Christmas tree farms cope with weather

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Christmas tree farmers are in their high season, but said business has been cut down by sloppy, cold weather keeping the crowds away.

“It?s been a pretty bad year, as far as weather?s concerned,” said Wayne Thomas, owner of Thomas Tree Farm in Manchester. “First we had the drought in the summer, now there?s nothing but rain and snow. This is probably oneof the worst seasons I?ve seen in terms of weather.”

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