Casey P. Roland Tree Care
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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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Batten Down the Hatches
With the recent discovery of the dreaded emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in Forest Grove, Oregon, many biologists’ worst fear…
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Messy Subject…
When I recommend a certain tree for a certain spot the most often asked question is “Are they messy?” What…
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Why I Love My Job
Besides just keeping me in beans, tree work has been the best job for me in oh so many ways!…
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Pruning 101…
To prune, or not to prune, that is the question! A good one and often asked, it really depends on…
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Houston, We Have a Problem…
Did you know there are numerous databases that provide statistical information regarding tree failure? Interesting reading, but the data is…
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Casey P. Roland Tree Care – Out On A Limb
It’s time now for an interview with one of Ashland´s favorite arborists, Casey P. Roland. You read his columns monthly…
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My Punch List
When I visit a client’s property for the first time, I have a mental checklist of the ten things I…
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Eye To The Sky…
Not surprisingly, most of my clients are bird fanciers. I also am a wing nut or bird brain as well……
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Temporary Trees…
All trees are temporary, but some trees are more temporary than others. For our native white and red oaks, a…
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The Hellball Done Cometh…
On a raft trip with a fellow arborist and boater, I heard him make a reference to the word “hellball.”…
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Welcome to Our “New” Norm…
I think I have seen more effects on our town trees like leaf/needle scorch as well as beetle kill, then…
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Another Local Champion, or Two…
We are fortunate to have so many magnificent trees within local driving/hiking distance. Two more for your bucket list would…
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