How much was yours..?

Today was the annual trip to buy the Christmas tree. My daughter always comes to help. We cleared out the discovery, folded the seats down and jumped in eager to bring home some festive-fun.

Arrived at the garden centre which I've used for Christmas trees for 4 or 5 years, found a nice tree (modest 6 foot specimen, non-needle drop, nice branch structure, no recognisable defects)

£50.00 !!!!!!

In the words of Victor Meldrew...."I Don't Believe It!" Last year I bought a seven footer for about £35 from the same place.

I bought it of course, my daughter made sure of that!

So come on, how much was yours.......

I'm planning on using the top out of a leylandii, hopefully there will be a good specimen to top next week.

Ha ha - tell me you're not that cheap Pete!!

Mind you, I'm using a tiddler tree in a pot from last year.

Also save a conifer job for early Dec, lop out the top and hey presto,

Only the kids ganged up on me this year said I was a cheapskate, so off to B&Q £19.99 for a 5ft one. Got it home kids said it was too small, called me a cheapskate, so will be lopping out the top of those big conifers on Monday !!!!!!!!!!

we're getting ours tomorrow, probably an 8 footer.....hope mines cheaper that yours!!!

Mine are free i keep planting some to warm woods for pheasants so i allways have a stock, also i have plantations of spruce about 30-40 years old fell one and use the top:001_smile:

Ha ha - tell me you're not that cheap Pete!!

 

If I get one I'll post a pic!

Anway, if i save £50 on the tree i can spend an extra £50 on presents to go under it.

i told the girlfriend i'd get her family one from teh plantation behind us at work. she said that that is stealing, i then mentioned the other 100,00 in teh plantation and maybe we'd just take a regen from the edge.

Jamie

It can't be stealing because you are only thinning haha:001_smile:

Dropped my tree to the new house last week.

7 foot and it cost me sweet F/A i took it from a site were the estate team have been clearing bushes of rhodie ponticum.

Never seen such a perfectly formed tree either.

The cooks gonna love decorating it shes only 5 ft herself.