Oh hi! It’s somehow almost halfway through November - and we’re just 17 days away from opening for our very first season.

To say we’ve been hard at work getting the farm ready feels a bit like an understatement. It’s been a somewhat hectic couple of weeks since our last update — and we’ve made a ton of progress and yet it still feels like there is SO much to do.

This past weekend we rented an Airbnb near the farm so we could minimize our driving and maximize our time at the farm, Pat took Friday off of work, we both had Monday off for Veteran’s Day, and we had an amazing crew of friends and family helping. Over the course of four days we were able to finish up mowing and do seemingly endless weed whacking (which is almost done now!)

It’s the beginning of a new month and officially the start of the most wonderful time of the year.

Here at the farm, we are officially in crunch time - with just 28 days until our opening day. Things are happening fast and we are learning more and more every day. At times it feels like we’re drinking from a firehose – but people in the Christmas tree farm community have been so helpful that we can’t help but feel grateful.

We have a very exciting (and important) update: We finally have a closing date for the farm! It’s been a very long journey to get here and we couldn’t be more excited. Or relieved.

We were confident it would happen, but due to very real seasonality of a business like this, we had to start making all kinds of plans before we officially owned the farm. And to be honest, that was a bit nerve-racking,.

But as predicted, all is on track to work out just fine.

Pat and I are going out of town to do a backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon this upcoming week and the closing is scheduled for right after we return.

Oh hi! Just wanted to share a few exciting updates and let everyone know the latest –because there is quite a bit going on over here at Treetop Acres HQ.