Latest Photos by Shanxi Omoniyi
This is the entrance to Prairie Elf Christmas Trees. The company typically plants 1,000 seedlings a year.
Steve Richardson, Lawrence Arts Center employee, trims the stump of a Christmas tree. Prairie Elf Christmas Trees donated the tree to the center because it was too big for them to keep - about 300 pounds.
Kathy Heeb, owner of Prairie Elf Christmas Trees, explains the process of determining a pine tree's age. Each tree has a growth ring, called a whorl. This tree has five whorls, which means that it is approximately five years old.
This warming hut is a place where customers of Prairie Elf Christmas Trees come after cutting down their trees. Hot cider and cookies are provided.
This is a one-and-a-half-year-old Douglas fir seedling. Kathy Heeb, owner of Prairie Elf Christmas Trees, planted the seedling in spring 2008.
This is an older seedling at the Prairie Elf Christmas Trees. Trees span all ages at the farm from one-and-a-half to 10 years and older.
This younger tree is planted at Prairie Elf Christmas Trees, a farm that spans seven acres.
This is a full grown, 10-year-old tree, at Prairie Elf Christmas Trees.
The tree for the Lawrence Arts Center is cut down on Dec. 8, at Prairie Elf Christmas Trees. Steve Richardson used a chainsaw to cut it down.
Kathy Heeb, owner of Prairie Elf Christmas Trees, and her dog, Rudy, finish up their tree cutting season.
This is a stump of a Austrian pine tree that was cut down at Prairie Elf Christmas Trees.
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