Chopping down a cedar for a Christmas tree Sami Grover
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From baking your own Christmas decorations to making green gifts, a sustainable Christmas is often a DIY Christmas. But what about the tree? This year my wife and I decided we would save the $40+ of buying a tree, plus the hassle of heading out and fighting over the choicest specimens. Instead, we went old school.
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Brandishing a bow saw and some pruners, we headed out into the woods to find our own tree. (We're lucky enough to have some woodland on our property.) Sadly, spruce and fir are in short supply in our neck of the, ahem, woods. So we decided to go a little untraditional
And when it's job in the living room is done, it'll be chopped up and added to our firewood pile.
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Need proof that it's possible to balance being green and still be a supportive partner and parent? See how Ed Begley, Jr. does it on Planet Green TV's Living with Ed.
