Island Life Magazine Ltd December 2009/January 2010 | Page 72

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GARDENING

All the fun of the fir
Spruce up your Festive season with an Island
grown Christmas tree.
This year on the Christmas tree farm we are

of November when the hard work of cutting,

able to provide the trees required for all our

netti ng & delivering the trees begins.

Garden Centres.
All the hard work has paid off and only the

every tree harvested more are planted, and new

best trees are selected and freshly cut. Tree

habitats are created & new wildlife inhabits

production is continuous throughout the

these areas.

whole year. In January trees are pruned and

The trees absorb carbon dioxide and it is

planting begins early spring to replace last

estimated that each tree gives off enough

years harvested crop. Later in the autumn

oxygen each year to meet the needs of 16

more trees are planted. Trees to be cut for the

people.

coming season are hand selected and marked

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The Christmas trees are grown as a crop. For

The view at the Christmas tree farm is a

for cutting. The trees are given a light prune if

breathtaking truly magical place where trees of

necessary to tidy & shape, but it is the middle

all ages and species are growing proud and tall.