxing Day," said Mr. Edgar. • Accgrding to Mr. Edgar, Christmas tree shoppers are starting earlier. ` Ths year, for the first time, we started • sellin trees in November.- People are buy- dlOtc. ®Ureth®rte Foam insulation e Monies Sage 19A F . rr1'% or residential --- buildings { FREE ESTIMATES per ditch ®Weeper beads Septic tanks R.R. No. 6, Goderich 529-7579 Speaking on tending the woodlot -at the In- come From the Farm 'Woodiot seminar at the Clinton Legion on February 26 was Mar- vin Smith of the • Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR). The seminar was spon- sored by the MNR, Wingham office, and the Clinton office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. (Anne Narejko photo) ing them earlier for parties or they may be going south and want a tree up early. "Some -people get tired of their artifical tree and buy a real one or maybe they want a tree in the rec room and the living room," he explained. - Some tree sellers offer a cut -your -own deal, but Mr. Edgar doesn't feel this works very well. "Some people will cut the tree, start to drag it out and then realize they're never go- ing to get it to the car because it's too big, so, they go and cut another one and Ieave the :first one there. "Others get it half cut and I can't tell. What I do is, if they want to cut their own, I go back with them," he explained. Some problems the Edgars have runinto in growing the trees is damage by rodents, snow breaking the branches and improper pruning. "You have to prune the tree to get it to branch out - nip the top off where you want the next branch to grow," he said. The snow on the branches of a young tree also does damage. . 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