In Redwood Falls, the Department of Natural Resources moisture reader has recorded 16 inches of precipitation for 2022, neck-and-neck with 1894 for the driest year on record. In the Land of 10,000 Lakes, moisture has been dispiritingly low the last two years. Those rains are welcomed by tree farmers. ![]() "We had rain when it was right on the edge," said Sandy Olson, working the popcorn stand in the gift shop at Happy Land, which she has owned with her husband, Ken, for more than 40 years. One quality most visitors won't find in the trees they strap to the tops of SUVs and minivans is dry timber. "I want more of a stout branch," replied an adult. "Is this one too chonky?" asked Sara Lee of Duluth, wandering with a hacksaw through a row of Canaan firs at Happy Land Tree Farms on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Picking out a Christmas tree can occasionally draw out an oft-concealed judge-y-ness in Minnesotans.
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