Since they're a renewable resource I guess it's not a big deal to most tree huggers.

Does it bother you? Or do you get a fake tree because it does bother you. We have a fake tree just because it's easier. lol

they were planted for a reason.. and i have no qualms about harvesting such .. for profit ...

in fact.. i kill a couple dozen trees a year.. jsut for the shear joy of it .... mostly because they are somewhat invasive trees.. that some idiot bird planted.. where i dont want one.. whats the difference...

ken

That being said, we made and sold greenery for many years at Christmas time. However, we have friends with tree farms, and we usually were an outlet for healthy trees but 'imperfect' ones i.e. lopsided, missing a branch etc.

We windrowed and composted our wastes, as do most people who purchase greenery, even if it ends up being carted off by municipal waste managements.

They do use water, they get chemicals applied to them, and they do use petrol for transportation to market. They are temporary carbon sinks and air cleaners as they grow as an up side. I do get disgusted at the stores filled with plastic Christmas gimcracks, however. That is waste, especially the cheap stuff made to be used one year and then trashed. I have one small, artificial tree I resurrect each year and some ornaments made of natural materials. The massive amounts of pumpkins grown each year and trashed also disturbs me. It's food and I think of all the hungry people out there. sigh.

now.. how do you pronounce it .. as in Jim .. or gim.. hard or soft???? .. J or G???

so many words.. so little time...

crimminey.. lol

ken

PS:.. the one thing i hate more than maple... is pumpkin pie ... pumpkin is not a food, in my world ... lol .. well.. the seeds are good.. but thats more a roughage thing.. than nutrition ...

Christmas trees do not bother me any more than eating corn does.

When farmers have us build em levees or do stupid things that ruin their land it is annoying just as if any christmas tree farmer would be if he clear cut a forest.

As it is I do not think many if any do.

On another note : some rather interesting cultivars (Carolina Sapphire) have been developed for the Christmas tree industry.

Depending on your definition of forest, yes the tree farmer does clear cut his Christmas tree forest.

It sure smells good with the pine scent in the air from all of the cut trees.

I still don't get the concept of cutting down a tree and hauling it in your house. I've always had a life like tree and it does the job of "showing off".

It mostly bothers me because folks want a live tree in their living room for a month but can't bother to plant a live tree in their damn yard.

If you actually read the history of the christmas tree its really not that impressive, lol. I just put it up becuase I like the lights!

Where the line gets drawn is when you start effecting the ecosystem like cutting rainforests down. This kills off many beneficial plants and animals that might serve a really good purpose. Cutting down christmas trees or a rainforest?

It's amazing to me how they grow.

He doesn't water them when he plants them. He digs the hole, practically tosses the seedling in the ground, covers it up, stomps the ground down with his foot, walks away from them, and that's it. The trees are never watered at any time while in his care, not even through last summer's drought.

A well-known, on television everyday, celebrity ordered hundreds of his trees several years ago because she wanted them planted on her property. We're so out in the middle of nowhere, and the neighbor doesn't advertise so I have no idea how her "people" found him...

In the middle of the room was an approximately 7' tall B&B Norway Spruce... 2' root ball sitting on the top of a 5 gal metal bucket. Evidently, they've been doing this for a few years now with similar size B&B conifers, including another spruce and an eastern white pine. After the holidays, they throw it in the ground in a big church lot and leave it to nature to do the rest. 100% success rate so far, from what I hear.

Trees are a renewable resource.
But, like anything else, xmas trees can and will surpass carrying capacify for humans. Imaginea billion people putting up trees...

There are much more fun traditions for the solstice, maybe they will catch on. See hogmanay, for example, but it is no more sustainavle on a human scale than xmas.

Does it bother you that people kill trees for Christmas?

Yes.