Source: Anna Oakes, WATAUGA DEMOCRAT, 11/12/20


The High Country’s Choose and Cut season is already under way for those who are ready for the holiday spirit. Indeed, at least two Christmas trees were sold by a local farm in October, said Jim Hamilton, executive director of the Watauga County Center of the N.C. Cooperative Extension. “People need something to celebrate,” Hamilton said. “The Choose and Cut experience on the farm might look a little different to customers because of COVID,” he said, but fortunately, it’s an outdoor activity that allows for safe social distancing.

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