 Well, it is the season for walking the country side, I should say, in search of the perfect Christmas tree. And this week's Northwood's Adventure, our Josh Peterson, introduces us to the Pick family and their Christmas tree farm. Just north of Bemidji, out in Turtle River, you can find a hidden gem when it comes to Christmas. Rows upon rows of native trees like white pine, spruce and balsam fir line the hillside ready to be cut and taken home as your family's centerpiece, all courtesy of the Pick family. I enjoy working with them all aspects of trees. Yeah, I just carried forward into Christmas trees. The Pick family tree farm has been in operation since 2003 and over the years, stumps of Christmas past dot the landscape. But after this Christmas, no more stumps will be added, as the Pick family announced that this would be their last year. The reason the reason we're kind of winding it up is number one, we're kind of getting low on trees and I'm getting older. So I'm just looking forward to having more time to do other things that I like to do. The tree farm has been a labor of love for the Pick's and their entire family. But for this former U.S. forestry employee, he says he is ready to move on. While the Pick family won't miss out on all the hard work during the hot, warm and sometimes humid summer months, they will miss seeing all the families that come out each December to pick out their family Christmas tree. The families with the children also gives us a chance to re-acquaint ourselves with some of the people that we worked with in the past that we don't see all the time and that's really fun and we're really going to miss that part of it. You meet people that we normally don't see that are associates and friends and things. So you know, I'll miss the people and the kids, especially the kids. The trees that will remain will continue to grow and the hope is that this vanishing type of farm will see a resurgence of interest so that the families can continue the old fashioned tradition of getting a Christmas tree. The younger people aren't really coming into it all that much I think. I think there's kind of a shift going on. With only two weeks until Christmas, the Pick's will treasure each moment while providing the memories that will last a lifetime. With this week's Northwood's adventure in Bemidji, Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. Yeah, end of an era. The Wyman family has gotten plenty of trees from the pick farm there. It looks like a great one. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.