Christmas tree farms short on supply this year

Christmas tree farms are doing a brisk business."The trend is people are buying trees earlier either they are cutting them down or buying fresh cut," said Brent "Mr. Tree" Patterson.Christmas tree farmers are a bit shaken by the lack of trees. It's not a question of not finding a tree, it's more of a lack of supply.During the recession, a lot of Christmas tree farmers went out of business and because it takes between 10 to 12 years to grow a tree inventory didn't meet demand, as a result, there'