Christmas trees can take many forms. Through the years we have had some "store bought", manicured evergreens that sort of fit the mainline consumer definitions. They were, I suppose, perfect in that they had been trimmed back for ten years so they were all thick and full, shaped like the ones we all see on TV, or magazines. These are the ones that have been promoted by the industry and make for jobs and revenue flowing during the holiday.
I may be a loser in terms of driving the economy, but there are some options that we from time to time have exercised. We usually refereed to them as Charlie Brown trees, or more commonly "road killed" trees.
This year we went "road kill" and I just happened to find two rather scraggly White Pines growing too close to others. I was out making wood and there among a million crowded, wimpy saplings were the two that came to grace our house. I snatched two because neither one of them had much to offer other than a few scattered branches protruding from a tooth-picky trunk, but when wired together they made an almost whole tree, not too different than the $50 models---well, a little different.
Nobody else uses white pines as their needles don't hold up the heavy ornaments but with a little well place dangling one can come up with a tree that doe
s smell nice , isn't scratchy and is still a suitable in a low rent way, cheapskate way, but natural, and environmentally reasonable.My point is it works, doesn't cost anything, thins out the forest and makes us happy because when I was in the woods I also saw a Pileated Woodpecker, a number of Chickadees and rabbit. I also breathed fresh air and got some exercise. Kinda of a multi faceted dude, not much to look at but facited. Nice tree, hey?
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