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No before pic, which is a damn shame cuz it turned out great! Reduction to alleviate loading on weakened and overextended limbs and of course, for aesthetics and clearance. Customer was happy!! It was the first job I did since I officially owned a chipper, and we had discussed leaving the mess...

Ah...unsightly trees. Where's Blake when you need him? “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination...

Recently, a mess of trees on the popular Lakeshore Dr here in town were removed. All on the north side of the beach, which means a whole pile of nice, shady spots to drop a towel down and hang out are no longer available. Not to mention a bunch of perfectly healthy trees were removed for what...

Top notch, Deva!

I thought it was a rather diplomatic drubbing. Had to check the thickness of your skin.

Well, glass houses and all that.

Haha. But, I can see where Guy is coming from and I don't think that the practice was too harsh. Remember that the biggest threat to tree health is nothing short of human activities, and we tend not to react with well informed processes. Again, the tree is still alive and whether it sprouts, I...

Meanwhile in reality, wound dressings are commonplace in orchards around NA to prevent certain pests such as earwigs from inhabiting loose bark and cavities and then exploiting fruit. As well as in P. ramorum infected areas during summer time. I think the biggest thing that any arborist needs in...

There is a filbert in the foreground, those are the catkins.

As in toilet paper? I don't think so, if that's what you mean.

Hawthorne reduction and clean I performed last week. Believe it or not it took me 11 hrs between the chipping and pruning.

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:drink: Good one, Butch! I don't think you are saying that it shouldn't be done, just that when a customer has his/her heart set on such a thing then it will generally be the outcome whether you do it or not. And, I've experienced the same thing where I'm at, and the result is that I pollard...

Ya...I were being sarcastic. I like the dry hot climate, but it seems like your weather doesn't get oppressively hot for too long, like in AZ or NM or other parts of Cali. Of course, I could be (and often am) wrong.

They are neat trees fo sho! Your climate appears to be similar to mine...just a lil further south :|:

Nikon CoolpixL810...my first foray into more expensive cameras. I like the idea of tooling around with a camera!

Hey, I just got the camera yesterday. Now I have to go and read the manual :|: Oh, and the HO's called when they got home. I wasn't able to finish the birch in the back because I had to run home and watch the kiddos for the wife to go to work. They love it!

Take that tree...that'll teach you for growing! All cuts made to nodes or laterals, I'll have you know.

A properly done reduction is the pinnacle of what we do, IMO. Balancing tree need with homeowner needs. And those that can perform them sans buckets are master climbers. It is not easy balancing a canopy without a lift as its all tip work. Though I've done some of my best reductions out of a...