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December 28, 2010

Oh, Christmas tree!

My friend and garden blogger Teresa O'Connor, author of Seasonal Wisdom, says the average artificial Christmas tree ends up in a landfill within three years.

Demonstrating again that I am not average -- maybe not even normal -- I have had my artificial tree for about 10 years.

In any case, Teresa makes the case for the live tree and talks about what to do with it after the season is over.

More than 13 million evergreens were cut for sale this year, Teresa says. It is a shame to just trash them all.

Among her earth-friendly suggestions are a bath scented with pine-needle infused oil.

For sure that won't work with an artificial tree.

Posted by Susan Reimer at 2:14 PM | Permalink
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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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