WOOSTER, Ohio — For Rita Dush, Christmas bushes maintain many meanings.
“Stewardship of the land, beauty, and happiness for families,” mentioned Dush, proprietor of Pine Tree Barn in Wooster.
At the barn, there’s a record of various kinds of bushes that take some time to develop. “It’s usually about eight years before we harvest,” mentioned Brad Moore, Pine Tree Farm’s nursery supervisor.
It additionally takes time to select the right tree. Once prospects choose, they lower them down, shake out the pines and wrap them as much as go. Though the tree might final a month or two, the enjoyment carries ceaselessly.
“It’s the Christmas spirit — you make families happy. You see little kids that are happy,” mentioned Moore.
It’s not simply the superb experiences and reminiscences that final for patrons. For Dush, Pine Tree Barn holds a deeper that means.
She misplaced her husband two years in the past right now. Roger and Rita constructed Pine Tree from the roots of Roger’s household farm, Yuletide Tree Farm, 40 years in the past. They by no means anticipated it will be as massive as it’s right now, however they made a promise to one another.
“We knew we weren’t going to live forever, and we both wanted some farm to continue. That’s why I’m still doing it, and I’m sure if I were him and he were here, he’d be still doing it too,” mentioned Rita.
And so each smile she sees on the farm brings her pleasure.
“It’s wonderful, absolutely wonderful, especially with the little kids, but they’re smiling and happy and bouncy,” mentioned Dush.
Rita sees eight years of labor, when Roger was by her facet, dropped at life.
“It offers me a purpose for being, I miss him,” she said.
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The farm is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day, and they have a gift shop and restaurant on the property. For more info on Pine Tree Barn click here.
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