Archive for October, 2008

Tree Decorating Competition!Friday, October 31st, 2008 // General News

We are running a competition this year for the Best Dressed Fresh Christmas Tree!
The prize for the winning entrants is a Fraser Fir Tree, the height of their choice up to 7ft for Christmas 2009!
This is fun for all the family to enjoy. Everyone needs to get together with their ideas for their perfect Christmas [...]

Fully StockedMonday, October 27th, 2008 // General News

By the end of this week all our stock should be in, including some really large Christmas baubles that look great.   Someone suggested a great way to make a decoration with them would be to attach a piece of fishing wire to them, then hang them from the ceiling in a group – something different!
The [...]

Christmas is comingSaturday, October 18th, 2008 // On the farm

Now that the days are getting shorter and nights colder things start to change here on the farm. The last of our autumn calfs were born a little over 2 weeks ago. All of our cows have had thier anual vaccines and are ready for the winter ahead. As grass growth slows down we are [...]

Rain Rain Rain!Saturday, October 18th, 2008 // General News

This year has been one not to forget for all the wrong reasons!  Summer lasted for all of 4 weeks some time back in May.  Since then our Christmas trees have had more than their fair share of water.
The last 4 weeks has been spent feeding our Christmas trees with organic sea weed fertiliser to [...]

October TimeFriday, October 17th, 2008 // General News

Christmas isn’t so very far away now and the last few days have been spent labelling the very best of our best Christmas trees for our web customers.   Coming home from the field the other night I noticed a buzzard hunting for his supper and our friendly robin has reappeared and is often seen sitting [...]

New StartThursday, October 16th, 2008 // General News

As I have only just recently started working here at Scottish Christmas Trees, I have learned there is so much more to Christmas trees than meets the eye! There are lots of different varieties, heights, colours and even smells…
I was taken a guided tour to show me all the variations there are and also how [...]