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Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:01:38 -0600

ooh...thanks for this link. They have BLUEBERRIES!!! I will be there picking a ton of blueberries in July!! We did a 'cut your own tree' in Maryland. Gosh...it was just beautiful. The drive out the the farm was bucolic, the farm itself was just so peaceful. It felt like we were going back in time, and the owner gave us a hayride from the big barn out to the trees. We went during the week and were the only ones there, so that was really nice...they had hot cider for free. We did it here when we first moved here too, but the experience did definitely not live up to the memories of Maryland. First of all, the drive there was long, flat, ugly and boring, and the whole experience was more 'assembly line'. It was really, really crowded...lots of cars, hard to find a place to park....not a lot of fun. I can't remember where it was. I just get my trees from a local lot now. But dang...theyr'e expensive. I paid $80 for a 6 ft. tree. That's just too much. At least it's fresh though...it's been taking a whole bucket of water every day. I got a bad tree one year...put it up, poured the water in and that was it...the water didn't move...within a couple of days there were pine needles all over the floor ala Charlie Brown.

Chicagoist: Hunting the Wild (well, sort of) Christmas Tree

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