There was a definite spark, says Tom Dull of meeting his wife, Kerry, on an International 4-H Youth Exchange program to the Netherlands in 1980. Married two years later, the newlyweds moved to a 25-acre farmstead in Thorn-town, Indiana, and, for their first Christmas, Kerry suggested cutting down their own tree. “We loved the tradition so much, we decided to plant our own,” says Tom. Two hundred and fifty Scotch pine saplings went into the ground, and the couple spent the next eight years weeding, shearing, and caring for the evergreens until, in 1993, the trees had matured enough to be shared with others.
Since then, Dull’s Tree Farm (dullstreefarm.com) has won multiple grand champion tree ribbons at the Indiana State Fair, but the best reward has been the customers…
