How much was yours..?

[John Hancock]

£54.99 this year - I must be mad!!

[jamesw]

The missus picked this one from homebase and it was the cheapest there £9.99 norway spruce:thumbup: pic to follow

[jamesw]

After reading this thread i had to check homebase website to make sure i hadn't got it wrog:laugh1: Mind you said it was hand pruned, must have been by a blind man nothing the felcos couldn't sort out though:thumbup:

[jamesw]

For £9.99 not bad

[John Hancock]

Very good! Lovely 2nd. pic too.

[Mark Bolam]

Does anyone else use the Stihl key-ring lumber man instead of a fairy, or am I just ultra sad?

[County4x4]

Walked out of the garden centre we usually use when I saw £49 on a 6 foot Nordmann. And they wanted another £16 if you wanted a stand for it! This used to be a proper "growers" sort of garden centre but it changed hands a couple of years back and now they seem to be catering to coach parties of old dears who will have a cup of tea and a bit of cake in the tea shop rather than people into gardening and stuff.

 

New garden centre just up the road on a farm that's been tarted up with a wine shop, craft place and a brilliant kiddies Playzone were doing the same Nordmann trees for not much more than half price. I got a cracking 6' tree for £26 including a chunky log slice stand. We prefer a pine - got a lodgepole this year - as I'm not keen on the scraggy tops you tend to get on a spruce. And it will hang on to all it's needles until next summer! I think the pines tend to look a lot bushier and healthier somehow

 

Took sister in law in the van the day after to get hers - lady there said someone had nicked their banner from the main road! Now who would want to nick a banner with "Greenlands Farm - Christmas Trees now available" unless they were another local seller who had their nose put out by the better prices? Christmas Tree wars eh?

 

Andy

[Saw-sick Steve]

Far too early for a tree, tend to be a bit traditional and put it up about Xmas eve or a day before - then leave it up for the full 12 days. I know some people who stick the tree up on Dec 1st, then get sick of it and have it down by New Year.

Never got this obsession with rushing things. We always go out as a family to forage for greenery, as for paying for a tree - hardly traditional in this household!

[Mesterh]

Can't beat a silky step cut for sheer laziness...

 

 

How do you control which way it will fall!!?

 

No notch=no direction.

 

Not bought ours yet but will prob get it from B&Q. expecting around £35 for a 6 footer.

Edited December 6, 2009 by Mesterh
Replying to a post about 5 years old! :( ahh well still funny.

[Johny Walker]

argos 4yrs ago still going strong