What Do You Do With The Old Christmas Tree?
First of all Happy New Year! I do hope you had a wonderful time over the holidays and are refreshed and ready for this year. Now that the Christmas and New Year celebrations are over for another year most of us have taken down our decorations and they are all packed away. The last to come down tends to be the Christmas tree. It has looked beautiful for the past few weeks, all decorated and glistening but now its time is over. If it is a real tree what do you do with it? I have just come back from a walk and seen a few sad trees laid out on their sides in front of gardens. I wonder if the owners are waiting for the council to take them away or if they will be loaded up in the car and taken down to the communal tip... However, maybe there are uses for the old tree that wildlife can benefit from more. Here are some ideas. Chop off the branches from the trunk. Lay them over some old logs and cuttings and they will provide a really protective and...