Growing Concerns: Your Christmas tree can keep giving to your yard landscape

Wondering what to do with that Christmas tree? Before tossing it to the curb, try recycling it in the landscape.

Leave the tree in its stand, remove all of the ornaments and put it in the backyard for the rest of the winter. Use it to add color to a bare spot.

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Growing Concerns: Your Christmas tree can keep giving to your yard landscape