Sales of Christmas trees locally have been stable, although there is a supply problem, and some trees can be expensive.

If you want to chop down your own tree, go to Treaster’s Tree Farm, 13184 Gore Orphanage Road in Wakeman.

This weekend the farm will be open to the public from 10 a.m. until dark on December 4 and 5.

The price of a tree is $ 8 per foot plus tax, said owner Barbara Treaster.

Cash and checks with ID are the only methods of payment accepted.

This is the only weekend the farm will be open to those who want to cut down their own trees, Teaster said.

Customers can expect to find Colorado Blue Spruce, Norway Pine, White Pine, and Fraser Fir.

A temporary Christmas tree has sprung up in Lorain on State Route 58, also Leavitt Road, across from Lighthouse Commons.

Managed by Bushur and Sons, the lot has hundreds of trees with an inventory of towering Fraser firs and tall blue spruce, Scots pines and white pines.

Workers there said business would likely pick up significantly on the weekend.

Gale’s Garden Center, 24373 Center Ridge Road in Westlake, had a nice stash of trees, but a worker said most of the larger Fraiser Firs were purchased.

Gale officials said there was a good selection of trees there.

The store has 750 trees for the season, which is a drop of around 200 trees from a year ago, they said.

Problems in the supply chain have made it more difficult to obtain trees this year, they said.

The Treaster farm had its own supply problems, but this was due to “creatures”.

Barbara Treaster said deer rubbing against trees is killing plants and likely costing the farm 50 trees from its supply.