A 50-plus-year family farm with a straightforward cut-your-own-or-pre-cut setup, but it's cash or check only and the 2025 season ran a comparatively short month -- confirm the current year's closing date before waiting too long to visit.
Cash only. This farm doesn't take cards, based on what we found — bring cash or confirm ahead if that's changed.
Riehle’s Tree Farm has more than 50 years of family history behind it, offering both cut-your-own and pre-cut trees across four species: Balsam Fir, Canaan Fir, White Pine, and Spruce. It’s a straightforward operation without a long list of extra activities layered on top – the focus here is simply getting a tree, whether you cut it yourself or pick one already cut.
This is the detail worth remembering above everything else: payment is cash or check only. No source we checked – and there’s no dedicated farm website, only third-party listings on Nextdoor, Yelp, and a trade-association directory – mentions any card payment option. If you’re used to tapping a card for everything, make a point of stopping at an ATM or bringing a checkbook before you head out, since discovering this at the point of sale would mean leaving without a tree.
For 2025, the farm opened the day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 28) and ran through Dec. 22 – a roughly month-long window. That’s shorter than several other farms in this research that stay open all the way through Christmas Eve. If you tend to put off tree shopping until the last week before Christmas, this isn’t the farm to count on being open that late; plan an earlier visit, ideally within the first two or three weeks after Thanksgiving. These dates are explicitly 2025-season figures and haven’t been confirmed to repeat exactly in 2026, so a quick call to 262-965-2748 to verify the current year’s closing date is worth the five minutes, especially given the shorter overall window.
We know the farm opens at 8 a.m., but no closing time was found in the sources checked – only the start time. That’s an unusual gap; most farms publish both ends of their daily hours. Ask about the closing time when you call to confirm payment and season dates.
No pricing was found anywhere for this farm. Given the cash-only policy, it’s especially worth asking the exact price on the phone rather than guessing at how much cash to bring – coming up short with no card backup is a real, avoidable inconvenience here.
Parking, accessibility, and full daily hours are unconfirmed. The coordinates on file are a Dousman village-center estimate rather than the farm’s actual rural address on County Road CI.
If a simple, long-running family farm fits what you’re looking for, this is a solid choice – just plan an earlier visit within the season and come prepared with cash or a check rather than a card.
Earlier in the season rather than later -- the 2025 season opened the day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 28) and closed Dec. 22, a shorter window than farms that stay open through Christmas Eve.
45 minutes to 1.5 hours for cutting or selecting a pre-cut tree
Not specified in the record.
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Not specified in the record. Expect a working farm field typical of a cut-your-own operation.
Skip this one if you're planning a card payment, since cash or check only is confirmed, or if you're hoping to visit after the third week of December -- the 2025 season closed Dec. 22, notably earlier than farms open through Christmas Eve.
No card option is mentioned in any source checked -- payment is cash or check only, an important detail since no dedicated farm website exists to double-check this yourself.
Over 50 years, per the sources checked.
The farm opened the day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 28, 2025) and ran through Dec. 22 -- a roughly month-long window, shorter than some farms that stay open through Christmas Eve. Not yet confirmed for 2026.
Four: Balsam Fir, Canaan Fir, White Pine, and Spruce.
November 28 – December 22, 2026. Daily starting the day after Thanksgiving. Hours: From 8:00 AM.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own.
W377 S5944 County Road CI, Dousman, WI 53118, in Waukesha County. It is one of 5 farms we track in Southeast Wisconsin.
We track 5 farms in Southeast Wisconsin, 5 of which let you cut your own tree. The farm has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
Its season runs about 25 days against a regional average of 26, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
Checked August 2026.