| Trees & sizes | Trees & sizesCut your own; Pre-cut trees- Species: Balsam fir.
- The farm describes an inventory in the field from three-foot tabletop trees to eight feet and taller.
- The farm also keeps about 425 pre-cut trees available, from roughly three to ten feet.
- The state association’s listing adds two features for this season that the farm’s own site does not yet mention: a Tot Lot of small fragrant balsam sized for younger customers, and a Unique and Unusual field, nicknamed the Charlie Brown field, with trees of every shape.
- Pricing is by height and appearance, and prices are marked on each tree.
| Trees & sizesCut your own; Pre-cut trees- Species: Balsam fir, Fraser fir.
- Ledge Hill sells balsam fir and Fraser fir, choose and cut in its hilltop field.
- Every tree has a price tag, set by variety and size, and choose-and-cut starts at $55.
- Maine-grown pre-cut trees stand ready by the barn if you would rather pick and go, starting at $45.
- The farm keeps a small selection of trees of 10 feet and taller; call to check what is left.
| Trees & sizesCut your own; Pre-cut trees- Species: Balsam fir, Fraser fir.
- Trees To Please offers a 30-acre choose-and-cut field and a pre-cut lot at its Norridgewock farm.
- In the field you pick and cut your own tree; the farm lists saws and carts as provided and baling as available.
- Pre-cut trees also have baling available, and the lot is set up in the outdoor retail area with stands and lighting.
- The farm’s Christmas page lists this season’s choose-and-cut tiers as 6 feet or less, 7 feet, 8 feet, 9 to 11 feet and 12 feet and taller, and its pre-cut tiers as 5 to 6 feet, 7 feet, 8 feet and 9 to 11 feet.
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| Published price example | Published price exampleBalsam fir, up to 6–7 feet: $45.00–$67.00- By height and appearance; prices are as marked on the tree; the farm’s page is undated.
- The farm accepts cash or personal check only; no cards are mentioned. At the end of last season the farm marked remaining trees down to $40 and wreaths to $25 for the final days; nothing like that has been announced for this season.
- Other published price details: The farm says pricing is based on height and appearance and ranges from $45.00 to $67.00 for up to 6–7 feet, with taller trees slightly higher. Taller-tree prices are not published. Prices are as marked on the tree. Cash or personal check only.
| Published price exampleChoose-and-cut balsam fir: Starting at $55- Priced by height and size; every tree has a price tag attached. The full per-height list is not published online.
- The farm takes cash, local checks and Venmo, and does not take credit or debit cards.
- Other published price details: Choose-and-cut balsam fir and Fraser fir start at $55, set by variety and size; pre-cut Maine-grown trees start at $45. Every tree carries a price tag, so you know the cost before you cut. The farm posts only starting prices online, not a full price list by height. Trimming and wrapping are free.
| Published price exampleChoose-and-cut, 6 feet or less: Not published- Not published; confirm at the farm.
- The farm takes cash, debit cards, credit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and does not take checks.
- Other published price details: The farm lists this season’s size tiers without amounts. The amounts from its previous published list, which its website no longer shows, are in the table below for reference only; confirm this season’s prices at the farm.
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| Cutting help | Cutting helpCut your own- Balsam Hill Farm: choose-and-cut and pre-cut trees: Saws and transport sleds · Provided
- Balsam Hill Farm: choose-and-cut and pre-cut trees: Loading help and twine · Available; chainsaws not allowed
- Take the short path through the birches and explore the fields. The farm provides saws and transport sleds, and loading help and twine for tying your tree are available; for insurance reasons chainsaws cannot be used. On dry days twine is supplied, and the farm suggests bringing your own straps or rope in case it runs out.
- On weekdays through December 24, according to the state association’s listing, the farm sells pre-cut trees only, on the honor system. The choose-and-cut fields are closed on those days, and visitors are asked not to cut trees from the fields. As the farm described it last season, you pick a pre-cut tree and place the full amount in cash or check in the red honor box at the entrance to the pre-cut area; prices are as marked. The farm’s posts last season also listed Maine-made wreaths on these weekdays, while its entrance sign and this season’s listing say pre-cut trees only, so ask whether wreaths are available.
- Saws and sleds provided; no chainsaws; well-behaved pets welcome.
| Cutting helpCut your own- Ledge Hill Farm: trees and tree services: Saws · Hand saws provided or bring your own; no powered saws of any kind
- Follow the hand-painted Ledge Hill Farm sign and park on the road near the barn. Someone will be there to greet you and hand you a saw. On a clear day the top of the field has a view of Mount Washington and the Western Maine mountains. The farm says there is room for children to run, and a sled is welcome if there is snow.
- Hand saws are provided; no powered saws. There are no restrooms on the farm.
| Cutting helpCut your own- The choose-and-cut field covers 30 acres, as the farm’s home page describes it; the association’s listing says 26. The farm lists saws and carts as provided and baling as available, and it also offers pre-cut trees with baling. Its pre-cut stock comes from the family’s second farm in Rome, which grows trees for the Norridgewock lot and for wholesale and has no visitor offering of its own.
- Saws and carts are provided and baling is available; payment by cash, cards, Apple Pay or Google Pay, no checks.
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| Shaking, baling & loading | Shaking, baling & loadingBalsam Hill Farm: choose-and-cut and pre-cut trees: Loading help and twine · Available; chainsaws not allowed- Take the short path through the birches and explore the fields. The farm provides saws and transport sleds, and loading help and twine for tying your tree are available; for insurance reasons chainsaws cannot be used. On dry days twine is supplied, and the farm suggests bringing your own straps or rope in case it runs out.
- The farm’s advice is to make a fresh cut across the base of the tree, keep it away from heat and shake it before bringing it indoors.
| Shaking, baling & loadingTrimming and wrapping, every tree: Free · A very large tree will not fit the wrapping system.- Ledge Hill Farm: trees and tree services: Trimming and wrapping · Free on every tree; a very large one will not fit the wrapping system
- The farm describes four steps, about an hour: park near the barn, walk the field and choose, have your tree trimmed and wrapped, then warm up with free hot chocolate and cookies, Adirondack chairs by the fire and a look through the farm shop.
- Choose-and-cut balsam or Fraser fir starts at $55 and pre-cut trees at $45; every tree has a price tag. Trimming and wrapping are free.
- The farm takes cash, local checks and Venmo, and does not take credit or debit cards.
| Shaking, baling & loadingBaling: Available · The farm lists baling for choose-and-cut and pre-cut trees and does not say whether there is a charge.- The choose-and-cut field covers 30 acres, as the farm’s home page describes it; the association’s listing says 26. The farm lists saws and carts as provided and baling as available, and it also offers pre-cut trees with baling. Its pre-cut stock comes from the family’s second farm in Rome, which grows trees for the Norridgewock lot and for wholesale and has no visitor offering of its own.
- The farm has not published this season’s daily hours, closing date, weather rule or terrain. Its previous published page listed daily hours of 9am to 4pm, free help with cutting, dragging, baling and loading on weekends only, and self-service with free baling Monday through Friday. None of that is repeated for this season, so ask before you come, and especially before a long drive.
- Saws and carts are provided and baling is available; payment by cash, cards, Apple Pay or Google Pay, no checks.
- The farm takes cash, debit cards, credit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and does not take checks.
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| Visit arrangements | Visit arrangementsNovember 27 to December 24; choose-and-cut weekends through December 20 (per the state association’s listing)- Christmas season: Opening day, Friday, November 27 · 9am–4pm, from the state association’s listing; the farm opened at 10am on its first day in each of the last two seasons, so confirm the opening time
- Christmas season: Saturdays and Sundays through December 20 · 9am–4pm; choose-and-cut and pre-cut trees (state association’s listing)
- Christmas season: Weekdays through December 24 · Pre-cut trees only, honor system; the choose-and-cut fields are closed (state association’s listing)
- Christmas season: If trees sell out · Days open could change, per the listing
- Christmas season: Weather delays · Posted on the farm’s website and its voice message
- Every row above except weather delays is from the state association’s listing; the farm’s own site has not posted a schedule for this season. The farm’s home page shows an undated hours table that differs from this schedule. In each of the last two seasons the farm closed its choose-and-cut fields in mid-December and kept selling pre-cut trees; in one of those seasons it said the closure was to preserve enough crop. This is earlier than the listing’s weekends through December 20, so confirm this season’s dates with the farm.
- The farm’s own website has not yet posted this season’s schedule. The Maine Christmas Tree Association’s listing for this season gives opening on Friday, November 27, then Saturdays and Sundays until December 20, 9am to 4pm, and weekdays until December 24 for pre-cut trees only using the honor system, adding that days open could change if the farm sells out. The farm’s home page shows a general hours table, Monday to Friday 10am–4pm and Saturday and Sunday 9am–4pm, with no date, which does not match that schedule. Weather delays are posted on the farm’s website and on its voice message. Use the listing’s schedule and confirm before a long drive. The listing gives 9am on opening day, while the farm opened at 10am on its first day in each of the last two seasons.
| Visit arrangementsOpens Saturday, November 28, and stays open weekends until Christmas; the last day is not published- Christmas season: Opening day, Saturday, November 28 · 10am–4pm
- Christmas season: Saturdays and Sundays from Thanksgiving weekend until Christmas · 10am–4pm
- Christmas season: Monday through Friday · Closed
- Christmas season: Last day of the season · The farm says until Christmas and does not publish an exact last day
- Christmas season: Tall trees of 10 feet and more · The farm says they go fast and the tallest usually sell out on opening weekend; call to check what is left
- Christmas season: Greenery workshops · No dates published; sign-up through the farm
- The farm publishes no weather-closure rule. It is a working field on a hillside, so confirm before you drive in bad weather.
- The farm opens for the season on Saturday, November 28, and is open Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 4pm on Thanksgiving weekend until Christmas. It is closed Monday through Friday. The farm does not publish an exact last day, so confirm it before a late-December visit.
| Visit arrangementsReopens Friday, November 27; closing date not published- Christmas season: Closed, October 5 through November 26 · The farm’s header notice: closed until the holiday reopening
- Christmas season: Reopening, Friday, November 27 · Choose-and-cut and pre-cut trees, wreaths, fresh greens and gift shop; hours not published
- Christmas season: Days after November 27 · Daily hours, days of the week and closing date not published
- Christmas season: Live potted trees · The farm says to check back in November; none are listed yet
- The farm publishes no weather-closure rule and no booking system.
- The farm’s Christmas page says its choose-and-cut and pre-cut trees reopen on Friday, November 27. The site’s header says the business is closed from October 5 through November 26 and reopens on November 27 for the holiday season. The farm has not published this season’s daily hours or a closing date, so confirm before driving.
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