You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover

everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner,

Joe Lampel.

Hi friends, it's Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and thanks for listening to

the Joe Gardner Show.

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Okay, so today it's another episode about trees, but this time it's not about any species

that's endangered, extinct, or threatened.

In fact, this tree gets replanted millions of times a year, and it has millions of artificial

versions of the real thing, and of course I'm talking about the Christmas tree.

Now, whether you celebrate Christmas or not, today's conversation will be good fodder

for you in your next holiday, Zoom call, or if the topic of Christmas trees comes up

at all, and even if it doesn't, you're going to be a little more enlightened about its history

and its trends and the evolution from where it started to today's trees, both real and

artificial.

But if you are in the market for a new Christmas tree, real or artificial this year, live or

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