The influx of knuckle-boom cranes and boom-mounted grapple saws has drastically reduced the time and labor it takes to cut down a tree. In theory, tree care companies employing this equipment have more business, higher profits and safer working conditions. But they also have even more wood debris to manage on top of the volumes […]
Part 1 of this two-part series, “Heartwood and Heart Rot, Part 1: Are They Important to Arborists?” ran in the May 2023 issue of TCI Magazine. Heart rot sounds serious or possibly fatal, like heart-related health issues in humans. In practice, heart rot in trees is simply the decay of wood in the center of […]
In February 2024, The Davey Tree Expert Company fired up its new biochar facility in East Dundee, Illinois. The facility recycles wood waste from its many client properties in the Chicago area and turns it into an environmentally friendly soil additive, biochar. “Biochar is a carbon-rich, charcoal-like substance that offers many benefits to the soil,” […]
