Don't Get Stumped, 10 Things to Know About Real Christmas Trees
Maryland tree specialists share the dos and don'ts of holiday tree buying.
Are you ready to trade in your fake Christmas tree for one that comes from nature? Know what to expect before you scrap your artificial tree for the real thing, because the last thing you want is a tree disaster to sap your holiday cheer. Whether you're planning to buy a Christmas tree from a roadside vendor or a 200-acre tree farm, a little tree education could spare you from making some common tree buying mistakes. "Most people don't know anything about trees; they just know they're green and they look pretty," said Chris McGhee, who is selling Christmas trees at Greenway Center in Greenbelt for about $30 ($50 for firs). Don't know your firs from non-firs? Quick lesson: Pines, the non-firs, sprout their needles near the tips of the …
Zinna
10:23 am on Friday, December 17, 2010
Back in college, my boyfriend (now hubs) loved going to the local tree farm and cutting down our Christmas tree. We lived in apartments back then and we just didn't have the room to store a fake one. We loved it. We used to call it our yearly tree hunt. When we moved down to MD, we tried to find a tree farm like the one we loooved back in our college town. We couldn't for the first few years and … more ›