Ralph Rottman’s Christmas tree roots run deep — three generations deep. His grandfather planted the first sapling on Windy Hills Farm in Tuscarawas Township in 1938. At 85, Rottman is now the owner of ...

Standing just outside the Richardson Christmas Tree Farm gift shop, Lisa Bauman aimed her can of metallic gold spray paint at a tinfoil dish full of pine cones destined to add pop to fresh evergreen ...

As Bob Schrader approached retirement, he wasn't planning to take it easy. For 37 years, Schrader worked as the assistant director of the center for agriculture at UMass Cooperative Extension, part of ...

While Christmas Trees are sold for barely a month out of the year, they require nearly a decade of care before they’re ready for ornaments.