Shearing Christmas trees into their classic shape, fighting back weeds and blackbirds, and planting 5,000 trees a year with Sheldon Corsi, a Christmas tree farmer near Cincinnati, Ohio. What does a tree baler sound like? And what makes Christmas tree farming distinctive within the world of agriculture?
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12/03/24 • 31 min
What It's Like To Be... - A Christmas Tree Farmer
Transcript
Dan Heath: One of the most important days of the year for a Christmas tree farmer is the day after Thanksgiving, Opening Day.
Sheldon Corsi: Opening Day is big. You prep all year and you open for tree sales. The worst thing you can get is a bunch of rain.
Dan: That's Sheldon Corsi. He's a Christmas tree farmer and the owner of Corsi Tree Farm near Cincinnati, Ohio. At his farm, people can come and pick out their own trees, cut them
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