How Randy's Country Barn Got Started

As a young boy on the way home from school I walked by a big pine tree with pine cones. I loved hearing the wind blow through the needles.

I had eight brothers and sisters and Christmas was always an exciting time for my family.

When I was a teenager I worked at a drug store and at Christmas they had a tree lot. I loved working at the tree lot. It was exciting working with the trees and helping the customers. I still find it enjoyable to this day.

When my wife and I bought our home we had 4 acres and an old barn on the property. We had an acre and a half out front that didn't have a purpose. In the early spring the Conservation Dept. advertised in the local newspaper a variety of pine trees for sale. I bought and planted some, not knowing what the future would bring.

I hadn't really considered having a tree farm. I just wanted something to do with that acre and a half. When the trees started getting bigger people started to inquire about buying them. Eight years later we sold our first tree. So we turned the old barn into a Christmas Shop and bought another 33 acres of ground which we are planting and harvesting on now.

We also expanded a few years ago to selling pumpkins, gourds, and misc. items in the fall.