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5 Creative Repurposing Ideas to Recycle a Christmas Tree!

OK...It's time to come up with some creative repurposing ideas for that dying Christmas tree. The holidays have come and gone, we are deep into the winter season (and what a winter it has been...Brrrrr...who else is looking forward to that first Crocus?) but some of us still have our holiday wreaths and Christmas trees sitting in our family room or WAY worse...we've been seeing a lot of dead Christmas trees on the sides of the road in the city lately! What a waste isn't it and maybe just a little bit shameful? Couldn't we find at least a couple repurposing ideas to give a second life to those trees?

Is Jack Frost Snowing on Your Winter Gardening Parade? 4 Ways to Use Snow in the Garden!

For most of us gardeners in the northern part of the United States (let's say Zone 7 and below), winter gardening doldrums really start to kick in right about now...Specifically, after the holiday season when there is no more Trick or Treating, Turkey Eating, or Holiday Decorating left to focus on while we power through the cold months in anticipation for the Spring planting season. Unfortunately, it isn't quite seed-starting time (although we'll certainly start stock-piling seed-ordering catalogs to salivate over!)...see my stack below....drool!

5 Fall Clean Up Gardening Tips To Do This Fall!

Given the busy spring and summer season, we all might be getting a little tired right about now when it comes to our yard work. However, if you can muster up the energy to get out there for the Fall clean up you might save yourself a lot of work when next Spring arrives. Besides, the weather (especially, in Connecticut and the rest of the Northeast) has been absolutely gorgeous this October...what a perfect time to go out there and dig our fingers in the dirt!