O Christmas tree! Firs are dying from severe drought in Northeast — fueling fears of future shortage

NY Post ^ | 11/15/2024 | Natalie O'Neill

[ChicagoConservative27]

Oh the weather outside is frightful — enough to kill off Christmas trees.

Yuletide firs are dying from a severe drought that’s plagued parts of the Northeast for weeks — with some farmers losing 25% of this year’s crop and predicting a future shortage, according to WBZ-TV.

“They’re all yellow on the inside. The needles are falling off,” said Chris Moran, who runs Vandervalk Farm in Mendon, Massachusetts. “Without water we can’t grow anything.” Dry weather killed roughly 500 of his 2,700 Christmas tree seedlings — fragile, 1-foot-tall babies — after they were planted past spring, he said.

[Manic_Episode]

[NautiNurse]

Mature pines here in NC are not affected by drought like other types of trees.

How badly were Christmas tree farms in NC damaged by Hurricane Helene?

[xp38]

Odd since many of them want to abolish Christmas. Maybe for some reason they like the tree part. A Christmas tree shortage is a first world problem.

[MikelTackNailer]

Something tells me there won’t be any snacks left for Santa.

[oldtech]

What the weather doesn’t ruin, the prices for trees will.

[MikelTackNailer]

Look closer at #21's window. Not trees (ho ho ho).

That guy needs the gift of window blinds.