Country Pines Tree Farm is a member of the Iowa Christmas Tree Growers Association. We have been members since our first year of planting in 1990. We have 5 acres of Christmas trees planted on our acreage. Planting of the 8"-12" seedlings begins as soon as the frost is out. We use a gas powered auger to dig the holes and then hand plant each seedling. We plant about 500 each spring.
We plant seedlings in a seed bed to acclimate them to our soil and to give them extra care to get them started growing. We mainly have Black Hills Spruce and Fraser Fir trees in the seed bed but also some scotch pines. Fir and spruce trees take 3-4 years longer to grow to the height we sell for Christmas Trees.
