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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Christmas Trees: Sold for the Season
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:05
	Publish Date:		2020-12-24 11:15:00
	Description:		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 separated into sections according to their size. Some are barely a foot tall. Others are heads taller than I am. In some spots, only stumps and lower branches remain rooted to the ground. Those are the trees that were relocated to a living room this Christmas. Each year, Steigerwaldt sells thousands of Christmas trees. Most are delivered to wholesalers across the country, from California to Florida. This year, like many Christmas tree sellers, Steigerwaldt’s trees are sold out. “We’re just about
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