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Free Trees to Combat Global Warming, starting June 21stChristopher Brown and Elizabeth Black, joint owners of Your Neighborhood Christmas Tree Farm, are pleased to announce that they once again have 350 small seedling trees to give away this summer, starting Saturday June 21st at 7AM. This is the third year they have given away trees. Their 1000th tree will be given away this year.The free trees are 1 – 3 foot tall hackberries, Russian hawthorns, ginnala maples, locusts and catalpas. All trees are drought resistant, but of course will grow faster and fix more carbon with extra water. There are also a few vines and shrubs available.Your Neighborhood Christmas Tree Farm is located on 13th St, one block east of Broadway between Upland and Violet. Look for “Nelly-Belle the Carbon Cart” in front of the house, and pick out your tree. Planting instructions are in a box on the cart.“Please be sure to plant your tree right away, and take good care of it. It won’t help the climate at all if you plant a tree, and then kill it with neglect”, says Elizabeth.