Caring for fresh Christmas tree; consider buying local

Aber’s Acres, a Christmas tree farm in Chautauqua County. Photo courtesy Eliza Hensel, Natural Resource Educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension in Chautauqua County Consider choosing a locally grown and cut Christmas tree this year. “Supporting our local farms is a great way to purchase quality goods and contribute to our local economy,” said Katelyn Walley-Stoll, Farm Business Management Educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County’s Agriculture Program. “For every $1 spent on local agricultural products, $2.29 is generated in the…