JAMES CITY — Zachary Wolicki operates an old-fashioned Christmas tree lot. It’s the kind of hometown lot where people return year after year to seek fresh, live trees at a place where owners create ...

As Bob Schrader approached retirement, he wasn't planning to take it easy. For 37 years, Schrader worked as the assistant director of the center for agriculture at UMass Cooperative Extension, part of ...

PENINSULA, Ohio -- If you’re hunting for that perfect Christmas tree and dreaming of the old-fashioned experience of heading into the woods to chop one down, that’s a rare find these days. But at ...

Sure, you can nab a pre-cut tree from a local lot, or get a faux version from a big box store. But there’s something magical about the holiday tradition of going out into a field and finding the ...