Comments and Suggestions from last year

 

 
Each year we always have a drawing for a free tree or wreath for the following year.  The drawing slip includes a "Comments/Suggestions" area. The following, in their entirety, are the comments and suggestions from the most recent season. We have always placed the comments and suggestions, and any appropriate responses in bold, in a notebook in the gift shop. We now also post them on our website so that they are available to all site visitors.

 

We wish to thank all our customers who took the time to share their Pinestead experience with us. Through them we have learned and we have made changes. In addition, when things get rough; late frosts, drought conditions, insect infestations... your kind comments encourage us and sustain us.

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·       “Fun to pick out a tree.  Keep up the great work!”  SM, East Bethel

·       “Very friendly.”  KS, Harris

·       “Love it here!”  JB, Woodbury

·       “Enjoy coming here each year.”  BP, Ham Lake

·       “22nd year this year.”  SN, Stanchfield

·       “Keep up the good work.  We love it here!  More Norways!!”  KO, Blaine  Sorry, but we just don't want to use land to grow Norways when we are short of land for growing Firs.

·       “Wonderful!”  CD, Andover

·       “Beautiful farm and trees!”  PS, Andover

·       “First timer—found the perfect tree.”  PP, Bethel

·       “Hire Santa Steve of the North.  So, So Great.”  KR, Brooklyn Center  We’re sticking with our Santa.  He and Mrs. Claus are also So, So Great!

·       “Great place!  Merry Christmas!”  TS, Stacy

·       “1st year!  We’ll be back!  Loved it!”  AS Shoreview

·       “We’ve been coming here since I was a kid.  Now I bring my family and kids here.”  SO, Cambridge

·       “Keep it up!  We love you!”  RL, Andover

·       “Loved the selection.  So hard to choose.”  PS, Forest Lake

·       “Great options for trees!”  JT, Blaine

·       “Best trees!”  MA, Maple Grove

·       “You have got it right.  Don’t change too much.”  DK

·       “We love this place.  It’s our favorite.  We go here every year.”  NH, Nowthen

·       “We come here every year!”  JT, Elk River

·       “Love it here.”  SC, Isanti

·       “Been coming for 8 years.  Plant our trees every April too!”  MR, Andover

·       “Great tree farm!”  KB. New Brighton

·       “Love, Love, Love your tree farm!  Fun for the whole family!”  KC, Harris

·       “9th year.  LOVE the Fraser Fir!”  CR, Andover

·       “We love you!”  JA, Maplewood

·       “We love it here!  Even on a super crazy, busy day.”  JR, Andover

·       “Great place!  Never been here before today.  Got a beautiful tree!”  KB, Cambridge

·       “Love this tree farm!”  JO, Oak Grove

·       “Great trees every year!  Keep up the great work!!”  BD, Forest Lake

·       “Our favorite annual tradition—we came early this year (last year you ran out).”  MK, Ham Lake

·       “We love coming here each year!”  SP, Isanti

·       “Love this place.”  CM, St. Francis

·       “Love this place every year.:  ES, East Bethel

·       “Love that you can come and cut down your very own Christmas tree!”  AM, Isanti

·       “Love coming here every year!”  JD, Harris

·       “Love the new Santa shack!”  RC, Cottage Grove

·       “Love the tree selection.”  BT, Blaine

·       “Best Christmas tree farm on the planet!!!  18 years and counting.”  TH, Stillwater

·       “Love this place!”  AK, Isanti

·       “Thank-you!  We love it here!”  AC, Circle Pines

·       “Love the selection and price.  Keep up the great work!!”  SS, Andover

·       “This is our family tradition, we LOVE Pinestead!”  BH, Stillwater

·       “We’ve been coming here since I was born.  Family tradition.”  UR, Oak Grove

·       “Favorite family day of the year.  We’ve been coming here since you were just a pumpkin patch.  Thank you!!”  RB, Blaine

·       “Another fun year!  Thank you!”  BS, Robbinsdale

·       “3rd year—beautiful trees!  Would like to get coupons for next year!”  JC, Hugo.  We added you to our e-mail list, but you can always access them on our web site.

·       “This is 20th year here.  Great Balsam again!!  Many memorable years and experiences.  Thank you again!!  “Merry Christmas”.”  EV, White Bear Lake

·       “Love this place.”  AK, Isanti

·       “We come here every year!”  LS, Ham Lake

·       “You Rock!!”  SL, Isanti

·       “Fun!”  CM, Lino Lakes

·       “Great farm!”  CB, St. Louis Park

·       “Thanks for always remembering and welcoming us.  This makes our 23rd or 24th season visiting here.”  TP, Brooklyn Park

·       “Hooray for piggies and lovely trees!”  AJ

·       “Found you on the internet.  1st time—love it!  Coming back next year with family.”  KR, North Branch

·       “Allow to prepay for a color tree.  Had a purple last year and has become a family tradition.”  JS, Blaine.  Even if you prepay and tag it we can’t guarantee someone wouldn’t cut it.  We can’t watch all the trees in the field.

·       “You are awesome!!  Coming for years.”  JV, Isanti

·       “Love this place!  Best Santa & Mrs. Claus!!”  JR, Isanti

·       “Our favorite place to find our Christmas tree!”  KB, Crystal

·       “Awesome JOB.”  JD, Braham

·       “We love coming every year!”  AS, North Branch

·       “Love this place!  We always have so much fun.”  HD, Willow River

·       “This place is great!  Keep it up!  Also love that I can bring my pup!”  KB, Braham

·       “Please bring back the cute dog.”  JR, North Branch 

·       “Been coming with our children for years.  Thank you so kindly for giving our family these beautiful memories.  Merry Christmas!”  MB, Isanti

·       “Great trees—started our family tradition in our new home.”  HP, Isanti

·       “More misfit Xmas trees for tabletops—less $$.”  LB, Mounds View

·        “We love coming every year!”  JS, Isanti

·       “We had a great time.  Great Santa and Mrs. Santa and enjoyed the food truck.  We always come here!!!”  GW, Cambridge

·       “Amazing place!  Wonderland!”  SW, Lake Elmo

·       “We love this every year!”  SL, Ham Lake

·       “Keep up the good work!”  AW, Hugo

·       “8 years coming here.  Love it!!”  JP, Eden Prairie

·       “Keep up the good work!”  JW, Blaine

·       “Thanks for the awesome tree.  Our son loved the trains.  We loved the experience.”  KK, Ramsey

·       “Love this place!  Next year we will bring are dogs too!”  MK, St. Francis

·       “Beautiful property and a great selection of trees, wreaths, and Christmas goodies!”  SF, Blaine

·       “Been coming here a long time.  Love your trees.”  TM, Pine City

·       “Bring Norway’s back!!!”  KT, Blaine.  Sorry, but there is simply not a market for them anymore.

·       “Hope I win!  I love this place!”  ME, Ham Lake

·       “Best tree farm ever!!”  MH, Cambridge

·       “This place is great.  Thanks for trees our holiday guests always admire.”  EC, Plymouth

·       “Great trees.  Nice people.”  EN, Stacy

·       “Love this place!! Merry Christmas.”  PR, Mounds View

·       “Love the trees every year.”  MT, North Branch

·       “We enjoy coming every year!”  MG, Cambridge

·       “Love coming here each year!”  EH, Eagan

·       “Cool shop.  Love the trees and variety (2nd time).”  CC, Cambridge

·       “Keg of hot chocolate.  5 years in a row.”  JB, Bethel

·       “Wonderful.  Merry Christmas.”  SS, White Bear Lake

·       “Nice trees!”  EF, North Branch

·       “Great place.  Very nice trees.”  DS, Blaine

·       “Wonderful experience!”  AL, Ham Lake

·       “Stunning selection of fresh trees!”  YH, Braham

·       “Chainsaw crew.”  JW, Brooklyn Park.  That’s why we have pre-cuts.

·       “Love this place!!”  DS, Minneapolis

·       “Love it here.”  KL, Blaine

·       “Great!”  ES, Champlin

·       “Love this place.”  KR, Mounds View

·       “Very nice place.”  BH, Cambridge

·       “Keep up good work.”  MK, Oak Grove

·       “We love this place!  Especially the shop.  Second annual tradition!”  SS, Frederic, WI

·       “Full tree!”  AW, Oakdale

·       “4th year in a row!!”  CH, Isanti

·       “We always get our tree from you.!”  ML, Isanti

·       “More firewood in fire.”  JI, East Bethel.  The fireplace can be a dangerous attraction.  We’re always worried that a child might fall in, so we keep it smallish.

·       “Love it here!”  KM, Shoreview

·       “You’re great.  19th year coming here!”  TE, Cambridge

·       “More accessibility for wheelchairs, please!”  GK, Minneapolis.  If you were on the fireplace side, perhaps you didn’t notice we have a wheelchair ramp by the front doors.

·       “Love this place!!  Everyone has been so nice and helpful over the years.  Thank you!”  KS, Braham

·       “Thank you!”  AC, Mora

·       “Have a Merry Christmas!”  KS, St. Francis

·       “Love it here.”  SW, Isanti

·       “It was sooo fun!  Thank you!!!”  HC, Mora

·       “I’ll buy all the Norway’s!!”  LT, Blaine.  The problem is no one else will.

·       “We love it here!”  KP, Cambridge

·       “We come every year—it’s tradition!!”  JM, Maplewood

·       “Have bonfire even during the week!!  We love you guys!”  AC, Shoreview. During the week we often go without customers for long periods.  To keep a fire going uses a lot of firewood (which we have to cut—an open fire uses far more wood than a fireplace) and adds considerable air pollution.

·       “Had a great tree!”  BS, Harris

·       “Been coming here for 8 years.”  JS, Ham Lake

·       “I love this place.  Make lines to food vendor more organized.”  SW, East Bethel.  Good idea.  We’ll address it.

·       “This tree farm is perfect!”  CW, Oak Grove

·       “Great place, been coming her for years.”  DB, Ham Lake

·       “We have been coming here for years.  Always miss out on the purple tree!!”  JW, Anoka.  We’ll spray more next year.

·       “A family tradition for 10+ years!!”  LW, Lino Lakes

·       “Our first year here and we LOVE it!  A new family tradition for us.”  KV, Isanti

·       “Love your farm!”  TH, East Bethel

·       “Great trees.”  IS, Andover

·       “It reminds me of getting my Christmas tree as a kid with my family.  Thank you for all you do.  I love it.”  DC, Champlin

·       “Beautiful trees!  Super cashier!”  MB, Lake Elmo

·       “Nice selection!”  DL, Oak Grove

·       “Great trees!”  MF, Blaine

·       “Love it here!  Continued our Xmas tradition for the third year in a row!”  ES, Lino Lakes

·       “Thank you for always being a part of our annual family traditions!” DS, Rush City

·       “Our friends have been coming here for 20+ years!”  JD, Minneapolis

·       “So enjoy your farm!”  TH, Anoka

·       “Your place is awesome.  Our 3rd year.”  EB, Wyoming

·       “Love it here!”  NF, Blaine

·       “2nd year here with my kids and Grandchildren.  Love it.”  CV, Harris

·       “The best tree farm we’ve every visited.  Thank you and Happy Holidays.”  MS, New Brighton

·       “Great tree farm!”  TZ, Roseville

·       “We love this place.  It is our family tradition.”  DA, Cambridge

·       “Thanks for a fun family time!”  DH, Andover

·       “Love it here!”  EB, Wayzata

·       “Thank you for great trees.”  SL, Coon Rapids

·       “The people are so helpful and nice; it has become a tradition to come here.”  AR, Mora

·       “Thank you for a great family fun experience.”  RN, Braham

·       “Love this place!”  AS, Milaca

·       “We come every year!  Love it here.”  LR, Mora

·       “Great selection.”  KB, North Branch

·       “Super fun!!  We come every year and brought a friend from Lakeville this time.”  NC, Oakdale

·       “Been here 3 years in a row. Kids love it.”  SC, St. Francis

·       “Love that you are dog friendly!”  KR, Ramsey

·       “It was fun!”  CE, Isanti

·       “Best place in the world.  Coming for 15 years plus.”  LB, Cambridge

·       “Great job again this year.”  NF, Minneapolis

·       “Beautiful place!”  KC, Circle Pines

·       “Love the sled lane for tree shaking and wrapping!!”  MS, Zimmerman

·       “We would love a tree!  Thank you.”  MV, Cambridge

·       “Great place.”  KM, Roseville

·       “Love all the memories my family makes here!  Thank you!”  AB, North Branch

·       “Great place.  2nd time here.  Will make it a routine visit.”  PB, Blaine

·       “We love your tree farm!”  SM, Minneapolis

·       “Great place!”  JR, Grantsburg, WI

·       “Love this place!  Great Experience.”  Thank you!”  AB, Blaine

·       “Very nice.”  EN, Elk River

·       “We love getting our tree here!”  Thank you!”  HG, Blaine

·       “Our 2nd year here and we will be back next year.”  AB, Blaine

·       “Coming to Pinestead each yar a cherished tradition!  Thank you for your warm welcome to everyone.”  SS, Plymouth

·       “Nice Trees!”  DA, Cambridge

·       “We love Pinestead.  Have been coming for 20 years!”  KL, Richfield