VALENCIA LOT REAPS SPIRIT OF HOLIDAY : FAMILIES GET JUMP ON TREE TRIMMING.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer Something was missing Friday afternoon when James Ramsey took his two sons out to cut their Christmas tree Christmas tree Evergreen tree, usually decorated with lights and ornaments, to celebrate the Christmas season. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as symbols of eternal life was common among the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. . There wasn't any snow. While natives of the Golden State might say there was a chill in the air, Ramsey said there was no arguing it was one sunny autumn day at Windmill windmill, apparatus that harnesses wind power for a variety of uses, e.g., pumping water, grinding corn, driving small sawmills, and driving electrical generators. Windmills were probably not known in Europe before the 12th cent. Tree Farm in Valencia. It wasn't beginning to feel a bit like Christmas, the Maine Maine, ship Maine, U.S. battleship destroyed (Feb. 15, 1898) in Havana harbor by an explosion that killed 260 men. The incident helped precipitate the Spanish-American War (Apr., 1898). Commanded by Capt. Charles Sigsbee, the ship had been sent (Jan. transplant transplant or graft Partial or complete organ or other body part removed from one site and attached at another. It may come from the same or a different person or an animal. One from the same person—most often a skin graft—is not rejected. said. ``I used to go out every year with my dad to cut down a tree,'' said Ramsey, who now lives with his sons in Saugus. ``Here you just need a saw. Back home you need a shovel, too. You can't saw your tree down till you shovel a path through the snow to reach it.'' Traditions die hard so Ramsey, 8-year-old Scott and 5-year-old Jonathan were there for the season opener at Windmill, a family-owned, cut-your-own Christmas tree lot filled with Monterey pines. What better day than the official start of the holiday shopping season to begin Christmas tree sales, Windmill owners explain. Windmill has two lots open this year so filled with Monterey pines that shoppers must squeeze through the man-made forest to find their perfect tree. ``I want this really big one I found in there, but my dad says he can't squeeze in there to get it,'' pouted 10-year-old Ashlee Gates of Palmdale. Windmill draws from far and wide each season. David and Lupe Granados came from Azusa on Friday morning, and brought granddaughter Brianna Granados, 5, and grandson Grandson (gräNsôN`), Ger. Grandsee, town (1990 pop. 2,473), Vaud canton, W Switzerland, at the southwestern end of the Lake of Neuchâtel. Ryan Miller Ryan Miller can refer to more than one person:
The tree farm opens each year on rotating ro·tate v. ro·tat·ed, ro·tat·ing, ro·tates v.intr. 1. To turn around on an axis or center. 2. lots. This year's lots - on Magic Mountain Parkway and Rye Canyon Road - will be cleared of stumps at the end of the season and replanted with 12- to 18-inch seedlings grown on a Santa Maria Santa Maria, city, Brazil Santa Maria (sän`tə mərē`ə), city (1991 pop. 217,592), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil. It is a major railroad terminus and the site of an important military base. farm. Family owned and operated since 1967, Windmill opened in Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. then moved to Valencia in 1978. Trees are grown on otherwise unusable land beneath high-tension power lines. Montereys are the tree of choice because they are native to California and grow well in the local climate. Seedlings are planted each year 5 feet apart and pruned by hand three or four times a year. When the trees are 4 years old and 8 to 10 feet tall, they are machine-sheared into the traditional Christmas tree shape to get ready for the holiday season. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1-2--color) David Granados of Azusa, above, helps his grandkids Ryan Miller, 3, and Brianna Granados, 5, choose a Christmas tree Friday at the Windmill Tree Farm in Valencia. Ryan Miller, at left, and his granddad measure the width of a Christmas tree. Windmill has two lots open this year so filled with Monterey pines that shoppers must squeeze through the man-made forest to find their perfect tree. The tree farm opens each year on rotating lots. This year's lots - on Magic Mountain Parkway and Rye Canyon Road - will be cleared of stumps at the end of the season and replanted with 12- to 18-inch seedlings grown on a Santa Maria farm. John Lazar/Special to the Daily News |
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