{"id":113397,"date":"2020-01-04T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-to-do-with-your-christmas-tree-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2020-01-04T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T11:20:00","slug":"what-to-do-with-your-christmas-tree-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-to-do-with-your-christmas-tree-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do with your Christmas tree | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe needles make excellent ericaceous compost and the branches can be used for pea or bean supportsIs your Christmas tree looking a little sad? One might imagine it is by now, for the ghost has truly flown, and left a flurry of needles on your floor. Still, let us not waste this moment to honour the tree\u2019s life with a good bit of recycling.If I am honest, I don\u2019t have a tree to recycle because I am not a fan of the Christmas tree tradition. So mostly I have to steal other people\u2019s trees. I go around collecting up the corpses left out with the bins (clearly not the ones destined for the council recycling scheme) and take them back to my allotment. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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