Going Green With Your Christmas Tree
What is that you say? Christmas Trees are green? Sure they are in color. But what is the best way to be "green" with your Christmas Tree? Some believe that having a fake Christmas tree is the greenest way to go. After all, you can reuse it year after year. These trees may be green for awhile and you may enjoy the easy clean up and freedom from watering, but after a few years these pvc green wanna-Be's end up in the landfill anyhow.
Well that is one strike already for those!
Let's look at fresh Christmas trees. From a lot, or from your local forest, some people can not stand the idea of cutting down a living tree. Let alone removing it from the forest. Truth is there are a few green ways to make this living tree a better choice. After the holidays, you can mulch the tree and place it around your garden beds. You could also cut up the wood and let it dry for summer camp outs. Trim the branches and use for slippery winter walkways or donate your tree to the local boy scout chapter and they will recycle it for you.
You get to enjoy a tree in your home for a few weeks, and you save maybe a larger tree from being cut down for the purpose of wood chips.
It's maybe not a strike, but still it's not the best option.
So what is the number one way to keep your Christmas Holiday Tree green?
Go to the local nursery and purchase a beautiful fir tree or whatever tree you would like to decorate. Sure it costs more, but many of us around the country pay just as much for a tree off a lot at Christmas time.
Take your living green Christmas tree home, and keep it indoors for a few weeks. Decorate it, enjoy it, water it! When Christmas is over take your living green tree outside and prepare it for planting in your back yard. Instant landscaping, and a beautiful tree that will grow and bring you many memories of Christmases past. Imagine the yard you will have in just 10 years. If you don't like the thought of spending your New Years Holiday digging a hole, donate this living tree to your local parks and recreation department. They will plant it and you will be bringing a beautiful tree to your town.
It really is the greenest way to celebrate this year.
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