Sunday, December 9, 2012
How to pick out the best tree for your home, preference and price point.
Picking out a Christmas tree can sometimes make you feel like you're in "A Charlie Brown Christmas." Any given tree can either be too short, too tall, too bald, too bushy or have a myriad of other problems. So how can you tell which tree is the right one for you? To help select your favorite tree, the characteristics of the more popular species are listed below. Douglas fir: This tree is generally available as a sheared tree and is the most common species found on tree lots. It has a nice fragrance and a medium-to-good shelf life. Because of the thick, bushy crowns, they do not lend themselves to large or heavy decorations. This species is the easiest to grow because it is relatively problem-free. It requires seven to eight years to …
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Bring One for the Chipper program is collecting, mulching trees through Jan. 15.
Thanks to the annual Bring One for the Chipper Christmas tree recycling program, giving can continue well past Dec. 25. According to Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful, since 1984 Gwinnett residents have dropped off more than 1 million trees after the holidays to be recycled into mulch. That's around 20 million pounds of trees that didn't end up in a landfill. And much of the mulch was used to beautiful county parks. Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful estimates that one out of every three Christmas trees recycled in Georgia came from Gwinnett. More than 30 sites in Gwinnett — including four in the Lilburn area — are collecting trees through Jan. 15. Local sites: Gwinnett Fire Station 2: 12 Harmony Grove Road. Gwinnett Fire Station 3: 4394 Five Forks-…
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Gwinnett Fire Station No. 2
12 Harmony Grove Rd, Lilburn, GA
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Gwinnett Fire Station No. 3
4394 Five Forks Trickum Rd SW, Lilburn, GA
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Gwinnett Fire Station No. 22
2180 Stone Dr SW, Lilburn, GA
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107 Railroad Ave NW, Lilburn, GA
City of Lilburn Maintenance Building
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Buy a tree, meet Ruth and Lucille along Killian Hill Road.
Chances are you've seen Ruth and Lucille grazing in the pasture along Killian Hill Road. The Belgian horses are sort of a local attraction, right there next to one of the busiest rush-hour thoroughfares in the Lilburn area. "Everybody stops to feed the horses, and say hello," says Doug Bryson, 68, a lifelong Lilburn resident whose family owns 35 acres on Killian Hill, not far from Trickum Middle School. "Just the other day, I looked up and there was a man out there feeding the horses. All by himself. It happens all the time." The Christmas season also brings visitors to Bryson's property, which also is the location of a family-run grading and hauling business. For 25 years, he has been selling Christmas trees to local residents from the …
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Bryson Doug Grading & Hauling
31 Killian Hill Rd SW, Lilburn, GA
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