Comments on: Buy a Real Christmas Tree Just like Charlie Brown

By: Mark Rohlfs

Mark Rohlfs — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:49:58 +0000

Thanks Anna,
I love farming Christmas trees and have run our own Oregon tree farm and Christmas tree lot in LA since 1983. It’s a nice blend of quiet serene farming and madhouse Los Angeles at Christmastime. We have worked hard to bring the message to the public that we farm responsibly and really do care about our land. And like old time farming, growing Christmas trees is very labor intensive, so we are supporting a lot of rural employment here in Oregon . I want people to know the facts so they can let themselves be happy and feel good about bringing in a real tree at Christmas. These are lifelong memories we create for our children. I know I still remember exactly where we went as a kid to get a Christmas tree almost 60 years ago!
Mark Rohlfs
owner
Santa & Sons

By: Green Talk

Green Talk — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:42:30 +0000

Mark, thanks for the information. Love the name. Anna

By: Mark Rohlfs

Mark Rohlfs — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:59:02 +0000

Santa & Sons is an Oregon family Christmas tree farm http://www.oregonchristmastree.com , and the only small farm member of the Coalition of Environmentally Conscious Growers http://www.christmastreecoalition.org.
Real Christmas trees are farmed using sustainable farm practices and provide substantial and reliable employment in rural America. We encourage everyone to enjoy a real tree this holiday season!

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By: Green Talk

Green Talk — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:38:14 +0000

Keith, did you see the container plants I featured? Also, consider buying a 5 foot tree in a container and put an ad in your local freecycle group or craig’s list for someone to come pick it up and plant it in their yard. Also, your town or county’s public works may plant it to in a park. (If you live in NJ, I would be happy to plant it in my yard!!!)

I like the rosemary tree idea as well. I have a rosemary bush in my house right now and it smells devine. Anna

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:51:34 +0000

My problem here is finding a *small* real tree. The smallest real tree you’re usually able to find around here is about six feet, and that’s just too overwhelming for me.

My wife and I had a small (3ft) artificial tree from Woolworth’s when we first got married, and that’s about the size tree I like. We only got our first real one when our first daughter was seven years old. By that time our Woolworth tree was 12 years old. I had forgotten how much work went into tying it onto the car, schlepping it up the stairs to the flat, getting it just right in the stand, watering it every day, and schlepping it downstairs without being stabbed by the dry needles when the season was over. Not to mention the fact that compared to our fake “Charlie Brown” tree, this thing was HUGE.

In the intervening years we’ve alternated between real and artificial, but I just bought the perfect 3ft artificial tree on clearance on Christmas Eve. We’ll be using that next year. But the question remains, what do you do when you want a real tree that’s not HUGE? I guess I’ll have to look into that Rosemary thing.

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By: Greening Families

Greening Families — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:44:57 +0000

Anna,
My current favorite is this Lemon Rosemary Buttermilk cake – http://community.livejournal.c.....17903.html. Yum!
Steph @ Greening Families

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