Dateline Los Gatos. The Great Dry Needle Xmas Tree Catastrophe of 2014. Reports are coming in of Xmas trees losing their needles much earlier than usual. Who ruined Xmas? The drought. These same tree owners report trees are sucking up water at an alarming rate, but no matter how often the reservoir is filled, the needles fall, as do Xmas dreams.
If you're still using live trees for Christmas you're not much of an environmentalist. :)
- Eric Logan
They are pretty much dead once you cut them down. And trees are a perfectly renewable resource. If you cut them correctly new trees grow directly from the stump of the old trees.
- Todd Hoff
Have to say, picked a horrible tree this year. Went with something different, a white cedar. It's too small, it's not thick and bushy, branches are too far apart. Sometimes the same old same old is the same old because it's actually better.
- Todd Hoff
I believe using a real tree is a net benefit for the environment. The industry grows replacements, and as demand grows, wooded area increases. The artificial trees are made of some nasty stuff. See this article for example: http://www.earth911.com/home-ga...
- Stephen Mack
But that aside, Todd, sorry to hear about your tree's condition.
- Stephen Mack
Thanks Stephen, but ours is still doing well, though I kinda of want it to die. I've never had a cedar tree before, but I don't think the it will dry out like needles do. This tragedy is being reported on a local list.
- Todd Hoff
The first artificial trees of goose feathers where designed to prevent deforestation in Germany. The US version was made by a brush company. The older a tree gets the more carbon it absorbs also. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Eric Logan
In the US we have xmas tree farms, so deforestation isn't an issue. The goose feather trees look a little funky http://www.ebay.com/itm...
- Todd Hoff