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Tree farms ready for season
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A worker helps bag a tree last year at Kinsey Family Farm. - photo by File photo
Thanksgiving may have signaled the start of the holiday season, but this weekend is expected to be the most popular time to get a Christmas tree.“Usually our single biggest day is the first Saturday in December,” said Dennis Bottoms, whose family runs a Christmas tree farm on John Burruss Road.There’s no shortage of places in Forsyth County to buy a pre-cut tree, from major retailers to roadside stands and South Forsyth High School. But residents looking to cut their own tree can head to either Bottoms Christmas Tree Farm or Kinsey Family Farm.Bottoms’ farm grows Leyland, Murray, Carolina Sapphire and Blue Ice cypresses, as well as Virginia pines, which he calls an “old timey tree.”Andy Kinsey said his family’s farm on Jot Em Down Road grows Murray, Carolina Sapphire and Blue Ice cypresses and also features Douglas and Fraser firs and Naylor’s Blue cypress.In addition, it offers Deodar cedar, Eastern hemlock and Norway spruce, which can be planted in a back yard after the holiday.“It’s becoming more and more of a popular trend,” Kinsey said. “Sometimes it’s nice to be able to have something at the end of Christmas besides a dead tree.