My brother, some friends, and I went out yesterday afternoon to cut some Christmas trees. It’s beyond the scope of this blog to review every single X’mas tree farm in Whatcom County, but I can review the two we visited: River’s Edge and Pete Pederson Christmas:
River’s Edge Christmas Trees
Phone: 592-5220
4773 Deming Rd, Deming, WA 98244
(map and directions)
River’s edge is definitely the most organized of the two farms – they really have their act together. Lots of parking, sharp saws, and an access road you may drive along, so you don’t have to carry the tree over hill and dale.
It’s a very large farm, set against a scenic backdrop of mountains, and the three tree varieties grown – Noble Fir, Fraser Fir, and Grand Fir – are clearly labled with signs at the head of the plots. They also have some Douglas Firs pre-cut at the entrance to the farm.
Price: pretty spendy, especially if you’re after a Noble – that will cost you $60. The Grands and Frasers are less, but not by a whole lot. Figure on spending an average of $40 if you go to River’s Edge.
They have live trees, too, which are as spendy as the Nobles.
The upside is that they have excellent trees – healthy and very well-trimmed.
River’s Edge Photos:
Pete Pederson X’mas
Phone: 592-2639
4035 Mt Baker Hwy, Everson, WA 98247
(map and directions)
One person in our party, unhappy with the prices at River’s Edge, opted to go back to Pete Pederson’s farm (it’s just down the road a piece from River’s Edge). The light was failing by the time we got there, but there was enough daylight remaining for us to be able to evaluate the trees with the aid of a flashlight.
This particular farm is less organized than River’s Edge, and a lot of the trees appeared to have not been trimmed at all (although some clearly had been). But that has an upside, too – the prices were much better than at River’s Edge, and there was a large range of sizes. Get yourself a pair of cheap hedge shears, and trim up the tree yourself, saving anywhere from $20-$40. Worth the extra work, in my opinion, but then, I’ve got Scots blood… 
Pete Pederson’s very reasonable prices.
The Pete Pederson tree my sister-in-law finally decided on.
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