Fairfield County tree farms be like: "That will be $125 plus tax"Submitted by praeda1 t3_z58hpd in Connecticut
pd9 t1_ixwspj0 wrote
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Jones’ was a clown show today. Hour in traffic to learn they now require reservations (to do anything - cut your own or check out Christmas village). Without a reservation, trees were $10 more too. I get the need to try and accommodate for the traffic, but it’s just not worth it anymore.
ImpossibleParfait t1_ixx5va5 wrote
You're basically paying for the experience to go cut one down.
101011dotcom t1_ixxi9uh wrote
To be fair, you’re 100% correct. I lived across the street from a tree farm in Brooklyn, CT (side note, make a day trip out of it, some good farms up this way). They’re up against tree to sale places that source all the way up to Canada and plastic trees that are amazing with lights built in. The cut your own tree experience is what you’re paying for. They are NOT making the bank some folks think they are. They’re keeping the Christmas tradition alive. There must be a Hallmark film that explains this… maybe “fresh needles for Santa?”
ImpossibleParfait t1_ixxj84d wrote
It takes 8 to 12 years to grow what one would consider a Christmas tree.
101011dotcom t1_iy1zgrt wrote
Exactly, and yearly trimming not to mention keeping the trees clear of vines, mowing a few times a year and clearing other growth around them. Don’t forget land taxes and the time it takes to organize the cutting season with employees and food trucks. A cut tree at around $100 is a bargain.
Johnnybdrivesfast t1_ixwvi23 wrote
I played at Whitney Farms today. When I left I had to sit in 15 min of traffic, it was so bad
Jawaka99 t1_ixxdv04 wrote
Well as the OP said, you can always pay $30 more somewhere else.
Or better yet, but a fake tree once and use it every year.
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