KEEZLETOWN, Va. (WHSV) – About 4 miles off of I-81, lies a Christmas tree farm in Keezletown called Every Soul Acres. The farm has been operational since 2017 and now boasts around 25,000 trees in the ground.
Laura Wolfe owns the farm with her husband and has learned some tough lessons over the years when it comes to growing Christmas trees. She says that she experiences losses during tough seasons like any other farmer, but with Christmas trees, the timeline is a bit different.
“It takes me 6 to 10 years to grow the tree. So if you see, you know a 90% loss in seedlings for two consecutive summers, and then a big loss this year at the end of the season, that’s going to affect most farmers come three to six years from now,” Wolfe said…