2026-10-26 14:31 UTC
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@androcat@toot.cat 2026-10-26 14:54
@nfultz@awful.systems @samvines@awful.systems Christmas trees have the unfortunate quality that you cannot eat them, and trading them to people who grow potatoes is only viable for a limited part of the year.
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@the_morgan@lemmy.world 2026-10-26 17:12
I’ve been involved with a xmas tree farm for 35 years - family run. I recommend Do not. Big box stores like lowes and home the pot take almost all of the business. Summers with upkeep are miserable. Winters, either cutting them down to supply the retail targets, or running as cut-your-own, is a miserable time. Tree sap is a miserable substance. Deer are a cruddy creature that don’t plan on eating evergreen but munge up the trees by felt removal from antlers or they are marking their territory. there are many small pests. It takes a wack of land to run one, nobody wants to drive out to where the land is cheap to shop. Digging trees for landscaping is stupid hard or expensive or both.