Texas Christmas Tree Farms

My fascination with Christmas Trees and this blog focusing on Texas Trees lead me to this.

There is a website dedicated to Texas Christmas Trees. I love this! 

They provide the history of the Christmas Tree:

The history is not nearly the long winded explanation giving on something like Wikipedia, but more like a Cliff's Notes. It covers the "beginnings" of the Christmas Tree and Christmas Trees in the US.

How to Care for your Christmas Tree:

Including tips on watering and fire prevention.

How Texas Christmas Trees are grown:

How much land is needed to grow them?
How long does it take to grow them?
What kinds of trees are grown in Texas?
When are new trees planted?
What kind of equipment do growers use?
How much time does it take to maintain a farm?

Environmental Advantages of Christmas Trees:

And finally there are lists and links to ALL the Christmas Tree farms in Texas. And Holy Cow!

Texas Christmas Tree Farms

The list goes on and on for tree farms in Texas.

With all this said, it's no wonder Meditrend makes an Allergy Immunotherapy called Texas Trees.

Cedar Causes Allergies to Compound in Texas

As if your allergies weren't bad enough, Mountain Cedar unleashes before Juniper dies down.

A helpful article written in the Fort Worth Star Telegram about Allergies in DFW, discusses the compounding effects of fall allergens that are supposed to be over by now mixing with allergens released in the colder winter months. Due to the unexpected cooling and warming trends that the holiday season has brought this year allergy sufferers are getting a double whammy. 

Mountain Cedar pollen, which doesn't usually appear until early January, was released as early as October with an early series of cold and wet weather. This mixed with the Redberry Juniper which is in full bloom even though it is supposed to be subsiding by now. 

Mountain Cedar Pollen

Microscopic image from www.fei.com

Juniper and Cedar Pollen are similar in appearance:

Image from City of Albuquerque 

Some things to keep in mind:  

• Dry, windy days stir pollen into the air. 
• The day after a wet, rainy day, more pollen is released than normal
• Pollen sticks to your hair, skin and clothes. Consider showering in the morning and evening, and allow for two changes of clothes.

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Red Cedar - What is Cedar Fever?

FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE A FEVER!

Eastern Red Cedar, aka Red Cedar; Eastern Juniper; Red Juniper; Pencil Cedar; Aromatic Cedar; Call it whichever you wish, symptoms from this allergic reaction feel like a fever.

This beautiful tree, used often as a Christmas tree, is a terrible culprit of Cedar Fever.  Symptoms may include sinus congestion, sneezing, coughing, irritated eyes and low-grade fever. Often the you seek a remedy that reduces these symptoms but they do not reduce your allergy to Cedar. 

Allergena - Texas Trees

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Try Allergena, offering Homeopathic Sublingual Immunotherapy in Zone 5 (Texas and Oklahoma.) Survive the holiday season without the use of heavy antihistamines and cold medications.

It's Raining Pecans! Hallelujah!

The Texas Pecan Drought Is Over!

Since the 2011 drought, pecan production has been at an all time low. This year's crop is back in force. The Tyler Morning Telegraph reports that Pecan Farmers in Bullard, TX are very pleased with the crop this year.
If you are like me, you buy nuts in the store without thinking for a moment about how they got into that bag. The article noted above referred to "Big Shaky" and I had to see what it meant. I found a wonderful video by Texas based, Royalty Pecan Farms documenting the agricultural story of Pecans. Watch the video:

The Pecan is a cornerstone in Texas agricultural economy. 

The first recorded year of pecan commercial production was 1910, when the state of Texas produced 5,832,267 pounds. Over the years the production of pecans has grown to nearly 30 million pounds a year, from Texas alone, equally income of nearly the same in dollars. The Lone Star State produced 25%-30% of the total pecan production in our nation.

Pecans are a health super food.

Maybe a pecan pie is not the best example of why pecans are good for you, but you gotta love a pecan pie. 

For a complete work up of the Nutritional Label for pecans visit Nutritiondata.self.com. They offer a  fantastic web tool providing nutritional information about any food you can think of.

Pecans are a rich source of energy, 690 calories per 100grams. They provide nutrients, minerals, antioxidents and vitamins essential for health and wellness. The pecan provides monounsaturated fatty acids which is the "good fat" that decreases cholesterol. Pecans offer antioxidents which defeat the toxins to help prevent infection and disease. They are high in Vitamin-E, B-Complex including riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, B-6 and folates. Pecans also contain minerals manganese, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc and selenium. 

Wow... all by eating a Pecan Pie... I'd like mine warm please!

Planting Trees In Texas - Texas A&M

Planting Trees is important to the health and prosperity of our planet. 

Texas is home to several organizations promoting tree populations. 

Texas Forestry Association Lists Nurseries for Seedlings

Texas A&M has a website solely focused on planting trees.
This presentation has diagrams for Planning, Knowing What to avoid and Tree Planting and Maintenance.

Texas A&M offers Planting Trees Tools

National Forests and Grasslands in Texas, sponsored by USDA.
One priority for this agency is "Soil Survey" They investigate the soil to determine which vegetation would grow best in specific counties. If residents and counties are going to spend time and money planting trees, they better be sure the soil will be able to support them.

If you are like me, you know nothing about best practices when it comes to plants. Fortunately we live in during the age of technology. We can go to YouTube and learn just about anything we need. Here is a video about planting trees by the National Gardening Association. I liked it because it not only shows how but also tells you why.

Texas Pollen Forecast

The Weather Channel has a fantastic interactive pollen forecast.

Click on this Pecan Tree to view Current Pollen Forecast for Dallas.

It is a fantastic feature. You simply can enter your zip code and it tells you what the daily pollen forecast are for your area. You can select Tree Pollen, Grass Pollen or Weed Pollen Counts.

Your allergies have a direct relationship with your Immune System. When foreigners are present in your body, you immune systems cranks up to defend your body. It uses watering eyes, runny noses, coughing (basically cold like symptoms) to get the foreign bodies out. What we continue to realize is that the body must be exposed to allergens in order to be able to defend itself. Allergena does just that with its region, or ZONE, specific drops. The drop are "proactive" not reactive. They encourage the creation of immune strength so your body will be prepared when "attacked" by allergens.

Allergena Zone 5 - Covers Trees, Weeds and Grass in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

Clicking on the links above, you can compare which pollen counts are up vs. the long list of allergens Zone 5 can assist in building a defense.

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