If it’s not too late, don’t drag your Christmas tree to the curb for trash pick-up. Recycle it. There are lots of great uses for a needle dropping tree. For starters, if you have a fireplace or burn wood, nothing makes a better fire starter than a dry Christmas trees. You can snap off the branches and twigs to get a quick blaze going and the main trunk burns hot and emits a great fragrance. If you have a mulcher, that works, too
For a fishermen, you will not find a better fish attractor than a submerged tree. It takes years to break down in the water and it immediately begins to draw baitfish which in turn draw bigger fish. If there is a submerged tree in a pond, there will be a bass nearby. Tie the tree to an old cinder block, and drop it an 8-foot depth and you can fish there year round.
A Christmas tree in a garden spot not only protects the soil from drying out, it attracts small birds and gives them shelter. If you buy a jar of cheap peanut butter, spread it on the limbs and then sprinkle with bird seed, the birds (and squirrels) will enjoy their ready-made snacks for weeks.
A final thought: If you have a chain saw and slice the truck thinly, they make great and beautiful coasters for inside or outside use.
As cousin Eddie said in Christmas Vacation: A Christmas Tree is the gift that keeps on giving.
