101 ways to have a greener Christmas

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Andy Hamilton wrote: 20. Make your own reef from a bit of Ivy, pine cones, Dried oranges (where did I see that before :lol: ), rosemary etc.
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I think you mean 'wreath'. :mrgreen:
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28 : Give gifts that help (force) others to look after the environment i.e. wind up radio, solar battery recharger, compost heap, etc.

29 : Dry orange, lime and lemon slices in the oven to make decorations for your tree

30 : Use a tree in a pot that you can put outside in January and bring it back in next year

31 : Use old newspapers to make oragami water bombs etc - they make beautiful decorations

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Millymollymandy wrote:
Andy Hamilton wrote: 20. Make your own reef from a bit of Ivy, pine cones, Dried oranges (where did I see that before :lol: ), rosemary etc.
Will it look like this?

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I'm sorry Andy but I couldn't help myself!

I think you mean 'wreath'. :mrgreen:
I dunno, i think the reef idea has merit - think of the fish! :mrgreen:

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28 : Give gifts that help (force) others to look after the environment i.e. wind up radio, solar battery recharger, compost heap, etc.
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Ah yes wreath. well glad that my creative spelling amuses :mrgreen:
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28 : Give gifts that help (force) others to look after the environment i.e. wind up radio, solar battery recharger, compost heap, etc.

I think I meant composter :? :oops: lol... still I would quite like to give some people in my family a compost heap to unwrap on christmas morning :lol:

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Post: # 44157Post Millymollymandy »

I think there are going to be a few faces looking like this :shock: on Christmas morning!!! I'd love to see someone unwrap a compost heap (which had been put under the tree of course!).

Or a reef. :mrgreen:
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32. Cut festive shapes out of orange/tangerine/lemon/grapefruit peels and hang from the tree or use them in pot pourri.

Great fun and the smell is WONDERFUL!!!!!
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pskipper wrote:
28 : Give gifts that help (force) others to look after the environment i.e. wind up radio, solar battery recharger, compost heap, etc.
:shock:
[slight tangent]well if people can take them when they move (they do!) why not :mrgreen: [/slight tangent]

33. use the Christmas cards you receive as decorations (I'm running out of time to do anything else :( )
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