SB: Roll Your Own Green Christmas Tree (Off-topic)

["Robert W. Tom" <archilogic@yahoo.ca>]

Although BCJohn's timely message (below) is not about SB per se,
it does contain a Green idea which is worth putting "out there" so
perhaps I will be excused for posting yet another "off-topic" message.


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From: "John Salmen" <terrain@shaw.ca>
To: "Ovid Curmdgeonsen Metamorphoses II" <_meta_4@excite.ca>
[snip]

> Depend on the wind storms here to provide branches for my xmas tree 
>(stick > with a bunch of holes drilled in it that we stick branches in - most
>people > think its a real tree when we are done, even though it is a few different
> species.)
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For those who are wind /coniferous tree-challenged ...
I've been having the tree maintenance people (Davey Tree) bring me
truckloads of woodchips (free for the asking)  this past couple of weeks.

They just happened to be doing a lot of White Pine and various species
of Spruce and as a result, there're often numerous intact boughs within
the loads which are quite suitable for making roll-your-own Christmas trees.

So, if you need a natural, Green Christmas tree, think about giving your local
tree maintenance company (ie Davey, Asplund) a call and ask to have a load 
(or ten) of wood chips delivered (thereby diverting good organic material from 
the landfill) from whence you can "harvest" your Christmas tree.
(You could also request that they simply toss in a few intact boughs for you).

Used as a mulch around trees and shrubbery, the wood chips help to retain
valuable moisture in the soil or they can be used to provide winter insulation 
for non-winter hardy plants like roses or the chips can simply be used to create
pervious "paving" surfaces from garden paths etc. 

Thanks to BCJohn for bringing this up.
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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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