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Photo via GrowNYC.Christmas tree shopping + shopping local = you can now buy your holiday garlands and trees at the Fort Greene Greenmarket. Two family farms will have these fresh holiday decorations available for the next three weekends, from Saturday, December 19: * Hurds Family Farm — Fort Greene and Borough Hall Greenmarkets:
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Melody Houle. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Melody Houle loves being out in nature. Her eyes light up as she talks about all of the different wildlife she sees on a typical day out among her trees. Melody and her husband, Patrick, run a tree farm [http://houlestreefarm.
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Trees at Houle’s Tree stand. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Now that we’ve successfully stuffed ourselves with turkey and pie, it’s time to start decorating for Christmas! Here’s where you can nab a Christmas tree around the area. * Shannon Florist & Nursery [https://www.
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Trees at Houle’s stand on Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)We’ve had our fill of turkey and pumpkin pie and have started thinking about Santa and holiday lights, so it’s probably time to buy a Christmas tree. We’ve rounded up some of
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Photo via theother5th [https://www.instagram.com/p/-mV03EB1TX/?taken-by=theother5th]Last minute preparations were happening Saturday afternoon before the Park Slope Fifth Avenue Holiday Tree Lighting. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http:
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.‘Tis the season for holiday tree lightings and all the festivities that come along with it! First up is tonight’s tree lighting at MetroTech Commons, in front of 2 MetroTech Center, at 5pm, where not only will there be a 54-foot-high, 7,000-pound Norway
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Photo by Dianna D’AmicoYou may have noticed lots and lots of trees piling higher along our sidewalks this weekend as the city begins to collect them to turn them into mulch [/blog/holiday/how-to-recycle-your-christmas-tree-2] (put yours curbside by the end of the week if you haven’t yet!). Dianna
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Have they all been picked up? The Department of Sanitation told us [https://twitter.com/NYCSanitation/status/424186559030513665] they’d extended their Christmas tree collection through today. As of yesterday morning at 8am, they said they’d already put 162,619 curbside trees through the chipper, and we’re pretty
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Snap any neighborhood photos lately? Share them with us! Add them to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email them to us at editor@bklyner.com, and we’ll post them on the blog. And be sure to sign up for
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Someone forgot a couple of ornaments on their tree. Notice anything interesting, eye-catching, or fun? Send the picture to us at editor@kensingtonbk.com and we’ll post it to the blog.
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Source: brunosan via FlickrIf you’re the type to want to get rid of your tree before the pine needles turn rusty-orange brown and decorate your floor, the city offers some options for you. Otherwise, you can always practice the age-old New York tradition of turning it into an Easter