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Show Many After-Holiday Uses for Family Tree There are a number of uses to which you can put your Christmas tree after It has served its purpose In the home. You can cut off the longer branches and "plant" them as windbreaks to protect outdoor plantings such as low-growing boxwood, box-wood, azalea, yew, rhododendron and Juniper. Little teepees can be built ' around exposed shrubs and tender plants. This will protect them from biting, drying winds and prevent snow and ice from accumulating and bending the plants out of shape. Other branches curved end up over flower beds when the ground is exposed will prevent heaving of soils during alternate freezing and thawing. Heaving may force bulbs and roots of perennials from the ground. The entire tree may be used as a bird feeder in the back yard. It may be either anchored securely or fastened to a fence. Pieces of suet tied to its branches and a container con-tainer of water nearby will provide a constant supply of food for your feathered friends. |