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For Anton, Donna and son Erik Rustand, holly is a way of life all year long. Their hollydays began in 1974, when Anton and Donna were house hunting and fell in love with a neglected holly farm. Holly Hill Farm HHF, located on top of beautiful Meadowbrook Hill in Mulino, Oregon, had 760 trees on seven and a half acres. Although Anton, a native of Norway, was a forester and Donna had training as a florist, they knew nothing about holly. The property was in such bad shape, the county agent told them, theyd have to cut all the limbs off the trunks and make the trees start over. The hopeful holly farmers backed off from that drastic treatment and instead started singlehandedly nursing their trees back to health, by spreading fertilizer and pruning sick and dead branches. That first year they battled moles, gophers, mice, birds and berry vines. They brought in bee hives to help pollinate the trees. Lo and behold in 1975 their first harvest yielded eight tons of holly.

 

Address: 29050 S. Beavercreek Rd. Mulino, Oregon 97042
Telephone: (541)389-8119
Website: http://www.hollyhillfarm-or.com/