Grand Opening – Boulder Brook Farm

Boulder Brook Christmas Tree Farm is having its grand opening the weekend after Thanksgiving: November 29, November 30, and December 1st. I’ll be performing each day in the Christmas Barn, where you will go to pay, hang out, have some mulled cider, and listen to live hammered dulcimer music!

I’ll be there from 9am-12pm each day.

Here is some information about Boulder Brook Christmas Tree Farm:

Saratoga’s Best Cut-Your-Own Christmas Tree Farm

Pull on your boots and mittens and step out into our Christmas Tree field in search of the tree that’s just right for you! Thinner or wider, darker or lighter; we encourage you to simply look for the tree you like, regardless of its variety.  “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!”

You can choose from several varieties of trees on the Farm. This year, the trees we have ready for cutting are Fraser Fir and Canaan Fir.  In future seasons, we will offer White (‘Concolor’) Fir, Korean Fir, Norway Spruce, and White Spruce.

You will notice that our tree varieties are mixed throughout the field. As our soil composition varies across the field, we have matched tree varieties with their most compatible soils, creating an abundant tapestry of healthy trees.

Our Farm

Boulder Brook Farm is one of the original homesteads near Saratoga Lake. Our land was part of the Kayaderosseras Patent, granted by Queen Anne in 1608.  The Chase Family first cleared and cultivated this land about 1785. In addition to farming, Dean Chase kept a Tavern and Public House just a mile west.

The Farm has fertile soils, abundant water, and often a breeze from nearby Saratoga Lake. Forests and wildlife abound today, as they always have, and we share this beautiful habitat with a complex community of native plant and animal species.  Different crops and animals have been raised here for more than 200 years, and as agriculture and markets changed, so did the Farm.

As stewards of this historic Farm, the Brooks family made the decision to start planting Christmas Trees in 2011, and we’ve been busy watering, fertilizing, and pruning ever since. Our soils and climate are well suited to growing and harvesting healthy Christmas Trees.  Since we purchased the Farm, we have recleared fields, dug ponds, rebuilt stone walls, restored the timber frame barn, and rebuilt the farmhouse.

It takes an average of eight to ten years to cultivate a fully grown Christmas Tree. Our field is divided into ten sections and we plant another section every spring; assuring trees of harvest size every year. 2019 will be the first year our choose and cut Christmas Trees are ready for harvest.