| Trees & sizes | Trees & sizesCut your own; Pre-cut trees- Species: Balsam fir, Fraser fir, Canaan fir, Balsam-Fraser cross, White pine.
- Nutkin Knoll grows its Christmas trees in five kinds, balsam fir, Fraser fir, Canaan fir, balsam-Fraser cross and white pine, and says they average 7 to 8 feet tall.
- The farm also has a good selection of tall trees, and it displays freshly harvested trees from other fields.
| Trees & sizesCut your own; Pre-cut trees- Piper Mountain invites you to walk the fields and find your perfect tree.
- The farm also sells pre-cut trees, including taller trees, with the price marked on each one.
- The farm does not name its tree species or sizes.
| Trees & sizesCut your own; Pre-cut trees- Species: Weir Blue Balsam.
- For anyone who prefers to buy a pre-cut tree, the farm says it has a wide variety of premium sizes to choose from.
- The farm has not published tree heights, prices, where in the fields the choose-and-cut trees stand, or parking and terrain on tree days.
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| Published price example | Published price exampleChoose-and-cut tree: Not published- Not published; confirm at the farm.
- The farm takes cash, checks, and credit and debit cards, and asks you to bring your own bags for purchases.
- Other published price details: The farm publishes no price for trees, wreaths or any other product; confirm at the farm. Netting is free, and the farm drills a tree for you if your stand needs it.
| Published price exampleChoose-and-cut tree: Not published- Not published; confirm at the farm.
- The farm accepts cash, credit and debit cards and Venmo. Online-shop prices are the shop’s listed prices and are separate from tree prices at the farm.
- Other published price details: The farm publishes no tree price, size range or species list; confirm at the farm. It says pre-cut trees, including taller trees, have their prices marked on each tree. Shaking, drilling and wrapping are free.
| Published price exampleChoose-and-cut Weir Blue Balsam: Not published- Not published; confirm at the farm.
- The farm has not published payment methods for tree sales.
- Other published price details: The farm publishes no tree price, size range or price list for choose-and-cut or pre-cut trees. Confirm the price at the farm before you cut. Wreath-making classes are $55 per person.
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| Cutting help | Cutting helpCut your own- Nutkin Knoll Farm: trees and tree services: Saws · Hand saws provided or bring your own; no chain saws
- The farm takes cash, checks, and credit and debit cards, and asks you to bring your own bags for purchases. Dogs are welcome on a leash and under control. Hand saws only: chain saws are not allowed.
- Hand saws are provided and chain saws are not allowed; netting is free and the farm drills a tree on request.
| Cutting helpCut your own- Piper Mountain: trees and tree services: Choose-and-cut · Walk the fields and find your tree; hand saws provided; no chain saws
- Piper Mountain is a working hill farm of 185 acres, and the visit centers on walking its fields to choose a tree. The farm supplies hand saws; chain saws are not permitted.
- Hand saws are provided and chain saws are not allowed; shaking, drilling and wrapping are free.
| Cutting helpCut your own- Winterport Evergreen Farm: tree visit: Saws and tarps · Provided
- On a tree day you walk the fields, choose a Weir Blue Balsam and cut it with a saw the farm provides. Tarps are provided too, and shaking and baling are free. The farm does not say whether wagons or help with loading are available.
- Saws and tarps are provided; shaking and baling are free.
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| Shaking, baling & loading | Shaking, baling & loadingNetting your tree: Free · The farm says trees can be netted at no cost.- Nutkin Knoll Farm: trees and tree services: Hauling · Sleds or tarps available for towing
- Nutkin Knoll Farm: trees and tree services: Netting · Free
- Nutkin Knoll Farm: trees and tree services: Drilling · Done for you if your stand requires it
- The farm sells wholesale Christmas trees, with a good selection of 10 to 14 foot trees; other sizes are mostly committed to long-time wholesale customers, and new customers are taken by need and inventory. Order commitments are confirmed by mid-summer, the minimum is 100 trees, and cutting, baling and loading are included in the price. The wholesale kinds are balsam, Fraser, Korean fir, Korean-balsam cross and Meyer spruce. Wreath brush is also sold wholesale. No wholesale prices are published; contact the farm to check availability.
- Hand saws are provided and chain saws are not allowed; netting is free and the farm drills a tree on request.
- The farm takes cash, checks, and credit and debit cards, and asks you to bring your own bags for purchases.
| Shaking, baling & loadingShaking, drilling and wrapping your tree: Free · The farm shakes the tree clean, drills it and wraps it at no charge after you cut.- Piper Mountain: trees and tree services: Shake, drill and wrap · Free after you cut
- The farm’s care page says to keep the tree outdoors out of wind and sun until you are ready for it, then cut a quarter inch or more off the base of the trunk (do not whittle the trunk to fit a small stand), give it 2 pints to a gallon of water a day, keep it away from heat, and never use lighted candles on it. For a shipped wreath it says to shake it gently and fluff the bow; for a centerpiece, add water to the floral foam when you open it and check it every two days. After the holidays you can bring the tree back for the farm’s Tree-cycle weekend, when trees are chipped into mulch on the farm. The Tree-cycle date is not published.
- Hand saws are provided and chain saws are not allowed; shaking, drilling and wrapping are free.
- The farm accepts cash, credit and debit cards and Venmo. Online-shop prices are the shop’s listed prices and are separate from tree prices at the farm.
| Shaking, baling & loadingSaws, tarps, shaking and baling: Free · Tarps and saws are provided and shaking and baling are free, as the farm states.- Winterport Evergreen Farm: tree visit: Shaking and baling · Free
- On a tree day you walk the fields, choose a Weir Blue Balsam and cut it with a saw the farm provides. Tarps are provided too, and shaking and baling are free. The farm does not say whether wagons or help with loading are available.
- Saws and tarps are provided; shaking and baling are free.
- The farm has not published payment methods for tree sales.
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| Visit arrangements | Visit arrangementsFrom the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 27; the closing date is not published- Christmas season: Monday · Closed
- Christmas season: Tuesday–Friday · 12pm–5pm; cut-your-own closes at 4pm
- Christmas season: Saturday and Sunday · 9am–5pm; cut-your-own closes at 4pm
- Christmas season: Last day of the Christmas season · Not published; confirm at the farm
- Christmas season: Outside the Christmas schedule · The farm says it is open year round by chance or appointment
- The hours are given as a rule, starting the day after Thanksgiving, rather than as dated days. The farm does not publish a weather-closure rule.
- The farm gives its Christmas-season hours as a standing schedule that starts the Friday after Thanksgiving, which falls on November 27 this year. It has not printed a closing date. The farm says it is open year round by chance or appointment.
- The farm gives no closing date for the season. The farm says it is open year round by chance or appointment.
- The farm says it is open year round by chance or appointment.
| Visit arrangementsOpening weekend November 21–22, then from Friday, November 27; the last day is not published- Christmas season: Opening weekend, Saturday and Sunday, November 21 and 22 · Open for tree cutting; the farm gives no separate hours for these two days
- Christmas season: From Friday, November 27, the day after Thanksgiving, for the season · Thursday–Sunday, 9am–4pm
- Christmas season: Monday–Wednesday · No hours listed; the farm lists Thursday–Sunday only
- Christmas season: Saturdays · Horses are at the farm
- Christmas season: Opening weekend, Saturday, November 21: carriage rides and Hart Farm hot dogs · Rides by Drafty Acres on Saturday; no times or prices given
- Christmas season: Food trucks and Santa visits · No dates posted; the farm says to check its social media pages
- Christmas season: Online shop shipping · Shipping begins in mid-November
- The farm’s notice on every page of its website gives the opening weekend and the Thursday–Sunday hours. It publishes no weather-closure rule.
- The farm opens for tree cutting on Saturday and Sunday, November 21 and 22, and opens for the season on the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 27, with seasonal hours Thursday through Sunday, 9am to 4pm. It does not state separate hours for the opening weekend. Older text on the farm’s visit page gives the season as the Friday after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve, 8am to dusk; the Thursday–Sunday, 9am–4pm hours above are the ones in the farm’s current notice, and the farm has not restated an end date for this season.
| Visit arrangementsTree sales begin Friday, November 27; closing date not published- Christmas season: Tree sales from Friday, November 27 · Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10am–4pm, or by chance or appointment
- Christmas season: Closing date · Not published
- Christmas season: Gift shop, from Friday, November 6 · Friday 10am–4pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am–4pm, announced on the farm’s Facebook page
- Christmas season: Wreaths, from Friday, November 6 · Available at the farm; price not published
- Christmas season: Wreath workshop day, Thursday, December 3 · Individual 90-minute sessions through the day; book by email
- Christmas season: Wreath-making classes for groups · By appointment; groups of 3 or more
- The farm’s website footer still lists an earlier gift-shop line, open November 1, 10am–3pm, with pop-up openings through November; the newer Facebook schedule above is the regular one.
- The farm’s website footer gives tree sales hours of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm, beginning the day after Thanksgiving, “or by chance or appointment.” Its Facebook page confirms Friday, November 27 as the first day. The farm has not published a closing date or said whether the weekend schedule continues every weekend of December, so confirm before you drive late in the season. The farm completed its first season last year.
- Tree sales run Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm beginning Friday, November 27, or by chance or appointment. The farm publishes no tree price, so confirm it at the farm before you cut.
- Winterport Evergreen Farm: tree visit: Tree days · Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10am–4pm, beginning November 27, or by chance or appointment
- The farm lists a one-bedroom guest apartment through Airbnb, with a kitchen, queen bed, laundry, a private deck and a fire pit. The farm’s page says to call for availability or book through Airbnb, and gives no rate.
- Tree sales run Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10am–4pm beginning Friday, November 27, or by chance or appointment.
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