Today Lucy's class went on a field trip to a Christmas tree farm. We are not talking little 2000 tree farm, (like ours) we are talking 250,000 tree farm.....oh my gosh! So cool. It was pouring down rain the entire time (it is November in Oregon after all), but we ended up being inside the work shop most of the time.
They showed us how they measure and mark the trees, how they shake them, bale them, stack and load onto trucks to be shipped all over. The farthest they go is to Guatemala! We then got to go out in the piles of cut trees and put little tags that the kids made on the trees. The tags have a little note saying that they were made by a kindergartner at *blank* school. And asking if the person who got the tree could send a note and or a picture of the tree. What a cool idea!
We also saw how they shear the trees, flock them and how they make wreaths. Then we all got hot chocolate and a candy cane. This was a super fun field trip and I can't wait to go next year!
Shaking the tree
Wrapping the tree in the bailer
So wet!
The class
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