Christmas tree farms bloom in Snoqualmie Valley
December 16, 2009
David Huffaker and son Jacob, 6, fell a Douglas fir at Mountain Creek Tree Farm. Thousands of families flock to Snoqualmie Valley’s tree farms each December. They make running the farm worth it, said owner Marilyn Kassian. (Photo by Tara Ballenger)
Marilyn Kassian still remembers one of her first customers to her Christmas tree farm.
Minutes before nightfall in late December 1984—four years after she and her family had planted 5,000 Douglas fir trees on their 22 acres of land at the base of Mount Si—a young mother came with her four-year-old son and asked Kassian if it was too late to get a tree. Read more
Boy scouts to help remove unwanted Christmas trees
December 30, 2008
Christmas trees may be the penultimate holiday decoration, but as they get dry, start to shed their needles and loose their festive appearance, it’s time for them to leave home. Read more
