No Christmas lights here alas - a neighbour has blue and red (very garish) lights on a tree which have been on for a few months... strangely they're currently turned off so perhaps they're preparing a fantastic surprise for us all. I have a bay tree by the front door with solar lights on - its lovely in the summer nights to see it on (doesn't get enough light for winter so its often flat before we get home). I really must invest in some more solar lights - not sure where they'll go in the garden yet though!
No offence Runnybeak, mine are the tasteful white lights that gently glow in the evening light, while you are sipping your cool glass of Chardonnay, and admiring the roses. lol
I was contemplating buying one of those led lit cherry trees but I was concerned as to how I would keep it upright ( and safe from the tauregs that go down my lane and pull the normal Christmas tree over and break the wires to the lights). Does it come with a spike or a fixing plate??
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I was contemplating buying one of those led lit cherry trees but I was concerned as to how I would keep it upright ( and safe from the tauregs that go down my lane and pull the normal Christmas tree over and break the wires to the lights). Does it come with a spike or a fixing plate??"
It comes with a sort of metal stand that you can put smallish paving stones over to stop it toppling over. Then we covered the base of ours with gravel as it was on a gravel drive so it looked better.
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Very pretty Busy Liz
No Christmas lights here alas - a neighbour has blue and red (very garish) lights on a tree which have been on for a few months... strangely they're currently turned off so perhaps they're preparing a fantastic surprise for us all. I have a bay tree by the front door with solar lights on - its lovely in the summer nights to see it on (doesn't get enough light for winter so its often flat before we get home). I really must invest in some more solar lights - not sure where they'll go in the garden yet though!
So pretty BL
A local GC has large 'tree sized' ones like that lining their driveway at this time of year - very effective
I'll be driving home in the dark this evening after visiting a friend - I wonder how many illuminated gardens I'l see now that Advent has started
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have some solar lights on my pear tree all year round, trouble is our garden is quite shady and they dont stay on for long in the winter.
I put some fairy lights on my indoor Dragon Tree and they stay on all year round as they look so nice!
No offence Runnybeak, mine are the tasteful white lights that gently glow in the evening light, while you are sipping your cool glass of Chardonnay, and admiring the roses. lol
BUSY-LIZZIE
I was contemplating buying one of those led lit cherry trees but I was concerned as to how I would keep it upright ( and safe from the tauregs that go down my lane and pull the normal Christmas tree over and break the wires to the lights). Does it come with a spike or a fixing plate??
Your tree is really pretty BL
RB can't stop laughing at your typo rename of ginagibbs
Good job Gina has a Chardonnay in hand
Hogweed, what is a tauregs?
Hogweed said
"BUSY-LIZZIE
I was contemplating buying one of those led lit cherry trees but I was concerned as to how I would keep it upright ( and safe from the tauregs that go down my lane and pull the normal Christmas tree over and break the wires to the lights). Does it come with a spike or a fixing plate??"
It comes with a sort of metal stand that you can put smallish paving stones over to stop it toppling over. Then we covered the base of ours with gravel as it was on a gravel drive so it looked better.