~ Friday, December 4, 1992 - North Shore News

Live Christmas trees catching on with consumers

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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.

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