Before & After Tree Care

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I recall a compliment paid to me by a foreman on my line clearance trimming. Early years.

I busted my ass to trim a row of trees by the power lines. When I come down the the foreman said, "Doesn't look like you did a damn thing to those trees, Jer."

What he said hurt my feelings because I worked so hard in those trees. I thought my effort would be noticeable.

He knew right away how I felt and added, "Jer, this is how it should be. When you get done trimming a tree it should not look like it was even trimmed."

That made me feel so much better.
 
Ha!

After I understood the meaning of it all my trimming of trees begin to excel. And at the time it was a very fulfilling feeling to be able to trim trees to such measure.

Then I moved to Ft. Bragg and it changed over to being more satisfying to mow trees down with expertise.

Funny how just a couple hundred miles within a geographic region can change your philosophy.

But I come from a timber background originally anyway.

Nonetheless both aspects are so enduring to me. I know it sounds kind of weird. But that's just me and my up-bringing.
 
Little before and afters of that black oak I was working on. I could only get about 3 hours of climbing in the last couple of days due to my injuries. 6.5 hours all told.

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Taking two days off now to rest both the hip and the foot up. I have trick or treating to do with the kids here in a few days :D
Spreading that tree over two days instead of trying to do both trees in two days was a good decision. I was able to just stop working as I felt I was stressing the leg. I'll go back and bang out the last one next month when feel better :D
 
These fruitless mulberry trees were surrounded by concrete and had severe tip die back due to lack of water and soil compaction. HO called for a consult and we set forth a game plan of concrete removal, mulching, loosening the soils and watering. The trees had been poorly pollarded prior, so we are reshaping the pollard over the next 2-4 years depending on how the trees respond. I wish I had access to the pictures I have of them before they removed the patio, walkway and prior to mulching.. Poor things.
 

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I posted these pics in another thread, but they fit well here.

Here's a floss silk tree that we worked to encourage the central leader in.

Before
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And when we were done with it...

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Those mulberries surprise me. Around here it's super rare to se ANYTHING slow them down.

Even with the heavy pruning you've done, I think there's hope for them.

Are they going to pollard them annually?


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Bi-annually Nick. The new growth will be 10 foot tall above the cuts by summer. I'll do a light prune on them just to keep some of the sucker growth down and clean the lower and interior out a tad.
 
I'll try to remember to post a picture of a clearcut once we get started on the logging season :lol:
 
Man...I HATE Phoenix palms!

The best after photo is a stump shot...but they are architechterally(sp?) magnificent in some settings.
 
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