A growing business Dec 5, 2019

A growing business

Today we"re showing off a serene scene at a Christmas tree farm outside Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. If you were to visit a farm like this today, however, it"s unlikely you"d find much peace and quiet. Of the 25 million to 30 million natural Christmas trees sold each year in the US alone, 98 percent of them come from farms. "Tis the season for tree chopping. Oregon, home to the popular noble and Douglas firs, produces the most Christmas trees of all US states, shipping much of the harvest to California. North Carolina, of Fraser fir fame, comes in at No. 2. Canada is the world"s largest exporter of Christmas trees, spreading holiday cheer around the world.

© FatCamera/Getty Images Plus

palette

Today in History

Dec 5, 2018’Chess on ice’
Dec 5, 2020A cozy winter village
Dec 5, 2021Salzburg, Austria
Dec 5, 2022Saint Nicholas Day in Verbier, Switzerland
Dec 5, 2023Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles, Bavaria, Germany
Dec 5, 2024Tufa formations in Mono Lake, California
Dec 5, 2025Maya site of Copán

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Oct 3, 2018Monarch butterflies migrate south
Aug 28, 2024Paralympic Games begin in Paris
Feb 15, 2025The natural ice wall of Misotsuchi, Chichibu, Japan
Nov 1, 2025National Bison Day
Mar 31, 2019Celebrating a Paris landmark
May 15, 2018Celebrating the UN’s International Day of Families
Feb 11, 2018Te Rewa Rewa Bridge near New Plymouth, New Zealand
Nov 5, 2025Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain
Jan 17, 2022Martin Luther King Day
Nov 18, 2018An inland ocean
Jun 21, 2020Grab onto the handlebars, kid
Jan 24, 2024Diamond Beach, Iceland
Jul 26, 2024Summer Olympics begin in Paris
Mar 14, 2023Pi Day
May 14, 2024Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico
Apr 4, 2024Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Dec 31, 2018A new tradition in London
Feb 24, 2018A red fox on the Swiss side of the Jura Mountain range
Jun 14, 2020Celebrating Flag Day
Jan 18, 2025Dunes at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Oct 10, 2018Space is for everyone
Dec 26, 2020Happy Boxing Day!
Jul 26, 2018Exploring the wilder side of New York
Jul 13, 2025Iceland for International Rock Day
Dec 8, 2018How lovely are your branches
Apr 8, 2024Total solar eclipse
Jan 8, 2023Breckenridge, Colorado
Apr 26, 2019Happy Arbor Day!
Nov 11, 2024Veterans Day
Jul 11, 2021Why, aloe there