While in the highlands of North Carolina (a state in the USA) for a few days,  on smaller roads heading up the elevations to our destination, we noticed many tree farms.  These are "Christmas Trees" and the trees grow well in the soil there.  This photo was  taken out the window of a moving van and turned out better than I thought it would.

The trees will be trucked all over neighboring states and sold at local tree lots around Christmas time.   All our trees used to come from Canada but these are cut later and are much fresher for those folks wanting a cut tree.    We generally have no tree but do decorate for the holidays.

IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A PHOTO OF A DIFFERENT SORT OF FARM, PLEASE POST!  Do you have a photo of a worm farm?  A lizard farm?

I'd love to smell the air at that farm, Tom. It had to be grand.

I pass this tree farm 5 days a week and have stopped there a few times to shoot during various seasons. Lately this metal framework has triggered my interest so I made a non work week drive out there to catch it.

Seeing it almost every day I often get to momentarily watch the employees doing what they do. It is intersting to see how they ready the trees for sale each year.  

Wouldn't mind having a tree on my Christmas list either  : )  

Another image of the same tree farm, this one shot in infrared. It does show off the metal frame to advantage.

 Sad to know that the beauty of the farm will vanish because the trees will be cut and manufactured to become Christmas trees. Well anyways, Christmas would be so nice have one of these trees in your home :)