~ Friday, December 4, 1992 - North Shore News

Live Christmas
trees catching on
with consumers

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too, is diverted to mehing the
snow into water,

A decorative birdbath might
make an ideal present for your
whoie family.

Kevin Bell at the Lynn Canyon
Ecology Centre reports that this
year's Christmas Bird Count is be-
ing held on Sunday, Dec. 20.

Call the centre at 987-3922 and
leave your name and address so
they can send you the counting
forms, then just see how many
birds and species you can find in
your back yard cn the 20th.

The information you provide is
compiled with other observations
from around the country.

Birds also require natural
shelter, so why not consider buy-
ing a live Christmas tree this year?

If you’ve got 2 garden, your
birds will thank you for it. If you
don't have a garden, or if you're
out of room, the District of North
Vancouver and the North Shore
Recycling Pregram inave teamed
up to make sure you'll have a
place to bring your live Christmas
tree in the new year.

The district will be ‘‘adopting’”’
Christmas tees for planting on
the site of the now-closed Premier
Street landfill.

Representatives from the Lynn
Canyon Ecology Centre, Nerth
Van parks department and the
recycling program will be on hand
to help with siting and planting
the trees.

The ‘‘almest-for-sure’’ date is

Saturday, Jan. 16, and = tree
owners are asked to bring their
own shovel and work gloves.

‘neelbarrows will be provided.

For more information, and to
pre-register, call the Lynn Canyon
Ecology Centre at 987-5922,
Kevin Belt advises prospective
planters to call on Jan. 15 as well;
he will leave a taped message as to
whether the date may have been
changed due to adverse weather
conditions.

For anyone considering buying
a live Christmas tree — and ac-
cording te Capilano Nurseries,
there are more and more of you
every year — here are a few tips
from the nursery that will help
ensure survival of your tree
through the festive season and the
years ahead.
@ Ideally, your tree should be
kept indoors tor only !0 days.
Two weeks is the absolute max-
imum: otherwise, the tree will
come out of dormancy, begin to
grow, then be shocked out of its
skull when it’s planted outside
again.

“ @ Try to keep the tree away from

your home’s main heating vents.
© Consider spraying it with an
anti-transpirent spray that
reduces evaporation from the
needles.
@ Most trees are sold in burlap
sacks. Before planting, cut the
string on the bag, pull it away
from the tree trunk, then plant the
tree with the bag still around iis
root bali. The sack wil! hold the
roots together, then gradually rot.
For more information, contact
your local nursery.

DAYS

Dec. 4, 5,6

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