There are a lot of upsides to decorating your home with a liveChristmas treeduring the holidays.
The smell of a fresh evergreen is also hard to beat.
Then again, disposing of your tree after the holidays can also be difficult not to mention messy.
Believe it or not, there’s a right way and a wrong way to discard your old tree.
If needles from your tree have fallen all over your floor, don’t reach for the vacuum.
“This will help keep the needles and sap from getting on the floor,” she said.
There are some greener alternatives for your evergreen, though.
“The branches from your tree make a good base for a compost pile.
Compost makes great natural fertilizer.”
You could alsorecycle your Christmas treelike home renovation expertsChipandJoanna Gainesdo.
TheFixer Upperstars feed their leftover tree to their goats.
Turning old trees into feed is part of a growing, sustainable trend, reported theAssociated Press.
