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by ShedBOy^

Choosing and Caring for a Georgia-grown Christmas Tree

Choosing and Caring for your Tree. Choosing a real Christmas tree is a fun outing for the whole family and easy to do. At Lovell Tree Farm, we would like to offer a few simple steps for selecting the perfect tree.

In most households, the holiday season didn’t begin until the family went to the local lot or tree farm to pick out their tree. Then, the whole family would decorate the tree. Gifts would be wrapped and placed underneath it. And, on Christmas morning, the family would once again join around the tree waiting for the festivities to begin. The scent, aroma, and the Real tree itself were an integral part of the family unity as well as the holiday season itself. This tradition continues to this day as more than 37 million families celebrate with a Real Christmas tree.

The celebrating of Christmas with a Real tree has been a tradition for over 400 years. At one time, all Christmas trees were cut from natural stands (or straight out of the forest). As you can imagine, these wild trees looked nothing like today’s professionally grown and sheared trees. Today, 98% of trees are grown on plantations. These plantations may sell them to local lots, or act as choose and cut farms where people go to select and cut down their own fresh tree.

To make your tradition a more memorable and pleasant one, we’d like to offer a few helpful hints when selecting a tree:

Do a freshness test.(This will not be needed if you are cutting the tree yourself as you know it is fresh.) Gently grasp a branch between your thumb and forefinger and pull it toward you. Very few needles should come off in your hand if the tree is fresh. Shake or bounce the tree on its stump. You should not see an excessive amount of green needles fall to the ground. Some loss of interior brown needles is normal and will occur over the lifetime of the tree.

Once you’ve chosen your tree,keep it in a sheltered, unheated area such as a porch or garage to protect it from the wind and sun until you are ready to set it up and decorate it.

Before you set up your tree,make a fresh, straight cut across the base of the trunk (about a quarter inch up from the original cut) and place the tree in a tree stand that holds a gallon or water or more.

Warning:Keep the tree stand filled with water. A seal of dried sap will form over the cut stump in four to six hours if the water drops below the base of the tree, preventing the tree from absorbing water later when the tree stand is refilled. If a seal does form, another fresh cut will need to be made.

Water the tree: A tree will absorb as much as a gallon of water or more in the first 24 hours and one or more quarts a day thereafter. Water is important because it prevents the needles from drying and dropping off and the boughs from drooping. Water also keeps the tree fragrant. Water prevents the tree from drying out and loosing color.

Other Do’s and Don’ts: In addition, keep your tree away from heat and draft sources like fireplaces, radiators and television sets. Test your light cords and connections before hanging them on the tree to make sure they’re in good working order. You don’t want to use cords with cracked insulation or broken or empty sockets. Also be sure to unplug the lights before you go to bed or leave the house. Never overload electrical circuits.

Sensible precautions such as these will help preserve the unique beauty and tradition that only a Real Christmas tree can provide.

Please come check out our high-quality crop of Leyland Cypress and Murrary Cypress Christmas Trees available at Lovell Tree Farm this upcoming Holiday season!

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by lapideo

Christmas Tree Farms Benefit the Environment

The Christmas Trees we grow benefit the environment.

Choose & Cut Christmas Tree Farms, such as Lovell Tree Farm, benefit the environment long before you take home the tree for the Holidays.

Real Christmas trees are a benefit to the environment from the time they are planted until after the holiday season when they can be recycled.

While growing,Real Christmas trees support life by absorbing carbon dioxide and other gases and emitting fresh oxygen. This helps prevent the earth-warming greenhouse effect.

Every acre of Christmas trees grown produces the daily oxygen requirement for 18 people. In the United States there are approximately 1 million acres of growing Christmas trees; that means that 18 million people a day are supplied with oxygen thanks to Christmas trees.

The farms that grow Christmas trees stabilize soil, protect water supplies, and provide refuge for wildlife while creating scenic green belts. Often, Christmas trees are grown on soil that are marginal for other crop.

After Christmas, Real Christmas trees are often recycled and have many uses.  

Christmas trees are biodegradable — the trunk and branches can be used as mulch for gardens, parks or in animal stalls. The mulch provides a protective barrier for the roots of other plants and vegetation while preventing weeds from growing. The mulch then decomposes, providing the nutrients plants need to thrive.

Recycling programs are a fast – growing trend in communities throughout the nation. Ask the tree farmer where you purchase a tree.

Some communities use Christmas trees to make effective sand and soil erosion barriers, especially at beaches and on river beds. Sunk into private fish ponds trees make excellent refuge and feeding areas for fish.

Before recycling, Christmas trees can be used to make bird feeders, adding color and excitement to the winter garden. Utilize orange slices, suet, and seed to attract the birds. They will come for the food and stay for the shelter in the branches.

REMEMBER TO ALWAYS REMOVE DECORATIONS, ORNAMENTS, AND WIRES FROM THE TREE YOU ARE RECYCLING.

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by jon_a_ross

Christmas tree for happy Christmas

Need tips to decorate Christmas tree for happy Christmas celebrations? Look no further. Read on to get useful Christmas tree decoration ideas.

Christmas decorations :

The joyful Christmas season is eagerly awaited the world over. In countries like the US, the occasion is observed in a fervid manner. It is a season that signifies unity and brotherhood. It is a time for prayers, joyous celebrations and beautiful Christmas decorations. Every home wears a festive look in the days leading to the celebrations. Every family devotes time and energy to make the home front look as beautiful as possible.

Christmas tree decorations :

Decorating the Christmas tree is an inseparable part of annual Christmas celebrations. The Christmas tree decoration is a long standing tradition in the western countries. Almost every home puts up an impressive display of Christmas tree to mark the holiday season. Surely, you must also be setting up a Christmas tree during the coming holidays. Do you have any prior experience in Christmas home decoration? If you do, you must be well aware that the placement and decoration of the Christmas tree is no easy task. It requires a lot of care and aesthetic sense decorating Christmas trees the right way. A nicely decorated Christmas tree can make your celebrations more memorable. Your loved ones will be surprised at your Christmas decoration skills.

Christmas decoration tips :

Decorating Christmas tree for happy Christmas celebrations need some forethought. Here are some useful Christmas tree decoration ideas. Check these out and make your Christmas tree stand out!

1. Have a clear discussion with your family members regarding the look of your Christmas tree. Think whether you want to give it a modern or innovative look or prefer to stick to decorating it traditionally. This will decide the nature of your Christmas tree decorations.

2. If you are using a real tree, let it stand in a bucket. Cover its lower part with earth to let it stand strongly. Pour in some water. This will keep it fresh for a long time.

3. Cover the base of the tree with a pile of gifts.

4. Trim your tree with a lot of care. See that it gets an even tapered shape.

5. Use ribbons of red and white color to hang ornaments from your Christmas tree. This will give it a distinct Christmas feel. You may also use golden ribbons to make it more attractive.

6. Most Christmas trees look artificial. Lend your tree a more natural look by hanging real fruits, nuts and flowers from it.

7. Hang glistening balls from the tree branches. This will give it a classy, shining appearance.

8. Elaborate lighting is an essential part of Christmas tree decorations. Use small white bulbs on your tree. This will give it a more dignified appearance. White is also the symbol of purity which Christ stands for.

9. Christmas tree for happy Christmas celebrants always stands for a magical object. This is true for kids as well as adults. You can lend a magical flavor to your tree by constructing an elaborate manger scene around the tree.

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by sparrowsfall

Pre Lit Artificial Christmas Trees

Having the economic crisis looming over our heads, more and more people are looking to curb down their expenses and because of this they opt to get prelit artificial Christmas trees instead of authentic Christmas trees. It’s hard to imagine Christmas without displaying a Christmas tree on your home.

Artificial Christmas trees can give you a chance to save up. Instead of using the money to buy a traditional Christmas tree every year, you can just buy an artificial tree, place it in storage by the end of the season and then bring it out by the next year. If stored properly, it will retain its shape and quality. Thus, it gives you the perfect tree for years to come.

However, one disadvantage with traditional trees that homeowners dislike is that real trees can make an absolute mess in your home. One thing that bothers most homeowners is the fact that traditional trees need water in order to remain fresh. This means constantly refilling their water containers. Apart from that, there are the needles. Some of them get embedded in the carpet and can be an absolutely tedious task to clean up. Moreover, there’s the tree sap. This can go into your floor or carpet and can be sticky, and a pain to get rid of.

One, it entails savings on expenses. Using an artificial tree means being able to use it year after year without having to buy a new Christmas tree. Two, having an artificial tree means you are safer from fire hazards. Three, taste and preference is not a problem since you have a variety of trees to choose from. For example, a four foot tree is available as well as a 30 foot tree. Four, the color as well as the tree shape is also varied. Five, artificial trees look just like real Christmas trees. It’s difficult to even tell the difference. Today’s artificial trees are made of high-quality that it’s hard to even tell them apart from the real thing. Details such as color, shape, even the branches are mimicked to the littlest degree.

Pre lit Artificial Christmas Trees

Buying prelit artificial Christmas trees means getting benefits. On the other hand, buying them also means receiving disadvantages. Here are two good reasons for the disadvantages of commercially sold Christmas trees in comparison to real Christmas trees.

First disadvantage with having an artificial tree is that for most people the process of having a traditional tree has become somewhat a tradition. There is no denying that there is an indescribable joy whenever you march out and pick you own tree. People who had strong traditions at home will definitely miss out on this feeling. When you decide to get a traditional tree, you will not get any of these special traditional and feelings. However, you can fix this problem by simply marching up to a tree lot or farm, walk around and feel the surrounding. This will ease your yearning for tradition and will also help you prepare to decorate your own artificial tree once you go home.

Plain tree stands for pre-lit artificial Christmas trees are trouble-free and undemanding to use. Most of the time, the setup won’ give you any problems. They fold into a triangle shape, but when you need to use them, they are usually shaped like an X. A word of caution, however, if you are going to use this tree stand for your artificial tree, make sure to line the bottom with cloth or place it on top of the carpet so that you will not scratch the floor.

Whatever type of tree you’ll settle with, whether its traditional trees or prelit artificial Christmas trees, it is important to remember that you are celebrating the season of sharing and loving.

You will also need to add some Unique Christmas Ornaments to your tree.

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