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TIM & CLAUDIA WASSOM

Lincoln County, November 2022

Tim and Claudia Wassom own Tannenbaum Tree Farm, a choose-and-cut Christmas tree growing operation. Claudia also makes wreaths and holiday planters. They planted their first Christmas trees in 1988 on 20 acres west of Sioux Falls. As the city encroached, they purchased a new farm and moved to Lennox in 2009. Establishing trees at the new site was tough with alternating years of drought and deluge.

When they moved, Wassoms added a greenhouse to grow flowers and vegetables from seed and cuttings. That built on their expertise from long careers at Hiebert’s Greenhouses. They grow 40-50 varieties of tomatoes and 20 varieties of peppers.

Tim started growing tomatoes to sell when he was a sophomore to help pay for his tuition at O’Gorman High School. Few people were raising tomatoes back then, but a lot of people still liked to can tomatoes. “My dad drove me around on Saturday mornings to deliver 5 pounds here and 10 pounds there, especially to the older women who lived in apartment houses,” Tim said.

Claudia and Tim Wassom.

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