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Christmas Trees: Sold for the Season


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Ed Steigerwaldt’s last name means 'walk in the woods' in German. It’s an appropriate name for someone who grows trees for a living. Steigerwaldt started growing Christmas trees with his father when he was just a kid. “That’s what I grew up as,” he said. “As a little boy, I used to follow him and help him out in the woods. And I loved the work.” Now Steigerwaldt owns 15 tree farms in Northern Wisconsin. With rolling hills, his farms are home to rows and rows of fir and pine trees. The trees are
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