 We are Greg and Betty Eckert. I grew up in Subiaco and she grew up in Morrison's Bluff and When we got out of school, I had a job in Fort Smith and she had a job She was teaching school in Subiaco, so we kind of ended up here in the middle, you know We lived in town though for about 20 years and then we found this spot here and really got to liking it and bought it We already had the tree farm in Paris since 78 and then we started here in about 1988 I saw an article in a magazine. I think it was the Progressive Farmer and there was some people out in South Carolina They were working with Virginia Pine to see if it could be grown as a Christmas tree, you know just to see if they could do it and Because you know at that time there were no Christmas tree farms in the south and So when I saw that article I read that article I got on the phone and I called the people who were working with that I seemed like it was one of the universities or something in South Carolina and Asked them where they got their seedlings and they told me and so I got on the phone and ordered some seedlings And when they came in we started planting them and that's that's how we got into the Christmas tree business Well, we have Virginia Pine and we have Leland Cypress We have Murray Cypress, we have Carolina Sapphire and we have Blue Ice And we also have the Cut Frasier Fur We import some of those from North Carolina. Some people really like them, you know When people come out here they really have a good family experience They can feed the animals, go on a hay ride, watch the pigs race We have a barrel train that the children can ride in We do love having boys and girls come out to the farm As a retired teacher I just fell right into this I love it, I love to see the children drive up in the school buses They're so innocent They're always having a good time And that's the case with the people who come out to the tree farm to get a tree too That's what we like about it. Everybody comes out there in a good mood You know, they're having fun That's really one of our big objectives here Is for people to have a good time, make some memories, you know And just enjoy themselves They always ask, the children always ask if I am the real Mrs. Claus And I never say no I just answer them with, do you think I'm the real Mrs. Claus?