Christmas Trees !

[sewer rat]

One of the places I work has two hundred acres of trees, which I started hand pruning just this afternoon. Some of these trees will be ready for the Christmas Market this year. Paul, the guy who owns the place is away for 4 - 5 weeks at a time and is always busy when he's home so he came up with a proposition today - I sell the trees and we split the money 50 / 50. Sounds good ? Gets better - I will be cutting and packing them in his time, so I still get paid !! All I need to do now is build myself a funnel and netting machine and away I go.
Could be a nice Christmas bonus if I can get it all sorted - have just looked on the interweb and 4ft trees are retailing at £25 a tree !

[Seamus]

good luck with that, it almost sounds to good to be true; it will be a merry xmas for you, u could make a packet, happy days !!!

[kirsty b]

Good luck with that Rat. Should get a nice Xmas bonus if you pull it off.

[Scottishnewbie]

we've inherited about 60 trees that need topped - maybe i should top them and sell them as xmas trees!!

[Headfry]

well done SR- a Happy Christmas for you! hope you find all the bits you need

[vikkib]

That's very festive news SR! Superb!

I saw some 4ft (ish) Christmas trees on sale near my folks' house the other day for £35 a pop!

[Scottishnewbie]

That's very festive news SR! Superb!

I saw some 4ft (ish) Christmas trees on sale near my folks' house the other day for £35 a pop!

right then, that's me definately decided! My 13 year old needs some pocket money so he can climb them and find the best ones i think!

[vikkib]

right then, that's me definately decided! My 13 year old needs some pocket money so he can climb them and find the best ones i think!

Good thinking Scottishnewbie!

Let him earn some money in time to buy you a lovely, big, gardening related Chrimbo pressie!

[tricky]

go for it sr ,merry xmas to you .

[bramble]

Well that's great news Rat.
You deserve it after all you've been through this year with your business.
Hope its a bumper year for you.

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

SR, can you hire a machine to net the trees?

[bluemoon]

The first archaeological field trip my daughter went on had them staying in the bunk house of a Christmas tree farm, she didn't know they existed until then and had had some weird idea that people went into forests to cut them from the wild, which is why she always objected when I bought a real one every year....and I thought it was because the needles got everywhere.

[OllieMartin]

Well I have a plastic one!

*Prepares for a good, old fashioned slating*

As I live on my own, it's not really worth while getting a proper one in for just me to appreciate.
Besides, I spend Christmas at my mum's, and she has a 7ft plastic one! I find they tend to look better as the branches are nice and even and very 'typical' looking. It's been years since I've seen a really good looking real one. The tops always seem to be a bit scraggy and spindly. Plastic ones are quaquaversally perfect

[allotmentlady]

i dont get a real one either ollie, just have a plastic one, we dont even have xmas lights, carbon footprint and all x