Let's talk today almost a growing thought experiment. I don't expect many of us to actually do this but could you do this and if you could how would you and

we're talking of course about growing your own

Christmas tree how could you do this obviously it's possible you go buy a Christmas tree

that other people grew but is it possible in your own backyard?

So the first thing that you would want to do is you would want to select the right tree.

So you've got your furs, you have your pines, you have your spruces, your cedars, you have your spruces, your cypresses, your cedars.

They all have got a nice look to them.

They all will do well as a Christmas tree or holiday tree.

And so just pick the one that you want.

A lot of them have different qualities that make them either better or worse suited to your

climate.

For example, take the Douglas fir, that is the most common Christmas tree species in the United States. It's not the one I have.

I have a noble fur as my Christmas tree in my home right now. That one does really well in zones 4 to 6.

The noble fur zones four to six. The noble for zones four to five.

Then if you want something that actually does in a warm climate, if you're maybe in

Southern California like myself and trying to grow your own Christmas tree, then stick with a pine. Pines will grow in zones 3 to 8.

If you're looking at a white pine, a sand pine though, will grow zone 7 to 10.

So that might be the one if you're in a warmer climate.

Then you have things like spruces, the Norway spruce,

and the Colorado blue spruce are fantastic ones.

And then of course your cypresses. I would say most people would be going with a

fur or a pine but the next step once you have your variety it would be to

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