Many people will get their Christmas trees over Thanksgiving weekend. But, because of the drought, some are worried there won’t be enough healthy trees to go around.
But, neither the Grinch nor the drought will steal Christmas from Georgian’s this holiday season because most Christmas tree farms in the state are doing just fine.
Andy Kinsey and his brother own Kinsey Family Farm in Forsyth County. Kinsey said they’ll have over 2,500 Leland Cypress and Caroline Sapphire trees for sale, which are naturally drought resistant.
“In all honestly, they prefer a drought compared to a wet, wet summer. I mean, this is much better than a summer when we got 20 extra inches of rain, that is when you really see problems,” said Kinsey.Kinsey said there won’t be a decrease in available trees until three years from now; when trees planted this year mature. He says he expects most of his trees to make it through, but if all else fails, he can always import trees from North Carolina.
