I love the smell of pine needles and the ritual of getting
a tree, but each year I feel a little sad over throwing that lovely tree away (to be recycled, of course). On Blogging Baby, J.D. Griffioen
recommends using a large rosemary bush, cut like a Christmas tree in December and then planted in your garden in
January. It's festive, it smells good, and it will flavor your roast chicken and turkey all year long.
It's a great idea, and though I doubt I'll ever give up the pine tree, it would make a great secondary tree for the kids. And maybe I can get them into gardening while I'm at it.
If you purchased a new rosemary bush every year - soon
you'd have enough for a whole hedge. And you'd never lack for rosemary skewers or spring chicken with rosemary and lemon again.

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12-27-2005 @2:06AM Super Weiss said... My family just buys balled Christmas trees (with the roots still attached and wrapped in burlap). We plant them in the backyard a few days after Christmas and hope the ground isn't frozen yet!
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12-27-2005 @2:55PM kitchenmage said... I've been one of the rosemary tree people, not so surprising I guess, and really love the thought. My holiday tree forest has, so far, a sequioa, a blue spruce, and a rosemary, If I was going for originality, I'd have to find a sweet bay tree. Because I need a second sweet bay. For the bay thieves, of course.
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1-18-2006 @12:31AM yelena said... the rosemary tree is a great idea for a small aprtment too. decorate in the winter, keep it by the kitchen window in it's little pot all year round for fresh rosemary whenever.
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