Woolly way to care for Christmas trees.

From: Northampton Chronicle and Echo (Northampton, England) | Date: October 25, 2007 | Copyright information

A pioneering environmentally friendly method of producing Northamptonshire's Christmas trees is being used for the first time on one of the county's biggest tree farms.

Shropshire sheep - which do not like the taste of Nordmann firs and Norway spruces - have been drafted in to keep the weeds down at the Welford Christmas Tree Farm.

The 12,000 firs currently growing at the site are breathing easier this year thanks to the efforts of the new flock, brought in by...

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