WOOSTER, Ohio — For Rita Dush, Christmas bushes maintain many meanings.
“Stewardship of the land, beauty, and happiness for families,” stated Dush, proprietor of Pine Tree Barn in Wooster.
At the barn, there’s a listing of various kinds of bushes that take some time to develop. “It’s usually about eight years before we harvest,” stated Brad Moore, Pine Tree Farm’s nursery supervisor.
It additionally takes time to choose the right tree. Once clients decide, they minimize them down, shake out the pines and wrap them as much as go. Though the tree might final a month or two, the enjoyment carries endlessly.
“It’s the Christmas spirit — you make families happy. You see little kids that are happy,” stated Moore.
It’s not simply the wonderful experiences and reminiscences that final for purchasers. For Dush, Pine Tree Barn holds a deeper which means.
She misplaced her husband two years in the past at the moment. Roger and Rita constructed Pine Tree from the roots of Roger’s household farm, Yuletide Tree Farm, 40 years in the past. They by no means anticipated it might be as massive as it’s at the moment, however they made a promise to one another.
“We knew we weren’t going to live forever, and we both wanted some farm to continue. That’s why I’m still doing it, and I’m sure if I were him and he were here, he’d be still doing it too,” stated Rita.
And so each smile she sees on the farm brings her pleasure.
“It’s wonderful, absolutely wonderful, especially with the little kids, but they’re smiling and happy and bouncy,” stated Dush.
Rita sees eight years of labor, when Roger was by her aspect, delivered to life.
“It provides me a purpose for being, I miss him,” she stated.
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The farm is open 9 a.m. to five p.m. day-after-day, they usually have a present store and restaurant on the property. For extra data on Pine Tree Barn click on right here.
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