NC Christmas tree farms lost thousands of trees when Helene rolled through western NC in 2024. But wherever you look in 2025, those tree farms say they’re bouncing back.
In this week’s “Billy Ball Explains NC,” a holiday miracle: The resurgence of North Carolina’s Christmas tree farms a year after Helene.
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(Correction: Shepherd’s Way Farm is in Ashe County, near the Alleghany County line.)
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