It's my first time having a live tree! Pine needles galore, but it smells lovely and is much nicer looking than the fake tree. I do understand why people want them. I do feel sad that a tree was chopped down and will become some sort of trash in a few weeks.
Yay "fir" your real tree!
ReplyDeleteAndy and I have always had real trees. About five years ago, we opted to purchase a blue spruce tree with the root system still attached so we could plant it in the spring. We have done so ever since. And we always buy it the tree farm in Waynetown.
We put it in a cattle mineral bucket that is black in color, three feet deep and three feet in diameter. (In the off season, that bucket has been a haven for baby kittens in the garage.)
On the downside, the trees are never over 4 or 5 feet tall, which didn't matter when my kids were small. This year Mitchell is as tall as I am and of course, he makes the tree look a bit smaller than last year.
The needles hurt your fingers while decorating it and removing the lights and ornaments, but we like to think of it as a family tradition.
We used to discard our trees without root balls by hauling them back to our pond and anchoring them down with a cinder block. The fish love having it in the water. Or so I have heard it is good for them.
I remember that these trees came from a tree farm, raised for the express purpose of adding to my family's Christmas joy. It fulfilled its destiny.
ReplyDeleteLocally they will chip the trees. We never get to do that though, because Christmas isn't over until Epiphany and they're done long before then. *sigh*