I love Christmas. I would however be the first to admit that some things I used to do, I do no longer. I used to bake for Christmas and now I do not. We used to get a huge tree, but this year I was definitely thinking small. I went on a little shopping trip. I like to spend some time looking around in local stores. The decorations, store displays and music help me build my Christmas spirit. Snow works too, but not this year! I looked at small potted trees. I gave up rescuing sick and dying plants years ago. Now I want my plants to be healthy when I get them. These tiny trees were misshapen and pathetic. When I remembered that I had a nice red pot at home, I decided to come home take a walk in the unbelievably warm weather and search for a cute little tree. Ed joined me in the search and we found this one growing under our electric wires. It was easy to dig up the little tree since it was growing in a place where it would have to be cut down sometime anyway. If it survives in it's pot we will plant it in a better location.
Ed potted the tree using some of his beautiful garden soil. He just brushed aside the leaf mulch and filled the pot. Under the leaves the ground was not frozen.
He mulched the pot with pine needles and we left it on the wall overnight, watering it well. Now I have my beautiful little tree sitting proudly in the living room. It feels more like Christmas in the house already. I had forgotten how much more fun it is to search for a tree than it is to just buy one!
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Cute tree! I'm finding that I'm cutting back on the stress more in recent years, too. Little things that are making the holidays much more enjoyable. We went to a tree farm this year--we hadn't done that for several years, but we found a perfect tree and got a little exercise in the process. This warm weather is strange, isn't it?
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