Anybody like a white Christmas Tree?
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Comments (5)This will be somewhat off topic, but a worthy discussion, in my opinion. Just so you know....the cut Xmas tree business is a renewable one. The idea that you are cutting down trees for nothing is simply not true. These conifers are replaced all the time; the land that they are growing on is always full of growing trees. It is no more an instance of the 'ridiculous' killing of trees than is the harvesting of any renewable crop....corn, wheat, cotton, etc. Also, every community I've lived in within the last 25 years has had a Xmas tree recycling program so that you can have your tree turned into mulch. In most instances, Xmas tree farms are privately rather than corporately owned, often held within the same families for generations. Their trees are not cut down, never to be replaced, leaving acreages barren. As a matter of fact, new trees are often planted amongst the older ones, so that clear cutting never occurs. My only issue with these trees is that, due to insect pressure, they are usually a high pesticide-use crop. For that reason, when we buy our tree (which we do every year), we keep it outside..."planted" in a hole in the ground (PVC pipe) and covered with lights. It sits right outside our big front window... rather than inside! We buy from a local tree farm. Mind you, I am extremely sensitive to chemicals so we CAN'T have it inside, but we sure do enjoy the glimmering lights every year. Back to your topic, I love to see indoor trees decorated with lights. I'll bet that a lot of people do it....See MoreDoes anybody use Christmas lights for the freeze?
Comments (36)This winter I again found myself with two babies I recently planted in my backyard. First was a 6 ft tall ( but skinny ) Valencia Pride mango tree I planted 4 1/2 mos ago, to replace the 22 ft giant that I had to cut down in May 2016, ( grew so fast it was blocking half the sunshine from my banana patch ! Live and learn ! ). The other baby is the robust 5 ft tall Ruby Red grapefruit tree I planted 3 months ago. Have already warned the Citrus Greening monster to stay away, - OR ELSE !!! No way was I going to subject these promising beauties to the four nights during the last two weeks, ( low temps all 4 nights between 36 and 30 deg ), that most likely would have killed both trees ! Bad news is it looks like I lost most of the 25 + banana plants, but no way could I have kept them warm,...still undecided whether to replant them or not ! Anyway, I was able to get out two strings of C- 7 Christmas tree lights, two extension cords and a couple of old white sheets from my shed for the two young trees. Needless to say this protection worked like a charm, as it has in the past. The sheets were removed only yesterday ( Friday ) but the C-7's will remain installed till I am sure we here are " out of the woods ! " Both youngsters look great ! The C-7's have always worked for me here on Florida's SW coast, - no need to string the C-9's. Now looking forward to March 1st.,,..will miss the bananas but more concerned about the two young trees, - my fate could easily have been much worse !...See MoreAnybody like a little rock with their hostas
Comments (24)You need rocks?We live on an old rock quarry. We raked rocks for three summers up in our grove of trees before we could start with our shade garden. And you never used a shovel,you used a digging bar, a big one, not easy when you are about 4foot9, give or take an inch or two.You see a small rock and start to dig it out and it keeps getting bigger and bigger. and they are not the pretty flat ones, they are plain old round river rocks. I think they multiply at night! An uncle told us once they are good for the garden cause they hold the heat . That uncle told us alot of things, very few of which we believed. So I don't know!!!...See MoreVery Showy White Flowering Tree ID Help - Blooms around Christmas
Comments (0)I have occasionally seen a small white flowering landscape tree that puts on a real show here in Florida around December every year when nothing else is. I haven't seen very many of them, but they are quite stunning in full bloom, but never knew what they were. I have wanted to possibly procure one, but didn't know what they were. It is a very bright white when in bloom & totally covered sort of like flowering pear in color. Sorry no pics, but there can't many be that many small white flowering trees that bloom in December here in 9B....See More- 9 years ago
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