Did you know that you could actually have a living Christmas tree as your Christmas tree in your home that could get planted and live long after the ornaments come down?

I didn't know this until seven years ago when I interviewed Joe Lample, otherwise known as Joe Gardner, all about how to have a living Christmas tree indoors that you plant in later years.

It was a fascinating episode, and it is part two of our Christmas tree series that we've

brought back from way deep in the archives. Please remember this was like the fourth or fifth

episode of the podcast. So sound quality might look a little different, but it's such great content.

And you might be curious adding, you know, a temporary house plant, Christmas tree to your

collection that then can live on in perpetuity that you can visit in years to come.

I hope you love this episode and it gets you into the holiday spirit.

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Hi, Joe. Thanks for being on the show today.

Hey, Maria. It's good to be here. Thanks for having me.

I'm so excited to have you. I mean, what better expert than Joe Gardner for our Christmas tree episode. Well, thank you. I'm honored. So I'm glad you think that way. I hopefully you'll feel that way at the end of the interview. But yeah, it's good to be here. All right. So let's talk about living Christmas trees.

And what initially got you excited about the concept of living Christmas trees?

I feel like it's relatively recent.

You know, you wrote an article about them a while ago.

So you've definitely been on the forefront of the trend.

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