In praise of Douglas-fir — the northwest's original Christmas tree, and so much more
In praise of Douglas-fir — the northwest's original Christmas tree, and so much more Josh Farley, Kitsap Sun "Daddy!" my daughter exclaimed. "I wanna go to Douglas." My 2-year-old knows no one of that name. She wanted to see a tree. Throughout the pandemic, the two of us have trekked rain or shine to the green canopy of a solitary neighborhood Douglas fir. There, we've scavenged twigs and cones below its trunk, played countless games of peek-a-boo around its rugged bark or just stared upward as the wind blew through its branches. It's an impressive conifer to a ma...
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