By Erin Maxson
 
November 6, 2009
 
MEDFORD, Ore. - The pear harvest is long over, but the harvest for another tree is about to start.
 
Most tree farms will open the Friday after Thanksgiving. The three weeks leading up to then are hectic.
 
"I am getting stressed yeah... I try to play golf a couple times a week and now I am down to one day a week and I'm not sure I can handle that," U-Cut Co-owner Larry Ryerson said.
 
The prep works starts long before the fall.
 
"We start in the middle of June with the trimming of the Scott Pines, and then go into the Doug Firs after that," Ryerson said.
 
Pruning is a big job, but it's not the only job to be done before U-Cut opens.
 
"Everything seems to kinda fall apart during the year. Working on the signs, and this parking lot, we've got to get organized and bring my trailer down and we have a canopy and a patio heater... The weed control, to me would be the worst part of the job," Ryerson said... "It's time consuming, I used to be a school teacher and I did this as a hobby. Now I do it as a job," Ryerson said.
 
Ryerson also heads up to Douglas County to get Nobel trees. They grow better in the higher altitude and are in high demand.