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I don't remember the trees.....what kind they are...lovely that you have this silver birch.

lovely view while doing your washing up!

Yes it is a good view Elsiemay.

Two Silver Birch,( self sets) A monkey puzzle tree and a very very large Christmas tree all planted after you left home Karen, so that is why you do not recognise them. The Christmas tree and Monkey Puzzle tree came from Laughton, Anita and Michael had them in their garden there and didn't like them, I couldn't throw them away and said I would plant them, so they are some of the first trees I planted on the outside edge of the garden, before I started putting in borders and digging out the grass field. lol.

Wow, haven't they grown. Still it's now 28 years since I left home!! I suppose a tree could grow tall in that time!

Each Christmas we bought a Christmas tree with roots on, when the girls were young, then planted it up in the garden or in the field, we have only lost two since we started - think from drought I don't have a real one now, much to the girls disgust, lol. I always said I would not have one unless it had a root on and I could grow it, but I ran out of room for growing them in the garden and they get soo soo big. I have topped out the two by the garden gate, they are lovely, I have twinkly solar lights in one of them, really pretty.

So do you have plastic now then?

I do, naughty but nice, no pine needles and no feeling guilty that I let it dry out and die.

At our old house, one of our neighbours had a Xmas tree farm. Big business, and sustainable by all accounts, so no need to feel guilty at all.

I just like trees to grow, if it has roots you have to water, I would not buy a tree that has to be chopped down, I have never liked the idea of chopped down trees, got worse as I have got older, even chopping down dead trees I don't like doing, I was sad the other day when we chopped out our old cherry tree, it had died about three years back. lol. Paul has a distant cousin who farms and does christmas trees, they laughed at me one time when I wanted a real small one for Christmas to be able to plant it in the garden when christmas was over. I couldn't pick one I liked that was small enough, so took a bigger one, when they dug it up and delivered it they brought me a real tiny one with just a few sprigs, it was planted and is still going strong.

Ah, that's cute! Not having central heating, I suppose you have a better chance of them surviving, although with a real fire burning in the room, I would have thought that would have done for them anyway! We used to have a plastic one in the early years and it was a really good one, looked real. But after about 10 years it got really tatty and ever since then we've had a real one, usually a Fraser of course! But I've never had a rooted one. Wouldn't have anywhere to plant it. Mind you, I could sneak it in to the green. The trees there are awful and very poor condition...all except the ones at our corner....funny that! They are the best ones on the green...they must get the vibes from us!!