With so many choose & cut farms in this region, I could never understand why families would opt to buy a pre-cut tree from a parking lot (and have all the needles fall off within minutes of putting it up on the house.) Here is a link to several pages of local farms — I personally recommend Pine Valley Ranch in Auburn:

http://www.sacbee.com/762/story/80362.html

Wherever you decide to go, why not make a day of it? Bust out the Entertainment book and go to one of the places out yonder you might not otherwise try.

posted 12/03/06 at 8:45 am #