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Keeping it real

}} Christmas trees are an all-year business for local family

JAMIE MORRIS Writer-at-large

If you’re not already in the camp that regards artifi- As the Nov. 28 opening approaches, Dan brings in cial Christmas trees as an abomination, just spend a little locally cut balsam firs (a species they don’t grow on the time with Dan Vanderzwet. farm). He also fells the wild spruce the family donates

Dan is an ardent advocate for the real thing. With to enliven the empty square in Lindsay’s downtown. his wife, Heidi, their daughter Bella and sons Dominic He and his family craft spruce and balsam fir wreaths to and Joshua, he operates Potash Creek Farms, the only sell. cut-your-own Christmas tree farm in Kawartha Lakes. For the eight days a year they’re open — the four

Dan grew up in Janetville and his passion was weekends from Nov. 28 to Dec. 21 — the family’s sparked by a summer job pruning trees in Pontypool. “Cozy Shack” opens. Dan harvests gourds grown on He completed an engineering degree in Windsor and the farm (which Heidi paints and turns into ornaments), found a position there but continued and arranges for locally-sourced gift to dream of his own Christmas tree items (this year from LeBeau Bees farm. and Lanesend Farm.)

When Dan and Heidi happened The number one challenge in upon a 99-acre farm for sale in roll- juggling a full-time engineering job ing terrain southeast of Emily Park and a farm, he says, is the weather. he knew he’d found what he wanted. “We’ve had two severe droughts The property included a seven-acre over our time here, severe enough stand of wild spruce trees that could to almost wipe out a year of effort.” be harvested over the eight years it But satisfaction far outweighs would take for their first tree plant- those challenges. “I enjoy being ings to mature. outdoors, and feel like I’m working

Dan’s firm allowed him to work with nature.” He takes pleasure in remotely, so the Vanderzwets the wildlife that make their homes bought the farm and returned to the among the trees, such as sandhill Kawarthas. cranes, wild turkeys, jackrabbits and

I wanted Dan to take me through deer. a year on the farm and help me un- “We love Christmas and enjoy derstand its challenges and rewards. The Vanderzwet family. Photo: Jamie Morris. being part of families’ celebrations.

“It takes eight months of work We meet neighbours and friends, each year to grow trees people think take care of them- for many of whom coming out to Potash Creek is selves,” says Dan. becoming a family tradition.”

After Christmas there’s a lull — he’s mostly thinking Physical distancing measures will be in effect this and planning. At the end of April, he plants two-to-three- year, and the Cozy Shack will have complimentary apple year-old seedlings. Cones come off in May to preserve cider dispensed through a take-out style window). But that perfect Christmas tree look and from June into the warmth of the welcome won’t be any different. August it’s pruning and trimming, and every week or so Sure beats uncrating a shiny plastic tree manufacmoving their Shropshire sheep to trim the low-mainte- tured overseas. nance grasses.