How To Pick The Perfect Christmas Tree with Roger Cook | Ask This Old House

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  • čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
  • Roger visits a local Christmas tree farm where several different varieties of trees are grown. Roger examines a Douglas Fir, Balsam Fir, and Concolor Fir (also called a White Fir), but ultimately he selects a Fraser Fir for its strong branches and unique coloring.
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Komentáře • 88

  • @eduardosanchez1316
    @eduardosanchez1316 Před 5 lety +82

    Dont care about the trees. Just happy to see roger!

    • @kgotter
      @kgotter Před 5 lety +5

      Eduardo Sanchez he seems to be a lot better!

    • @dannyfleck9051
      @dannyfleck9051 Před 3 lety

      @AstronomyToday it is, these are all old reruns from years prior.

  • @ARusso1192
    @ARusso1192 Před 5 lety +6

    Roger is like our favorite uncle. Love the guy!

  • @MrKevanGordon
    @MrKevanGordon Před 5 lety +30

    Very comforting to see and hear Mr. Cook.

  • @getschwifty8449
    @getschwifty8449 Před 5 lety +14

    Get well soon Roger miss you on the show

  • @barzinlotfabadi
    @barzinlotfabadi Před 5 lety +4

    I had no idea producing Christmas trees took this much work. I always wondered how they could supply so many trees year after year to everyone who celebrates.. definitely have so much more appreciation now for the hard work the people making these trees do.

  • @fastpudding6465
    @fastpudding6465 Před 5 lety +5

    Merry Christmas to Roger and the rest of the folks at This Old House!

  • @ruthlesskumquat2918
    @ruthlesskumquat2918 Před 5 lety +4

    This is why This Old House is awesome. Helps you in every aspect of your life.

  • @michelelara5982
    @michelelara5982 Před 3 lety

    How interesting! Nothing beats a fresh cut tree....

  • @saturn0660
    @saturn0660 Před 5 lety +1

    Happy to see you Roger..

  • @cup_and_cone
    @cup_and_cone Před 5 lety +4

    Fraser Fur is definitely the most popular in Southeastern USA, and quite beautiful, but they only grow wild in a very, very limited region in and around the Smokies, and are also an endangered species. If you get one, make sure it comes from a sustainable tree farm.

  • @johnfinch8834
    @johnfinch8834 Před 5 lety

    What a real nice helpful guy who loves his job.

  • @karrac7331
    @karrac7331 Před 6 měsíci

    Few years old or what this is some quality tree picking experience I wish I had something like this in my hometown area

  • @rud
    @rud Před 5 lety +2

    Merry Christmas to you all out there 🎅 🎄 🎁

  • @jamesw4912
    @jamesw4912 Před 5 lety +2

    I'm so happy to see Roger back. Roger gave me the urge now to go out and buy a Christmas tree.
    jimmy
    warren, Michigan

  • @mrundefined30
    @mrundefined30 Před 5 lety +1

    Yes! Roger is the best!

  • @rickythe2nd63
    @rickythe2nd63 Před 4 lety

    That tree looks AMAZING!!! Long live the blesséd Fraser Fir! My favourite!

  • @bennyfactor
    @bennyfactor Před 5 lety +2

    Didn't realize Frazier Firs weren't the #1 tree in the north east. My family has been getting them in the midwest since at least the 90s. They are great and take plenty of ornaments. Best wishes.

  • @mousearebec
    @mousearebec Před 5 lety

    Roger is looking well, certainly a good sign. Nice vid about the trees as well.

  • @weinerwhistl3
    @weinerwhistl3 Před 5 lety

    Thanks Roger, I think I'll have to find a good tree next year.

  • @savagecucumber8593
    @savagecucumber8593 Před 5 lety +3

    “Now this here is a tree”

  • @ThePhilandPam
    @ThePhilandPam Před 5 lety +1

    I thought they grew a lot quicker than that, great vid thanks 👍

  • @UriValdez
    @UriValdez Před 5 lety

    Lovely trees!

  • @matthewanderson3864
    @matthewanderson3864 Před 5 lety +1

    love it

  • @bosse641
    @bosse641 Před 5 lety

    Love Christmas :-)

  • @Arteolike
    @Arteolike Před 5 lety +32

    Just a heads up, this video is a few years old.

  • @Altenarian
    @Altenarian Před 5 lety +5

    This looks like an old episode, still great though!

  • @KevinRay_man
    @KevinRay_man Před 5 lety +1

    That frayser fur is the one we’ve been using down here in Florida since I can remember. I’m 28 soo not an exceptionally long time but still, a couple decades is a lil while lol. Beautiful trees and that smell is the stuff of angels.

  • @oldtwinsna8347
    @oldtwinsna8347 Před 3 lety

    This was filmed in 2006 folks, so stop the comments about how Roger has miraculously recovered and give him some respect here for the 14 year old footage.

  • @IntegraDIY
    @IntegraDIY Před 5 lety +2

    🌲🌲🌲🌲lovely 🌲🌲🌲🌲

  • @ShellymanStudios
    @ShellymanStudios Před 5 lety

    I have a 7ft tall Fresar Fir, this is first time we're using it. We always get Douglas Fir, but Fresar Fir is better.

  • @isaaccarranza1039
    @isaaccarranza1039 Před 5 lety

    I wanna know what you do after they cut the tree down they dig it out or it grows after so many years?

  • @nightfangs2910
    @nightfangs2910 Před 5 lety

    is this a recent video or a re release from a prior season ? for some reason i think i have seen this video a few years ago

  • @thedr00
    @thedr00 Před 5 lety

    That shearing knife is amazing, where would someone buy one of those?

  • @claytonlemieux4090
    @claytonlemieux4090 Před 5 lety

    What does the farm do with the leftover stump after you cut your Tree off

  • @Guardducks
    @Guardducks Před 5 lety +11

    Roger thought he was gonna get away w/o working. Lol

    • @Lexlugr
      @Lexlugr Před 5 lety

      This video is a few years old. I thought the same thing too initially

    • @Sickoflife
      @Sickoflife Před 3 lety

      If only the scene directly before that Roger wasn't already holding the saw. That line was "Obviously" scripted and I just wish the lines were more natural feeling. Sometimes It feels like I'm watching a high school play with all the terrible line deliveries but the info is usually solid.

  • @Denbig.
    @Denbig. Před 5 lety

    Like my Tescos basic tree.

  • @gerardoandrade6966
    @gerardoandrade6966 Před 5 lety +2

    Must take a lot of patience

  • @reconman1112
    @reconman1112 Před 5 lety

    i miss noble firs. i dont see many of those anymore.

  • @flowergrowersmith449
    @flowergrowersmith449 Před 5 lety

    Pretty sure Mythbusters showed the best way to retain the needles on these trees is to spray them generously with hairspray..! Put them in water too, but hairspray is the key.

  • @Vivra_Verra____
    @Vivra_Verra____ Před 5 lety +1

    I love Christmas

  • @oddopops1327
    @oddopops1327 Před 5 lety +1

    😊

  • @NY_7
    @NY_7 Před 5 lety

    Didnt seem like the trees were very dense with branches. I'm guessing they arent shaped that often. Beautiful trees nonetheless.

  • @southstands303
    @southstands303 Před 5 lety

    R💙ger!!!!

  • @andrewfalanga3378
    @andrewfalanga3378 Před 5 lety

    Where is everything filmed?

    • @Sickoflife
      @Sickoflife Před 3 lety

      What do you mean by "Everything" because the literal answer to that is everywhere on the planet but if you mean just This Old House then the answer to that is All 50 states but mostly in and around Boston where they are located.

  • @levigreen3063
    @levigreen3063 Před 3 lety

    Why am I sleepy all of a sudden?

  • @unclebuck0
    @unclebuck0 Před 5 lety

    I really hope his health has improved and this is not an old video.

  • @theaussie6526
    @theaussie6526 Před 5 lety +1

    I sell trees too 😎

  • @KevinRay_man
    @KevinRay_man Před 5 lety +1

    Did roger have a health scare??

  • @Yaakov444
    @Yaakov444 Před 5 lety +2

    why dont you take the tree with its roots? and not let it die
    it took it about 15 years to grow this size!

    • @ruthlesskumquat2918
      @ruthlesskumquat2918 Před 5 lety +4

      Its not like they dont replant trees in its place, it is a tree farm after all

    • @arturzatorski595
      @arturzatorski595 Před 5 lety +3

      Can you say, "RENEWABLE resource?"

    • @kman-mi7su
      @kman-mi7su Před 5 lety

      @svtfast You can get them like that, I had one a couple of years ago, and it now resides in my backyard growing well.

  • @timothymbess
    @timothymbess Před 5 lety

    Nobles or Nordmans are Christmas Tree Champs

  • @toraatoro1106
    @toraatoro1106 Před 5 lety

    seed sauce

  • @twistingterrain7748
    @twistingterrain7748 Před 5 lety +1

    Where is this located at????

  • @drphil7024
    @drphil7024 Před 5 lety

    You whant to put your tree in loft

  • @teddykgb89
    @teddykgb89 Před 3 lety

    I still have no idea how a tree farmer makes a profit.

  • @johnavonvincentius1884

    3rd comment

  • @nicosmind3
    @nicosmind3 Před 5 lety +13

    I can give you the 3 best tips for picking trees.
    1. Dont go shopping
    2. Stay home
    3. Thats it
    Follow those 3 tips and cleaning up after Christmas will take you no time at all. Literally

    • @joeybaseball7352
      @joeybaseball7352 Před 5 lety

      That's like the old saying, how not to get pregnant: abstinence.

  • @dannyfleck9051
    @dannyfleck9051 Před 3 lety

    PEOPLE, THESE ARE OLD EPISODES

    • @oldtwinsna8347
      @oldtwinsna8347 Před 3 lety

      Original air date was November 29, 2007 and so this was filmed a year earlier in 2006. 14 years old now.

    • @dannyfleck9051
      @dannyfleck9051 Před 3 lety

      @@oldtwinsna8347 yea, everyone is saying Roger is back and everything but I don’t think anyone realizes these are old reruns. 😂😂

  • @AleksanderSzadurski
    @AleksanderSzadurski Před 5 lety +3

    "bigotries"

  • @trustydragon3494
    @trustydragon3494 Před 5 lety

    How to pick out the perfect tree..... get a fake one

  • @mattsprayberry0
    @mattsprayberry0 Před 5 lety

    Ya all this work and money then people just toss them when Christmas is over makes no sense what so ever

  • @matthewsoto4463
    @matthewsoto4463 Před 5 lety +3

    So sad to see nature destroyed for temporary human pleasure

    • @NY_7
      @NY_7 Před 5 lety

      It's not like they're going into the forest and chopping the trees down. They grow them on the farm and replace them next year with a tree that'll grow for another 10yrs. It's a sustainable source, as long as they replace the trees that were cut down and pine trees produce a lot of oxygen for the environment.

  • @pilotguy1141
    @pilotguy1141 Před 5 lety

    Rodger looks a lot healthier now. But not to be rude those trees are hideous looking they don't look full at all

    • @jej3451
      @jej3451 Před 5 lety +4

      I guess you're used to fake plastic trees.

    • @pilotguy1141
      @pilotguy1141 Před 5 lety

      jej3451 no but nice try

  • @siriosstar4789
    @siriosstar4789 Před 5 lety +1

    Criminal . Grow a beautiful tree. Cut it down before it is really useful and then throw it away.

    • @kman-mi7su
      @kman-mi7su Před 5 lety

      Not always, the municipality where I live collects them and grinds them up for mulch, I've heard of others that put them in lakes to create fish habitat. I take mine cut it up and burn it in my firepit in the back yard to keep warm while working outside during the winter.

  • @MsUltrafox
    @MsUltrafox Před 5 lety +1

    I will buy NONE of these trees.
    None of them have roots with soil so they will die out way too fast.
    And a dead tree is a firebomb.

    • @jej3451
      @jej3451 Před 5 lety +4

      Put it in a stand with water in the base, duh. It only has to last a few weeks.

    • @augustreil
      @augustreil Před 5 lety

      illuminati, Grinch ! lol, Jk.