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Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and enjoy the refreshing, citrusy scent of the white fir. You can practically conjure Christmas morning from just a whiff of its pine needles. Year-round, this elegant evergreen effuses its Christmas scent and looks right at home next to our New England dwellings. Native to North America, the white fir is Andrew’s favorite evergreen for a reason. With long, elegant needles in an enduring sage-green hue, this tree is a beauty. It’s also easier to grow than spruces or Douglas firs, but like its cousins, it is largely disease-resistant and hardy to extreme weather conditions. The tree is valuable as an ornamental. For those lucky enough to have one in their yard, the white fir is a living Christmas decoration all on its own. String some lights on your tree and enjoy its pretty form from your window as neighbors admire it from the sidewalk. The white fir has two interesting qualities uniquely its own. Its needles , when crushed between your fingers, smell like oranges, and its pine cones grow upright instead of hanging down from the branches. Have a tree that needs some love? Winter is the best time of year to have your trees pruned, and you can still plant trees as long as the ground is not frozen. Do your trees a favor and give us a call for tree planting or pruning! REACH US HERE: • CALL or TEXT : (860) 888-8472 • EMAIL: Andrew@troutbrooklandscaping.com THE ELEGANT WHITE FIR TREE
Cranberry Gingerbread
Inspired by Food & Wine Magazine
Ingredients
• 1/2 cup canola oil, plus more for greasing • 3/4 cup unsulphured molasses • 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar • 2 large eggs • 1 tbsp fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
• 1 1/2 cups fresh
cranberries, coarsely chopped • 2 cups all-purpose flour • 2 tsp baking powder • 1 tsp baking soda • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon • 1/2 tsp ground cloves • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
Directions
1. Heat oven to 350 F. 2. Grease a loaf pan with canola oil. 3. In a large mixing bowl, mix together 1/2 cup canola oil, molasses, brown sugar, eggs, ginger, and cranberries. In a separate bowl, sift and combine flour with baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients until blended. 4. Scrape batter into loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes. 5. Transfer to a rack, let cool for 20 minutes, slice, and serve.
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