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| More branches, what do you think? |
| Eco-apartment Christmas tree 2015 |
"California’s prolonged drought has
wreaked havoc to agriculture across the state. So it shouldn’t come as
any surprise that its Grinch-like ways have also struck at the bastion
of holiday tradition — the Christmas tree. Christmas tree
growers across the state are struggling growing issues as a shortage of
rainfall has caused some varieties of trees to dry up or grow at a much
slower pace.
In the Santa Cruz Mountains above Los Gatos, Jim Beck, founder of
Patchen Christmas Tree Farm, walked through the hillside blanketed in
trees of all sizes and varieties. Most were green — ready for visitors
to chop down and haul home. But occasionally Beck would pause to point
out a drought victim. “These needles should be about an inch-and-a-quarter to an
inch-and-a-half long,” Beck said handling the brittle limbs of a Douglas
Fir. “As you can see they’re barely three-quarters-of-an-inch long,
that’s the primary affect of the drought.” Read more.
Note photographs. Pine tree branches above by Jennie from Running in High Heals.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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