Recycle your Christmas tree

Don’t waste a good Christmas tree. If you have a shredder, your tree can be shredded and added to the compost or put straight onto the ground as a mulch.

You could cut the main stem into sections with a saw, leaving each tiered rosette of leaves to use as a weed suppressant beneath trees and shrubs. The remaining sections of stem can be piled in a corner of the garden to create habitats for bugs and amphibians that will help with slug control when the spring shoots appear.

Set aside your Christmas tree shreddings to rot before using as a mulch