Before you come
Plan your visit
Opens Saturday, November 21
Bring boots and a warm coat. We supply the saws, the twine, the shaking and the baling, and someone to help you get the tree on the car. Allow an hour or two at a farm if the kids are coming, because the wagon ride and the fire pit are half the reason to be there. At the metro lots you can be in and out in fifteen minutes.
Quick answers
- What is tree shaking?
Tree shaking is a quick mechanical pass we give every tree right after it’s cut, to knock loose interior needles and debris off the tree before it’s baled. That way, a lot of what would otherwise end up on your living room floor stays behind at the farm instead. Shaking happens right before baling, and both are part of our free process for every cut-your-own tree.
- What is tree baling?
Tree baling wraps the branches snugly against the tree with lightweight netting. It makes the tree much easier to carry, load into or onto a vehicle, get through doorways, and position in your tree stand. At our cut-your-own farms, we shake and bale your tree for free. Leave the netting on while you transport the tree and until it’s positioned in the stand, then carefully cut the netting away.
Farm or tree lot?
A farm is the afternoon: cut your own, wagon rides, Santa weekends, an hour and change north of Minneapolis. A lot is the errand: fresh-cut trees, most of them off those same fields, five minutes from home, free fresh cut at every one.