Cutting Boughs for Wreaths

Today was teh first day for cutting Christmas tree boughs to make our new wreaths this year. The crew will be in full swing transforming our home grown Fraser boughs into beautiful wreaths.

New Wreath

We have a great new wreath for you to try this year. The snowflake wreath is a little different. The new design is simple but elegant.

Getting your trees in shape

We have now finished shaping the Christmas trees for this season. The crop looks really good, the rain during the summer helped the growth. Wholesale trees are being tagged and the Cut-Your_own fields look spectacular.

Bears are Back

Bears have come out of their dens and are grazing in the fields at the Rocks Estate. This large bear has been roaming the property for the last week.

Planting in 2009

The staff at The Rocks Estate planted 7,200 young Christmas trees this spring. Using a mechanical auger, the trees were planted between larger trees which will be harvested in the next three years. This system provides shade protection for the smaller trees, which are about 4 years old.

Christmas trees are harvested when they are 10 to 15 years old, depending on the species.

Support Trees for Troops

The Forest Society is once again supporting the nation wide Trees for Troops (T4T) program at it's Christmas Tree Farm in Bethlehem NH. This year you can purchase a locally hand made birch deer from the Rocks Estate, the proceeds from which will help support conservation and the T4T program. Two businesses have offered to carry the deer at their stores Littleton Bike and Fitness as well as Trackside Farm and Garden both in Littleton NH.

Eco-Race at the Rocks Estate

Seventy five people entered the Eco-race facilitated by Untamed Adventure. The adventure race had an eco-twist to it. Here at the Rocks we heat with wood from our sustainable woodlands. Our forester selects trees that are to be cut from the 1300 acres of woodland and staff as well as volunteers help process the fire wood ready for winter. This year the 75 contestants in the eco-race moved and stacked 3,500 pieces of firewood for the us. What a great help, 3,500 pieces of wood moved in 1 hour and 45 minutes using no powered equipment. This save the conservation organization a substantial amount of labor and fuel.