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[inboundremblog]

Best Eco-Friendly Christmas Tree Alternatives

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Why Choose Christmas Tree Alternatives?

Autumn is ending, and each house prepares for the hosts' and guests' spending New Year's Eve and other Christmas-related holidays. Christmas Trees are most prevalent during this time of year, but the traditional tree is being replaced due to increased awareness of its environmental effects.

This article will discuss various Christmas Tree alternatives to minimize the environmental impact and make the holiday season as colorful and Fahrenheit as possible.

Most conventional Christmas tree alternatives are natural or artificial and raise emergence-related concerns. Decomposing trees may be planted with pesticides and fertilizers that destroy natural environments. Furthermore, burning millions of trees yearly and clearing them to make space for other crops also pose concerns.

Natural trees are made of natural materials and can easily be recycled. In contrast, artificial trees are usually made from non-degradable plastic, which requires a lot of energy to produce and transport and may sometimes emit large amounts of carbon.

Organic Christmas tree substitutes are excellent for observing the annual Christmas celebration in an eco-friendly manner. They are more flexible and let you develop the current breathtaking centerpiece idea for the impending holidays.

DIY Wooden Christmas Tree

You should consider a wooden Christmas tree, especially if you are a craft person. If you use reclaimed or repurposed wood, you can build a tree that looks natural. Stain or paint the wood according to the theme of your holiday and put the Ornaments, lights, and garland.

Using reusable materials to carve into this beautiful design is excellent for achieving a wooden, minimalistic, relatively eco-friendly approach.

Potted Plants or Trees

A Norfolk Island Pine or a small spruce is a healthy potted tree that can be taken home and watered, adding to the beauty indoors. Like any other tree, you can also adorn it, and after this festive period, you can take it inside the house or rebury it in your compound.

Besides saving on costs, it produces attractive and healthy plants throughout the year, and the option cuts waste.

Cardboard Christmas Tree

The cardboard Christmas tree is a great go-to for an eco-friendly and chic look. One can make tree sections from used cardboard, assemble them, paint them, or add lightweight ornaments. The tree can be kept for use the following year after the holidays or disposed of appropriately.

Wall-Mounted Christmas Tree

But if you have no free floor space or wish to put a twist, a wall-mounted Christmas tree is a great idea. You can outline a tree on the wall with Waverly, washi tape, wooden slats, or fairy lights. It is easy to bring your unique touch by adding photos and lightweight ornaments or colorful papery garlands.

Driftwood Tree

A driftwood Christmas tree can be a beautiful option for people near a beach or who enjoy beach-themed decorations. Cut off two pieces of driftwood, stack one on top of the other, and join them together. To go with a theme related to the ocean or sea, we need to add natural accessories like shells or starfish to the furniture.

Ladder Christmas Tree

Recycling an old wooden ladder can create a creative and environmentally friendly Christmas tree. Unlock the ladder, unmask it, cover it with bright garlands with lights, and hang small ornaments on the steps. This option is also very suitable for choosing a Tree for a rustic, industrial, or farmhouse-style holiday theme.

Book Christmas Tree

Other book lovers should arrange their favorite books in a pyramid like a holiday tree, but in the form of books. Adding strings of fairy lights or other little trinkets for décor is permissible. This option directly cuts costs and, at the same time, demonstrates your adoration for books.

Fabric Christmas Tree

This material tree will be a fantastic idea for crafters during this festive season. The materials should be sewn or pinned in a tree-like triangle and can be hung on the wall or framed. This option is sustainable and one of a kind since it can be done with old fabrics or fabric bought from thrift shops.

Succulent Christmas Tree

If you want a current appearance, make the tree out of succulents. Pile the plants in a cone planter or place a series of small pots on one another in the shape of a tree. This trendy version is relatively easy to maintain, lasts long, and can be used for other occasions after December ends.

Hanging Christmas Tree

Floating Christmas trees with Holiday lights, Ornaments, or branches hanging from the ceiling are beautiful and can save space. Swift light decorations can be made using fishing wire or string, thus enhancing your home's theme or feel.

Pallet Christmas Tree

The most astounding wooden creation is when individuals turn wooden pallets into a raw Christmas tree. Shape the wood into a tree shape, which can be placed on or around it using garland, ornaments, or light. This alternative is strong, recyclable, and excellent for farmhouse-esque decoration.

Indoor Herb Tree

Practicality meets Christmas sparkle: Take potted herbs such as rosemary and thyme and weave them into the shape of a Christmas tree. This will introduce plant life to your home; some herbs can be used in your holiday meals.

Ideas for Green Trees for Celebration

While decorating your 'Different' tree, select the decorations to use. Choose ornaments that are uniquely crafted by hand or recycled in some part or the whole of ornaments from recycled wood, fabric, and paper.

Opt for energy-saving LED lights and make natural garlands from popcorn, cranberries, or dried oranges. Avoid using plastics in decoration and use reusable, recyclable, or biodegradable products.

Therefore, the concept of an environmentally friendly Christmas tree will be advanced well into the future. Traditional trees may no longer have to do the trick during the celebration season; splendid wooden designs, hanging ornaments, and more make incredible artifacts.

By choosing a more sustainable option, you can lead by example, make people reconsider their festive choices, and improve the world, just as the festive season itself is meant to do. Therefore, this year, be creative and get a tree that will suit your qualities and love for nature.

Find out more about the neighborhood at our website: https://mrgreentrees.com/2023/11/08/eco-friendly-christmas-tree-alternatives/.

Discover Christmas tree alternatives that fit your style and space, ranging from DIY crafts to modern decor, and find inspiration for a festive holiday!

[ahedderick]

This apple tree was sold to me in 1999 as a semi-dwarf Stayman Winesap. It is not semi-dwarf; it is in fact gigantic by apple tree standards. It isn't Stayman Winesap, or even red at all. Because I planted it in the correct spacing for smaller trees, it has almost completely overshadowed its nearest neighbor, a rather nice Golden Delicious. It responds to pruning by aggressively getting Much Larger. The apples are divine. I love her; I'm vexed by her; I hope she lives forever. I'm deeply curious about what I'd get if I planted some of her seeds.

Strawberries, rhubarb, two small blueberry bushes, and Nanking cherry bushes that did, even though their blooming time was cold, set fruit. I will continue to try to acidify the blueberries; maybe add some acid once a week until the soil tests around 5 pH.

[cocoabuttadiaries]

“𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈” 💚🌳

𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮: 𝙈𝙚 📸

[elitisim]

I’ve decided to halt my CC Sort and Deep Clean for a little bit to start another project that I hopefully won't quit halfway through

So, Introducing Lot 1 in the Saffron Bay Renovation Project...Holloway Legacy Park and Community Garden!

I really wanted to do something with that one random empty lot next to the uptown festival lot (1356 Central Street). It’s just a Big Park, but I want it to change with the seasons like a festival lot. This is the summer theme: Summer Movie Nights! They show one free kid’s movie every Sunday and Wednesday at 5:30pm, and one family-friendly action movie every Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm. One free Cotton candy or small Popcorn with every ticket!

[incendiorum]

dragon io is, as I've mentioned, just... stupidly, ridiculously territorial and their valley certainly falls under that in its entirety. there have been many, many settlements over the centuries, and each have succumbed to various fates (usually dragon-related). currently, there's two villages that io currently allows to inhabit their valley, but they are always, always watching them with a critical eye. the moment they get too into the idea of growth is when io will rid the valley of both and call it a day. they do the work to make sure both villages properly understand the relationship: so long as they are quiet, make no moves against the dragon living above them, and don't start tearing up the valley for crops or homes, then their local watchful super-predator will (mostly) leave them alone. every movement into and out of the valley is tracked, and the presence of groups of armed people is something that they will not stand - said groups get chased out or straight-up attacked depending on the mood for the day. the presence of other dragons always results in the latter of those two options. the villages are... sometimes liable to get caught in the crossfire, though. an attack on io is nothing short of encouragement to make themself known as dangerous and pissed, and they will burn great swathes of their valley and the villages, too, just to make that point. mostly, though, io really isn't inclined to mess with them much and the two (three) live in relatively tense peace. there's also the fact of the matter that io is lonely, and can pass through both villages in their most human of forms as disguise and fulfill social requirements (be an asshole, buy some fruit, etc.)

[baby-octopus]

if i lived in WA state i would be unstoppable during peak cherry season ooog

[tiger-balm]

You ever see a guy so obviously canadian then you look it up and he's canadian its like

[sunrisegardenservices]

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[each-uisge]

Regardless of where you stand on monkey labour the monkeys in coconut farms are usually solitary and chained to trees (ie forced to perform labour) instead of chilling out with monkeys groups like they would usually be doing (social animals). I think saying monkey labour is fundamentally abusive is exaggerating but acting like its completely harmless when monkeys are wild and not domestic animals doesnt sit right with me. Anyways sorry I get heated about this topic.

Nah don't apologize anon. I get it.

I need more information out of places like Thailand directly to make a solid opinion, but I'm not invested enough rn to dig that deep.

I've seen some sources say the monkey labor is a century old, and some say up to 400. I would probably bet it's older than that? Length of time doesn't always equate to positive(wife burning, child marriages, etc), but I know the tradition of training elephants in India is far more complex than people in places like America, where I am, could possibly understand. I'd bet this is similar. I would hope places like Thailand have welfare laws protecting the monkeys, if it's really that old, and hopefully if they don't they change that.

I'm not in Thailand, and I don't speak Thai, and I don't read it, unfortunately. I would imagine most of the actual on the ground information is only in Thai.

I have read the statements from the monkey school quoted in the npr article (their url has changed and the article's hyperlink is broken, but a google search found them), and according to them all monkeys are bred on site and microchipped as wild catching is highly illegal, and the chains are just leashes so the monkeys can't run off, which is the same thing we do with dogs. They are also not usually alone, since they're always with their handlers and their handlers families. I bet chains are used because monkey teeth are very dangerous and powerful and a rope would be easily chewed through.

I would tentatively, without more on the ground knowledge, say it's at least comparable to horse plowing? To me, at least. If the industry has issues it's ultimately going to be up to the Thai people to change it, and I'm just some Californian halfway across the planet.

I'm also very wary of any claim being mainly pioneered by PETA. I hate PETA with a passion. Bunch of pet-killing grifters.

[ahedderick]

Fruit trees, round II. K took a pruning saw to several dead branches on the peach trees, while I got most of the excess apples off this semi-dwarf tree. There was one branch I couldn't reach with the step ladder (at least not without breaking lower branches) so she climbed up in the tree and did the last bit. I saved the little green apples

which I will cook down to make apple extract. That can be used in making berry jam later this summer, or sweetened and drunk like green-apple 'lemonade'. There are a LOT of raspberries, wineberries, and blackberries on this hill. They appear to be developing very well, not overly bothered by the chill weather. I don't know why some of the apples are blushing red already, because they are not due to ripen until late September.

Usually the cell tower company mows this area, but they have not this year. There are quite a few wildflowers, including this tiny reddish variety I've never seen before.

The dogs are happily tired out. Time to cook green apples.

[cocoabuttadiaries]

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𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒚: 𝑴𝒆 📸

[foldingfittedsheets]

There was this park near where I grew up. I remember we’d just moved to the area so I was around six and we drove past and saw this waterfront area. My parents decided to check it out so we went for a walk. It was a lovely park, there’s a lazy slough, lots of trees, extremely picturesque. My parents ambled along the trail enjoying the nature while my siblings and I ranged around in their orbit like excitable moons.

Then I saw something odd. Something vibrantly alive down by the water that was entirely the wrong color. I called back my vital scouting info and my family gathered around me. We looked down the steep verge toward the slough, screened by underbrush. We couldn’t quite make out what it was. The only thing we could agree was that it certainly wasn’t a duck. However it was about duck sized and roughly duck shaped. It just wasn’t a duck.

This led to some heated debate amongst my siblings and I but we were forbidden to scramble down the muddy hill to harass the mystery animal. Reluctantly we continued down the trail, speculating wildly when a chicken popped out of a bush in front of us with a train of several chicks.

We froze. The chicken did not. She placidly herded her little puffs across the trail, pecking happily for seeds, unbothered by our proximity. My family had not yet delved into farming and this was the first time any of us kids had seen a chicken up close. It was like a fairytale thing, a creature we had seen over and over in books was suddenly here in the wilderness of the park. We all realized the mystery creature had likewise been a chicken.

Another couple came up the trail and saw us staring.

“Is this your first time at the park?” They asked?

We nodded.

They informed us that this park had become a dumping ground for unwanted chickens. Once the chickens were dumped they were park property and the locals didn’t mind the eccentric additions at all. No one looked after the chickens, but they got on surprisingly well.

As the years went by we visited the park regularly. Signs were added to warn people not to dump off chickens or they’d be fined. They were also excluded from snatching the existing chickens. The hope was that the chickens would eventually run their course and the park would go back to normal.

It did not.

Instead the menagerie grew. Peacocks cropped up occasionally, turkeys; and one visit we saw guinea fowl. But there were always chickens. Eventually feed dispenser were installed so park goers could pay a quarter to enjoy the motley flocks.

Because we’d moved into a house with land my mom started up a chicken coop and we got our very own chickens at the feed store like proper folks. The first rooster we had was a gentleman, politely clucking at us when came into the coop, but the second proved troublesome a year later. He either adored or hated me. Every time I entered the coop he’d dance and flounce and brandish his spurs.

My mom didn’t want to off him frankly she didn’t know how at that point but his fascination ended with him flying at me and the rooster was sentenced to banishment.

We drove to the park.

We saw him there for years afterward, clucking dutifully around a small flock of hens. He did pretty well in exile.

Anyone who’s kept chickens knows that eventually there’s always a tragedy. Ours happened when a neighbors dog broke into our coop and slaughtered the flock. I was absolutely distraught, my lovingly hand reared chicks all decimated in a flurry of senseless bloodlust. I have not loved a chicken since. They are too fragile to bear it.

After a few days of mourning my mom offered that she knew where to find some more chickens. To make up for the massacre she planned a night raid with us. We stayed up past our bedtime and drove to the park with tarp covered kennels in the back of the truck.

We crept down along the gravel parking lot, looking up into the trees, spotting the telltale lumps of shadows that meant chickens. We quickly developed a strategy. We picked a chicken branch, creeping close underneath. Then we reached the end of the branch and gave it a good shake until the roosting chicken glided down to the ground in confusion. It was easy to scoop them up and we went home the proud new owner of a handsome flock of chickens.

The Take a Chicken Leave a Chicken park is still a beloved feature of its neighborhood to this day.

[middle-child-of-eternity]

last month I got a quart of fresh strawberries from a farmstand, this month I just got a quart of fresh cherries from a farmstand. I have eaten an insane amount of fresh fruit. life is so good sometimes

[reasonsforhope]

"The existence and consumption of coffee has many advantages in human society, but perhaps the lesser reported advantage is what it can offer the environment.

There is arguably no other monocrop so capable of thriving in an intact, natural ecosystem, and in Ethiopia, where coffee is a major export, the adoption of climate-compatible and conservation strategies among coffee growers recently proved a major success, with over 5,000 acres of land reforested, 45% increases in household income, and a 70% increase in exported coffee.

Coffee is a major lifeblood of Ethiopia’s economy (we’re talking about a quarter of the whole), accounting for around half of the livelihood of 15 million people, 95% of whom are small landholding growers.

In the ecologically critical Ilu Ababor Zone of nation’s western region of Oromia, where Coffea arabica is native, Farm Africa led a project on sustainable agriculture among coffee growers inside 19 local forest management cooperatives totaling around 4,000 people between 2021 and 2024.

The results were better than a hot cup of coffee on a cold early morning, as the residents took to the skills, incentives, and even stakeholder meetings with great interest and dedication according to a report on the project entitled Coffee for Conservation.

Of the project aims regarding forest management and conservation, the objective was to instruct the landholders and growers in ways to get everything they needed from their forest homes without felling too many native trees.

For example, locals were shown how to cultivate fast-growing trees optimal for firewood in small plots, as well as methods on how to maximize the growth cycle of these fuel trees. Six tree nurseries were opened and staffed by around 60 people taught to sell seedlings for reforestation of native woodland in the area.

By the end of the project, over 300,000 seedlings had been planted over 5,000 acres of forest, and they enjoyed a five-year survival rate of 85%. Climate-smart practices such as cultivating bamboo for making the mats on which the coffee beans are dried, removed the need to truck in bamboo from other regions, while 66% of homes were able to be convinced to switch to energy-efficient wood stoves to reduce fuel consumption.

Most of the landholders growing coffee or managing the forest had plots for vegetable and fruit production to feed their families and those of their communities through trade. Percentages of these Ethiopians who adopted climate-smart farming techniques increased from 49% to 76%, while 10% more began growing fruit and vegetables. Income generated from the increased production amounted to around 280% more than what was made before the project, adjusted for inflation.

Coffee production, marketing, and returns, have all improved. 73% more coffee from the Ilu Ababor region is now export-quality than in 2021, and 44% meets the standards for specialty grade, which is up by 20% from 2021.

Connections with national financing intuitions have allowed some of the co-ops to buy proper equipment for drying and storage, as well as support by city marketing agencies who could work directly on behalf of the Ilu Ababor growers to carve out a space in the national and international markets.

“Prior to the project, our limited knowledge meant we had to sell our coffee to local traders at lower prices,” said Abde Musa, a member of the Abdi Bori forest management cooperative. “Now we’ve taken control and are the ones negotiating and determining the coffee prices.”

Co-op leaders received training in business management, quality control, and certification processes, which majorly improved their incomes. One of the 19 co-ops in particular grossed $58,500 on their coffee sales.

Project wide, incomes and access to financial services almost doubled, with the latter now reaching almost 100% of the community.

Lastly, deforestation plummeted in the area to just 0.08 acres a year.

There’s so much good news to read in the report on the project’s success beyond the headline data, like the Abdi Bori co-op’s incredible rise which saw coffee revenue increase by a multiple of 20 from 2018 to 2023, or Solomon Mekonnen’s story of turning his land into a forest farm that produces export-grade coffee, firewood, and organic honey, or the tremendous involvement of women at all levels of the education and participation.

It’s a document that captures the very real phenomenon that African problems are best solved with African solutions."

-via Good News Network, May 17, 2025

[horsfields]

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All Is Far In Love And Farming

Chapter 1: Getting Started

´*: ･ﾟ⋆˒ Yandere!Mha!Hybrids × Farmer! Fem!Reader. Chapter 1.

╰･ﾟ✧☽ storyline: The calling of being a professional farmer had been your dream since you were young. Growing up on your granddad’s farm was the best thing, many years later you happen to be back. And the property is now yours to restore. With some hard work, you want to restore hybrid caretaking back to what it once was.

╰･ﾟ✧☽ Chapters: Previous // Next

╰･ﾟ✧☽ words: 2.5k

╰･ﾟ✧☽ warnings: short chapters, stardew valley au, yandere behaviors, obsession, stalking, hybrid abuse, slightly sick love, possessive, manipulative, gaslighting. platonic yandere, hybrid and human relationships, and future warnings when more chapters come out, spelling mistakes and grammar who?

╰･ﾟ✧☽ characters for now: Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugou, Mina Ashido, Ochako Uraraka, Tenya lida, Denki Kaminari, Kyoka Jiro, Tsuyu Asui, Shoto Todoroki, Eijiro Kirishima, Hanta Sero, Mashirao Ojiro, Koji Koda, Momo Yaoyorozu

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Everything you once saw, the brightest of grass and the crops ripe and perfect, and the animals in the barns chirping of happiness— it was all gone. once a happy place you roamed in the summer as a kid was now a abandoned filthy place, old bards with holes and damaged walls. Nothing was what it used to be, the grass was as tall as small trees and it was going to take a lot of lovin.

But if your granddad taught you one thing is that; working for a better future would make everything you did it worth it.

And that’s exactly why you are here, to make your future. Everything in your life was about becoming a farmer, like your grandfather. and like him, you believed hybrids deserved to be in a safe and open land to roam, not such in some metal factory and enclosed to live their life.

“Come join the number one hybrid farm in Japan, The League.” the tv rung in your ears back at the college room, the place had been taking over everything and running all the local and good places out. at one point the only place you probably could work at was The League, since they seemed to be everywhere. “New locations, New Areas, And New Pay. Call the number on your screen for more information.” you had heard the commercial so many times you rolled your eyes everytime.

Never did you believe they would come out here, and be the competition. 

Honestly, the first day your body was drained easily from all the work. The labor wasn’t exactly what you were expecting to start off with, moving the rooks and weeding. But you had supplies to start off with thankfully, the money he left you was so much, and ready for a new purpose. But the only thing that was helping you in all of this, your holy grail was a local store owner. Arthur, who happened to be your grandfathers best friend.

slapping the metal truck with the gloved hand, the old man smiled and stepped down from the back of the moving truck. you whipped off the sweat from your skin and catch your breath as the unpacked heavy boxes placed besides you and man.

“The old man used to buy twice as much as this and unload it all him, then complain when his back hurt afterwards. Lucky, he had me to talk some since into him.” the white haired man spoke breathlessly. you didn’t want him to have to help, seeing his age but he was in better shape then you by the looks of things. “Old bat was stubborn, you got that in you kid?”

taking a deep breath you arose from the bend down position you were in and look at the man, smiling a bit you commented back. “Used to give granddad a run for his money, I think I have it in me.” you were earned with a deep chuckle and a small one from yourself. starting back up again you closed the doors and gave the man who drove the truck the okay and he drove away.

the next day was worse then the first, your body was sore and tired, you wore sunscreen all over your body to protect you from the heat damage and the illnesses you could catch. unpacking all the equipment, getting them put together, and make sure the starter crops are taken care of. you took many breaks. and Arthur was the greatest help you could ask for.

you heard the story of how he met your granddad many times before, but you didn’t mind hearing it from his side. Arthur had moved from the United States to start his business with his family, and your grandfather was just started out in town. they were younger and bonded right away, and there for marriages, children and grandchildren. knowing he wasn’t as alone when you left was comforting in a away but you knew the full story. just before your tenth birthday you were moved away from the small town with your parents and left the farm behind.

“He talked about you every day.” The words perked up your ears. You looked at Arthur as he continued to work on a huge fan.

“Everything that happened in your life, he would tell me. What happened at middle school sport events, to dances and even show pictures of the dresses you wore. And man, when you went to college for Hybrid Education he was bursting with energy again.” It’s been a long time since he was able to leave the cabin. You knew that, but knowing still punched you in the guts.

“Was he proud?” asking was a waste of time.

“Proud as hell, there should be no doubt about it. His pride and joy was you, more then anything he did here, and now you have a legacy to continue.” smiling you continue to work to hold yourself from the weight building up in your chest. you missed him so much.

Each day there was something new to fix and call in, you knew granddad was rich from the bank account he left you. but boy, it sure was a lot of money. and now, you finally had a starting point. you had scheduled a barn repair on the electrical and building. the crops were set up along with the sprinklers and scare crows, even cleaned out the well…but not without getting algae all over you.

Smalltowns in the country side where the best, everyone in the community was helpful towards one other. And since The League had a location down the road, the people really came together. Businesses were losing in hybrid projects and animals, but the crops were the same. But this met more hybrids lost there homes, and had to be relocated elsewhere else or to The League…You hated it.

A big wooden sign at one of the joint shop centers made you smile and turn into the lot. today was the weekly event, selling of many things of local produces. you remember coming here as a kid and always getting blueberry jam from the market lady. and just like then, it was crowded. and with a lot of stalls and moving trucks. Arthur had told you they still had them and that you should check it out. of course you wouldn’t miss this for anything.

you shut the truck door and fixed your clothes before started the walk around. everyone was selling amazing things at their booths. the first table you saw was one cover in homemade soap bars and honey products. a sweet older couple ran that shop. some stalls were for hybrids for sale but you didn’t have room for them, at least until the barns are rebuilt. but milk, crops and seeds where your thing anyway to look at.

“how much for this?” the only person behind the table was a young girl who looked angry and ready to chew off your head, it was laughable. she was going to be hard to haggle, but a amazing work ethic. “I don’t know you, so twenty bucks.” your eyes widen and look down at the honey in your hand. it was a very small jar…and not worth it, I mean for the bigger bottles sure.

“Hmm, how about ten?” the small girl glared at your words and huffed. she shook her head in annoyance and pointed to the tag, “you trying to get out of paying hard working people lady? This is the best honey you’ll find in the whole country! Haggling is only for people I know,” her finger pointed at you and you back up a little at her shouting voice. “And you ain’t it!”

signing you pull out a twenty and handed it to her, she smiles so kindly you forget about the anger she had. placing it in your cloth bag you continue walking down the path, smiling and looking around. not much you could buy yet, though you did buy from groceries and loaded the up in the bed of the truck.

“well if it ain’t the talk of the town,” a sweet woman’s voice called out loudly. you turn your gaze and see a almost forgotten face, but one that filled you with joy and nostalgia. “Aunty Hoshiko.” You scream and rush over, the older woman comes out form her booth and takes you into her arms. only now did you realize the sweet small of jam and the jar’s decorated like they used to be, but this area was bigger and a extra tent was behind it.

“I couldn’t believe you moved back here after moving to the city, heard you got into a good college.” She smiled from cheek to cheek while pulling away. “Why come back here?” it was flattering how much she thought of you, but you couldn’t have stayed away from this place for much longer.

“Well, grandpa left me the farm and I needed to start my new life. Can’t get much better then a already laid for land, and with great soil.” she hummed but her eyes dropped a little and her smile became different. “I’m so sorry, he was a good man. you tell me if you need any help okay? Your granddad helped us a lot, so many people in town will be willing to do help too.”

“I’ll keep that in mind,” you smile and take a peek at the table, “mind if I look?” she is excited to show you all the new flavors and jars she has, letting you smell each one. she even offers you a discount for family.

you had a few jams picked out but you keep looking at everything, knowing you’ll come home with more. then there was a sign and paperwork around on a tables end.“Hybrid Rescues” is what you read and your hands reached for it immediately. seeing your interested, Hoshiko started to talk.

“The League has been running out businesses, hybrids are either purchased or…end up alone and abandoned. My friend runs a rescue company, we help her out here trying to give some of them a home.” you clinch the paper in your hand and want both more then to go punch the owners of the company. No hybrid deserves to be left alone.

“I usually have a few here with me, but today only one is for sale. He’s very special. And a house animal, or helper if you will since I know you don’t have much room for more yet.” the next step was to always get hybrids, but you weren’t sure if today was the best idea today…

“Oh!” that wasn’t your choice since she pulled your arm and lend you into the tent where only one hybrids sat. you struggled to look away from the hybrid laying in the floor.

He was huge. he looked peaceful tho, curled up on a bed and resting peacefully. he had long and pointed ears, a middle tail that curled. “he’s a special breed, no idea why they didn’t keep him since he must have cost a fortune.” there was a small scar on his arm and you hated to see, it looked like cattle whip strokes.

“tenya,” she called out quietly to wake the dog. you really didn’t know if you should get a hybrid, but seeing him already you knew you couldn’t say no. his furry ears twitched and his body rolled over ready to see what was happening. he was fast, and he was built. a pure breed for herding and hard labor. “I have someone here who needs a dog to help around the farm.” she patted you on the back and you got shy for some reason.

His tail was sticking up, his eyes glancing over and panicked. he was on high alert. “Hey buddy, my names y/n.” You smile softly. You don’t want to move until he gives you a sign. his nose sniffs into the air for a moment and his body freezes, you both stop for a minute too.

until the thumping of his tail was heard and he jumped up to greet you properly. you are taken aback and he gets excited and starts to shout, you can’t help but to smile. “My names Tenya, I am apart of the Iida breed. I have experience in herding, working and defending territory. I have many skills,” his hands reaches for hers and stuffs it into his nose to get a proper smell.

“Hello to you too,” you giggle. having some help now would be good, and a herding dog would the best thing.

“Tell me iida, are you okay with maybe coming home with me?” if it was only a dog he would for sure be jumping on you from how happy he seems to be.

Iida didn’t want you to leave to get things needed, saying it was his job to be with you now but you need to find food and things before leaving. he whined forever until he saw you again.

you came back to get him…like you said you would. he loved you, loved you so much. the kindest human he’s met.

Riding back to the farm was a journey. he was talking every second about all the things he could do, from each animal, hybrid or not. boy, was so happy to be by your side. and he was asking about you too. why you picked him? what you wanted him to do.

your heart broke once you got back to the cabin.

you held the door open and called for him to come in, but he just stood on the porch looking at you almost guilty. “Hybrids aren’t aloud inside, I must protect you from out here.” he was already looking for a place to set up for the night. it was a miracle you didn’t start crying again.

“Well, whoever told you that was a idiot. Many dog hybrids are aloud inside, and it’s my house so my roles go.” you tap the door again. he was hesitant, and it took about ten minutes to get him inside. and you told him to stay put while you get the things from the car…then told him it was a order to get him to stay.

you placed the things on the floor and smiled, proud of yourself. “Okay, so I got a large mattress for you. We can place it anywhere you want, also got you special food, hybrids approved.” he looked at the mattress for a long minute. Iida couldn’t believe it was his, he hadn’t slept on one of them since he was little, and then at the market earlier. And this one was his, made for his height and weight for him to sleep…inside.

“Your bought this for me?” He asked while poking at the bed, it’s softness amazed him. once he accepted his reality his tail starts to swing like crazy and crawled over to you, and hugged you lovingly.

“I’ll be the best boy I promise. anything you need I will do, anything.” his grip tightened around your waist and pushed his head into your plush stomach. you patted his head and thanked him, and told him he deserved to be loved and cared for.

That night, he placed his bed in front of your bedroom door and stood watch in his bed. to protect you, his master…his.

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