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• Crop availability / harvest schedule for fruit and vegetables, click here

• To find pumpkin patches, corn mazes and other Halloween activities, click here.

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Cutting a Christmas Tree in the National Forest: Christmas Tree Permits Available (November 14, 2007)-- Permits are available for cutting a Ponderosa Pine south of Chadron and east of Deadhorse Rd. They can be picked up for $10 from the Pine Ridge Ranger District at the corner of 16th Street and Highway 385, and from the Forest Supervisor's office at 125 North Main Street, both in Chadron.

Listings:

Cheyenne County

• Walker's Tree Farm - Cut your own Christmas trees,
  10315 Rd 4, Sidney, NE 69162. Directions: 2 miles south and 1/2 mile east of Lorenzo, NE; 4 miles north of Peetz, Colorado. Open: from the day after Thanksgiving to December 23; weekends, 9 am to 4 pm.
  Christmas tree varieties:
  U-Choose and Cut your own: Scotch Pine

Garden County

• Clear Creek Tree Farm
  3 AAA 4, Lewellen, NE 69147. Phone: 308-355-5321. Directions: 5 miles west of Lewellen on Hwy 92. Open: November 23 to December 23; 10 am to dusk.
  Christmas tree varieties:
  U-Choose and Cut your own: Balsam Fir, Douglas Fir, Frasier Fir, Scotch Pine, White Pine, Other Pine

 

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