The Great Christmas Tree Debate...
Ok, so we just got a fresh tree this year. For the first 7 years we used my Grandmothers old fake tree...but it shed more than any real tree could ever and I had no idea if it was full of lead or what! So we freecycled it (still had all the pieces to it! nice shape).
For the past three years we've gotten fresh trees. The first two years from a family farm - the organic tree wasn't as nice as the non-organic, but it was organic! and local! like winning the jackpot...
This year we ran out of time and went to a tree lot...in the dark...bought a tree...didn't realize the tree was spray painted until a few days later when I noticed the tree trunk was green as well...
So we can't very well compost that tree in the backyard...and it was expensive...hence the debate.
DH says buying a fake tree makes more $$$ sense. I say buying a real tree from a family farm is good $$$ for the local family, especially if they are raising the trees in an eco-friendly manner...
What is your take? What do you do? And how do you justify it as a good GREEN choice?
I'd love to get a plant-a-tree tree that I could plant after we use it to decorate it, but we don't have any land on which to plant it. I know there are other options...but which ones are the greenest?
Aside from having no tree at all, what do you do?
Ok, so we just got a fresh tree this year. For the first 7 years we used my Grandmothers old fake tree...but it shed more than any real tree could ever and I had no idea if it was full of lead or what! So we freecycled it (still had all the pieces to it! nice shape).
For the past three years we've gotten fresh trees. The first two years from a family farm - the organic tree wasn't as nice as the non-organic, but it was organic! and local! like winning the jackpot...
This year we ran out of time and went to a tree lot...in the dark...bought a tree...didn't realize the tree was spray painted until a few days later when I noticed the tree trunk was green as well...
So we can't very well compost that tree in the backyard...and it was expensive...hence the debate.
DH says buying a fake tree makes more $$$ sense. I say buying a real tree from a family farm is good $$$ for the local family, especially if they are raising the trees in an eco-friendly manner...
What is your take? What do you do? And how do you justify it as a good GREEN choice?
I'd love to get a plant-a-tree tree that I could plant after we use it to decorate it, but we don't have any land on which to plant it. I know there are other options...but which ones are the greenest?
Aside from having no tree at all, what do you do?
and they (6yo and 3yo) want to start a tree farm so everyone has a good tree to choose from for free....they are so funny
