Among the towering ashes and oaks across the road from our house, situated beneath a small break in the (summer) leaf canopy, is our old Christmas tree.
Among the towering ashes and oaks across the road from our house, situated beneath a small break in the (summer) leaf canopy, is our old Christmas tree.
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by rebecca mcquillan
We put it there three years ago.
By that time, it had been brought in off the patio in its pot for two Christmases, festooned with fairy lights and gold stars like a long-suffering pet in a Santa costume, and then returned to the outdoors. We would have kept it longer, if we could have, but with pine trees not having evolved to grow in pots, it wasn't long before the lower branches started to brown and we realised we needed to plant it out or, like its predecessor, watch it die.
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In praise of - nurturing your christmas tree.
Among the towering ashes and oaks across the road from our house, situated beneath a small break in the (summer) leaf canopy, is our old Christmas tree.
We put it there three years ago.
By that time, it had been brought in off the patio in its pot for two Christmases, festooned with fairy lights and gold stars like a long-suffering pet in a Santa costume, and then returned to the outdoors. We would have kept it longer, if we could have, but with pine trees not having evolved to grow in pots, it wasn't long before the lower branches started to brown and we realised we needed to plant it out or, like its predecessor, watch it die.
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