I guess you’ll never know where your friendly neighborhood sleepy farmer will end up: http://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/christmas-tree-farmer-raises-concerns-climate-change I have no idea how the journalist that interviewed me managed to cut 60 minutes of footage to 2 minutes…...
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Category Archives: Interesting things about Christmas trees
Mr. Mouse
While walking though the field, I came upon a deer mouse that leapt through the grass ahead of me. Startled at first, I took a moment to watch him move along to one of the large Christmas trees and I peeked under the tree to see where he might be...
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Environmental debate?
Someone recently asked me about whether it might be a more environmentally sustainable choice to reuse a fake Christmas tree versus cutting a real one down every year. To me, it’s really unequivocal — the real tree is the better option for a host of reasons. I came across a...
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Checking in on our new growth
I’ve found it quite fascinating to watch just how quickly our fir & spruce trees have grown in just one month. The buds didn’t break until about mid May and I took a few photos one month later. In the photo of the Blue Spruce, you can really see just...
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Tree recycling
NEW YORK — It’s one of America’s great recycling success stories: Every year, hundreds of thousands of discarded Christmas trees are collected and reused. Many are picked up curbside by local garbage collection services and turned into mulch. But there are other second acts for Christmas trees, too. They’re placed...
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