Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

Yes. You read that correctly. Bottle your Christmas tree.

Christmas is a such a joyous time of the year. And the Christmas tree is a very traditional part. But nobody enjoys taking down their fresh Christmas tree. That fresh forest smell is welcome when we are trapped indoors.

Your fresh, mountain-grown Christmas tree is probably a Frasier Fir.  The Frasier fir has the soft, flat needles. Dark green on top with a soft gray or silvery color underside.

The Frasier fir grows naturally in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, usually on the mountain tops above 5,000 feet.The distinct forest on the top of the Roan is the spruce-fir forest.  .

Listen to our Roan Mountain Girl, Jennifer Bauer, as she shares her way to save some of that fresh mountain air smell and get more out of your cut Christmas tree. Bottle your Christmas tree!

And don’t forget to get your New Year’s resolutions off to a great start with the Roan Mountain State Park First Hike, January 1.call the park for more information: (423) 772-0190.