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Basket of Luck…
A lifelong buddy and lifelong tree guy in California recently sent me a picture of a Ponderosa pine that had…
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It All Depends…
Yet another mid-winter week or so spent traveling east across Nevada and Utah on I-80 reminds me of how much…
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Interviews
Casey P. Roland – Tree Care Exclusive Interview
Meet Casey P. Roland, Ashland’s most infamous and renowned tree aficionado. With over 43 years of experience, he has dedicated…
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How To Pick Your Tree…
When a client removes a tree for whatever reason, I often ask if they have a desire to plant a…
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Things I Can Fix…
Arborists rarely add anything to a tree. If we could add limbs, how sweet it would be! If parts of…
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Exceptions To The Rule…
Funny thing, I just Googled “The top ten trees you should never plant in your yard.” While I have to…
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Four Letter Word…
It’s that (FIRE!) time of year. I was recently dispatched to the Flat Fire by Agness for a couple of…
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Out With The Old…
Having a tree removed can be a spendy proposition. Having a huge tree removed will be spendier still. Having a…
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The Elephant In The Yard…
Let’s face it, baby elephants are about the cutest thing you could own. Until, that is, they grow up. Then…
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Tree Guy Talk
A great talk with Casey P. Roland of Casey P. Roland Tree Care here in Southern Oregon. In our talk…
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The Finest Wine
Suppose you take a barrel made from the best grade of straight and tight grained old-growth English oak. Now you…
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Fruit Trees 101…
The method to the madness regarding pruning fruit trees reminds one of huge bonsai. In reality, it is exactly just…
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Japanese Maples and Maples from Japan…
Everyone loves Japanese maples! How can you not? The $1.000.000 question is, do they love you? Considering they have evolved…
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The Highway of Summer…
Many trees have just merged onto the offramp of the highway of summer. They have let off the gas pedal…
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The Long And Short Of It All…
We expect much from our landscape trees, perhaps, too much. If we examine the thousands of genus, species and cultivars…
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Site Specific Species Selections…
Sorry, I just had to do that. How often have you been in another town or forest or even neighborhood…
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