During the summer we get shipments of seedling trees from other nurseries so we can plant and raise them into the beautiful trees you see out in the fields. They were all so cute! And I was slightly shocked when I was told we’d be selling live christmas trees this year! “What! Who’s going to want to buy a ball & burlap (B&B) tree for christmas (though I do love the idea of a live tree)!?” I was then told that some of the little potted trees we received in our shipment we’re going to be decorated and available for people to buy. “Ohh…I get it now.” The image in my brain went from this:
to this:
“Ah yes. That’s better.”
I have been thinking about them for a while now. People have been mentioning pictures and decorations for sometime now and but I haven’t seen anything. But today when I got on the main site, there they were! Thanks Honey for getting the pictures up.:) (That’s him btw in the picture above)
As I said before I love the idea of a live tree. There is a children’s book by Eve Bunting called “Night Tree” that I have loved since I was a kid. It’s about a family that goes out into the woods on Christmas Eve and finds the perfect tree. Then instead of cutting it down they decorate it with a bunch of edible things for the local wildlife. It just gives me that warm fuzzy feeling and makes me want to do it too. We’re lucky though and happen to have…well, a tree farm out our back door (and the front for that matter) and can do it anytime we like. But people living in town might not have the same opportunity. So this is a great idea for them. Small and alive and mobile for now and can be planted when it starts getting a bit bigger. And the tradition can continue over the years as children grow and the tree grows. I love the living tree idea!
So if your interested you can check out our online shop for these trees or come and visit us in two weeks when we open.:)
