Christmas Trees on The Cheap!
Posted By admin on December 21, 2008
Bargain Christmas Tree!
Sorry, but we are…cheap, I mean. Staggered by the horrific cost of fresh trees this year called for drastic action. Out into the garden with his spade went the man of the house, and returned some time later with a six foot Golden Leylandii, liberated (with roots) from the spot where it conveniently hid the compost bins. Planted in a cheap green plastic container (a fiver from B& Q, and it will be most useful in the garden next year), and covered with worn out tacky tinsel….sorry….heirlooms…, it looks great!
The thinking behind this was, that although we will replant the tree, if it dies, it will only cost a couple of quid to buy a new young tree. If we buy two, then wait a couple of years (Leylandii grow fast), then each year we can dig one up , replace it if needed, and have a constant supply of our own cheap ‘christmas’ trees. There’s bound to be a flaw……but here it is, a christmas tree for under a fiver!
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