Use a water funnel for your Christmas tree

​For those of you tired of crawling under your Christmas tree to water it throughout the holidays, here's a solution I discovered several years ago: A water funnel. I bought mine at American Plant but they're readily available on the internet and at some hardware stores. 

Just push the tube down through the branches so that the bottom of it slides into the water container of your tree stand and the top of it, with the funnel, is accessible at around waist level in the branches. Mine has a strip of velcro to secure it. Then just pour water in from a watering can while standing up. 

Some of the funnels have attachments that claim to be able to measure the water level in your tree stand, but mine doesn't, so I do have to check with a finger in the water container to make sure it doesn't overflow. But it's still a lot easier than watering your tree while flat on your stomach. One less ordeal during the holidays!

Elisabeth Bumiller