CHRISTMAS TREE--VANDAL PROTECTION

To protect your Christmas tree from vandals:

Combine 20 ounces of hydrated lime and 4 ounces of a anti-desiccant (WILT-PRUF, FOLIGARD) and mix into paste. Add 20 gallons water and 2 bottle of your favorite colored food coloring. Spray entire tree.

Mixture should last through December and wash off with winter rains and snows.

Of course, you will have a colored tree in the landscape. But it will be there, instead of in someone else's house.

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