The first day of bough harvesting near Mt. St Helens, Washington.
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Setting up the tent which will be the home of our crew during the bough harvest.
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"Chano" is just one of our many employees who return year after year to help harvest the boughs.
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Chano getting ready to make some bunches. The Noble Fir boughs are tied into 25-50lb bunches for transportation to the farm.
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Our boughs are harvested from trees in the national forest. Boughs are cut from the lower half of the trees and we use just the tips of the branch. No trees are harmed in the making of our wreaths.
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Lars is the supervisor of the mountain crew this year. He lives in the camp with the rest of the crew.
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The boughs are carried to the trailer after they are cut and tied into a bunch.
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The trailer gets loaded with the days harvest and Frank drives it back to the farm.
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Nice sunny days like this are a joy to work in.
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