After much year-round convincing from my work colleague, we finally decided to get a real tree this Christmas. We've uhmmed and aahed for ages about getting a real tree, as we often discussed the pros and cons of both real vs fake trees. You can generally argue both ways; about.com has an article on it, and earth911.com certainly advocates for real trees, but certainly there are others who can vouch for artificial trees. But the brief research of randomly clicking websites generated from the search terms "real vs fake christmas tree" on Google seem to indicate that most environmentalists advocate for the real thing.
ANYWHO, we decided to get the real thing, from Melton Christmas Tree Farm. My colleague wasn't too sure if we could bring Angus along, so I thought I'd give them a call to ask. I was so pleased to hear that dogs were not merely "allowed" but Angus was "more than welcomed" to come along and that they also have their dog roaming around the warehouse.
Plumpton is about a 40-minute drive from Melbourne; quite an easy drive. When we got there, there were a wide selection of trees in the warehouse ready to be taken home, but for the FULL experience, we decided that we had to find our own tree.
Eenie-meenie-minie-moe! Rows of Christmas trees!
Any tree with a price tag on is for sale. A tree about 5 ft tall will cost approximately $30-35. Angus had a fun time exploring and helping choose a tree.
Christmas tree elf?
After some debating between which tree to get (tall but skinny, or short and fat?), we finally settled on a tree, and the Husband showed off his lumberjack skills and cut the tree with the saw we picked up from the warehouse. Actually, turns out the trunk was very easy to saw (I sarcastically remarked to the Husband as he was sawing, "what are you doing? Filing my nails?") and was very light to carry.
Tree tucked into the car boot, and ready to go!
Without much difficulty at all, we loaded our 5 ft tree into the boot of the car, with the back seats pulled down.
We took it home, along with a $40 base that holds the tree upright, as well as a gaudy Christmas tree ornament to remember our first real Christmas tree experience. We slowly dressed it up over the course of a week, shopping for Christmas tree trim the week before Christmas (hurray for 50% discounts!). We had a star, but it kept falling off the top of our tree, so we settled for reindeer antlers. I kinda like the look of it actually!
Pretty tree!
The tree will probably remain where it is for as long as it stays green! Fingers crossed for a Chinese New Year tree!!!
Melton Christmas Tree Farm
319 Leakes Rd, Plumpton VIC
319 Leakes Rd, Plumpton VIC
Ph: (03) 9747 1078
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