Not just for Christmas: Conifers can bring joy to our gardens year-round
Bringing the Christmas tree home is a joyful event. But by January most of those infant conifers will be discarded. I usually chop ours up for composting, saving the trunk for next years firewood. It provides us with, ooh — at least three minutes of warmth. If your tree has roots and survived the festivities, you could plant it outside. But spruces and firs used for Christmas make terrible garden trees. Most grow too tall with over-long, naked trunks. Luckily, however, there are conifer...
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