17 December 2005
Ah, the City by the Bay...
San Francisco Renting Christmas Trees
The trees involved are a tad non-traditional, but the idea is neet.
I can remember -- just barely, i must have been about three or four -- that the first two years after my folks bought our first home in Cleveand, we had live Christmas trees, which Dad planted on each side of the front steps. I'm not sure what kind they were, though they were definitely evergreens; from what i recall of their shape, i'm guessing firs.
These days, live evergreens are too flippin' expensive for the average homeowner to do that with, but cut trees are hideously wasteful, and jam up landfills or require recycling programs (They can be fun to dispose of in the fireplace, though -- "fun" in the sense of "make sure you hve 911 on speed dial before you try it", that is), and artificial trees are nasty.
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The trees involved are a tad non-traditional, but the idea is neet.
SAN FRANCISCO - It might just take a Christmas miracle to deck out these spindly branches, and at $90 a tree they're anything but cheap. But like Charlie Brown's sad sapling, it's the thought behind them that shines through.
The city is renting 100 young potted trees, from fruitless olives to Brisbane boxes, to homes for the holidays. Instead letting them get tossed to the curb when holiday is over, the city will pick them up in January and plant them in a neighborhood in need of greenery.
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I can remember -- just barely, i must have been about three or four -- that the first two years after my folks bought our first home in Cleveand, we had live Christmas trees, which Dad planted on each side of the front steps. I'm not sure what kind they were, though they were definitely evergreens; from what i recall of their shape, i'm guessing firs.
These days, live evergreens are too flippin' expensive for the average homeowner to do that with, but cut trees are hideously wasteful, and jam up landfills or require recycling programs (They can be fun to dispose of in the fireplace, though -- "fun" in the sense of "make sure you hve 911 on speed dial before you try it", that is), and artificial trees are nasty.
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