Cartwright, his father-in-law Herman Long and the 12 employees of Giants Lake Balsam Fir will cut, bail, load and ship 12,000 Christmas trees by November’s end from these Guysborough County fields.

That's now where the family grows their own Canadian Balsam Fir Christmas trees before they ship them back to St. Louis every fall. A wide selection of trees as well as wreaths are sold beginning ...