Family's Christmas Tree Never Dies
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Instead of going out and cutting down a Christmas tree, Loran and Annette Bokenfohr of Busby, Alberta started a tradition several years ago of digging up a 6 to 7-ft. spruce tree on their farm in early November, before the ground freezes. They also dig up a 2 to 3-ft. tree for each of their five children.
They bring the trees into the house in pots, and decorate the trees like you would any Christmas tree. The small trees sit around the base of the big tree.
The kids each decorate their own tree and take care of them. It's very seldom that any of the trees die, and the family decorates them for Easter as well.
When spring comes, they plant the trees around the perimeter of their farmyard. Their goal is to have an evergreen shelterbelt that brings back the memory of Christmas whenever they look at it. The whole family enjoys the trip to the pasture to search for just the right trees in the fall, and the weather is much milder and more pleasant than it would be in December if they were going out to cut a tree.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Loran and Annette Bokenfohr, R.R. 1, Busby, Alberta, Canada T0G 0H0 (ph 780 349-8538).
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Family's Christmas Tree Never Dies FARM HOME Novelty Items 27-5-2 Instead of going out and cutting down a Christmas tree, Loran and Annette Bokenfohr of Busby, Alberta started a tradition several years ago of digging up a 6 to 7-ft. spruce tree on their farm in early November, before the ground freezes. They also dig up a 2 to 3-ft. tree for each of their five children.
They bring the trees into the house in pots, and decorate the trees like you would any Christmas tree. The small trees sit around the base of the big tree.
The kids each decorate their own tree and take care of them. It's very seldom that any of the trees die, and the family decorates them for Easter as well.
When spring comes, they plant the trees around the perimeter of their farmyard. Their goal is to have an evergreen shelterbelt that brings back the memory of Christmas whenever they look at it. The whole family enjoys the trip to the pasture to search for just the right trees in the fall, and the weather is much milder and more pleasant than it would be in December if they were going out to cut a tree.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Loran and Annette Bokenfohr, R.R. 1, Busby, Alberta, Canada T0G OHO (ph 780 349-8538).
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