On 2009-12-11 22:53:47 +0000, "Bob Hobden" said:



"Sacha" wrote ...
Aries said:
Sacha wrote:

8' Norwegian thingy was £14.80 from a local farm. I don't know what
others charge.

Wow! I think that was a very reasonable price for a tree of that size

I think the 'ordinary' trees, like ours, were £1.80 per foot. I saw
someone closer to Torquay sellling Nordman's 'from' £30, however!

Round here a Nordman of 7ft costs £35.00 and that is the Farm Shop not
the expensive places. I understand the Scandinavians have sent their
trees somewhere else in Europe this year so there is a shortage and
that coupled with the rise of the Euro against the £ has made them
expensive this year.

We've had Nordmans in the past but have decided to just do more
hoovering in the new year, for the last couple of years. ;-) We have
a tree holder that contains water and is regularly topped up and that
does seem to help needle retention a lot.
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Sacha
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Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon