A small, limited-scope farm with real if possibly outdated pricing on a single cut-your-own species, no independent website to check for updates, and conflicting descriptions of when the season actually runs.
Cut-your-own Blue spruce flat $55 regardless of size; pre-cut trees start around $30 and scale up by size/variety. Figures found were flagged in the source as possibly outdated.
Red Caboose is a smaller, more limited operation than most farms in this batch, and the record reflects that in both scope and reliability. Cut-your-own is offered for one species - blue spruce - at a flat rate, while pre-cut trees of other varieties are also sold. There’s no large activity list here: no hayride, no petting zoo, no gift shop turned up in research. This reads as a straightforward, no-frills farm rather than a destination outing.
A flat $55 for cut-your-own blue spruce, regardless of size, is a specific and usable number - if it’s still accurate. The source that reported it explicitly flagged the figures as possibly outdated, which is a meaningful caveat rather than routine hedging. Pre-cut trees of other varieties reportedly start around $30 and scale up with size and variety. Both numbers are worth treating as a planning estimate, not a guarantee, and confirming by phone or through the farm’s Facebook page before you go.
Two different sources described the open season differently: one said the first two weekends of December specifically, another described a longer window from late November through December 23. Rather than pick one description as more authoritative without a real basis for doing so, this record reports both and treats the actual dates as unconfirmed. That’s a real planning gap - don’t assume either window without checking directly.
Unlike most other farms in this batch, no independent website was found for Red Caboose. The most current information available appears to come from the farm’s Facebook page. That’s not unusual for a small operation, but it does mean you should check there specifically, rather than searching for a website that may not exist, before making the drive.
The coordinates on file for this listing use the Winona city center rather than the farm’s actual rural address on Homer Valley Road, since a precise geocode for that address wasn’t available during research. Navigate using the street address itself, not a map pin, to avoid ending up in the wrong part of the county.
Red Caboose is a modest, single-species cut-your-own option worth considering if blue spruce at a flat rate appeals to you, provided you’re willing to check Facebook for current hours and treat the pricing as an estimate rather than a locked-in number.
Not confirmed - two different descriptions of the open season turned up in research ('first 2 weekends in December' versus 'late November through December 23'), so check the farm's Facebook page close to your planned visit rather than relying on either.
Not documented in the record.
Not documented in the record.
Not documented in the record.
Not documented in the record.
Skip Red Caboose if you need a farm with a proper website for reliable updates, since none was found, or if you want a tree species other than blue spruce cut-your-own, since that's the only one documented for the U-cut side of the business.
Located in rural Winona County in southeastern Minnesota - the only farm from this specific batch in that part of the state, so there's no directly comparable nearby option covered here.
Cut-your-own blue spruce is a flat $55 regardless of size. Pre-cut trees of other varieties start around $30 and scale up. Both figures were flagged in the source as possibly outdated, so treat them as a strong estimate rather than a confirmed current price.
Not confirmed. One source described 'the first 2 weekends in December,' another described 'late November through December 23' - these conflict, so check the farm's Facebook page for the current season before visiting.
Blue spruce is the only species documented for the cut-your-own side of the farm. Pre-cut trees of other varieties are also available.
No independent website was found. The farm's Facebook page appears to be the primary source of current information.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Weekends in December; weekdays by appointment. Check with the farm before driving out.
Trees start at $30. Cut-your-own Blue spruce flat $55 regardless of size; pre-cut trees start around $30 and scale up by size/variety. Figures found were flagged in the source as possibly outdated.
Yes. It's cut-your-own.
23778 Homer Valley Rd, Winona, MN 55987, in Winona County. It is one of 1 farms we track in Southeastern Minnesota.
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
local.aarp.org · winonajournal.com · facebook.com
Checked September 2026.