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Mon Dec-13-10 12:42 PM
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:44 PM
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| 1. Great pic. Is that Wisconsin or Minnesota? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:46 PM
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| 3. and here I am mourning the needless death of yet another tree |
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it didn't strike me as a "great pic".
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:56 PM
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| 6. I'm probably the only one with this outlook, but....I come from Montana and.... |
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Edited on Mon Dec-13-10 12:57 PM by LiberalLoner
my grandparents raised Christmas trees on their land - planted in nice neat rows just like planting corn, etc. - and they didn't get all that much money for them, but they didn't require irrigation or very much fertilizer or really even all that much attention compared to some other crops.
When I see a Christmas tree like that, I don't think "another tree gone" I think, another farmer surviving another year.
(Just read this year, 98% of Xmas trees sold in the US come from farms.)
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:59 PM
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| 7. They grow like weeds! I bought two little live ones at Safeway |
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a few years ago and planted them here at the ranch. They're huge now! Biggest trees on the place.
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:03 PM
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| 8. Come to western Oregon. |
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Christmas trees are what's happening here. We cut them, thank them, decorate them and enjoy them.
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:05 PM
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| 9. Then mulch them thus returning them to the earth for |
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:47 PM
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| 11. That grew up on a farm and will return as mulch. |
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Actually, it IS a great pic of the beauty of recycling farm waste!
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:09 PM
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:45 PM
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| 2. I heard something on the radio about renting a tree from a nursery |
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who deliver it (still alive) and pick it up (presumably still alive) after the season is over.
I assume it is potted, but didn't get any real details, just that this option now exists.
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:52 PM
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| 4. RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!! |
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HOW DARE YOU SAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS INSTEAD OF MERRY CHRISTMAS! ITS A WAR ON CHRISTMAS I SAY!! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!:sarcasm: I think that tree is bigger then the car that is carrying it lol. Great Picture.
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Mon Dec-13-10 04:08 PM
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Edited on Mon Dec-13-10 04:09 PM by Tyrs WolfDaemon
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Forgot to say nice picture - wish we had snow down here in Austin.
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:54 PM
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| 5. WOW! If the tree was harvested on a tree farm I have no |
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