I was driving to an appointment and just had to pull over. I could not believe what I was witnessing. An older man (a grandfather) on a ladder with a chain saw removing limbs from a town tree. Dangerous, ill [...]

Pixabay/TCIA Graphic Is there a special tree that brings a pleasurable moment to your life? And I don’t mean when cutting it down. Our personal perspectives about trees are so diversified. Most would agree, trees are good. But [...]

1) Undercut to avoid tearing.2) Making the top cut.3) The undercut stops the top cut from ripping.4) A stub before making the final cut.5) Making the final cut.6) The wound of the final cut.Photos courtesy of Lindsey Purcell. [...]

Intographics and Hans Linde/Pixabay In the early 1970s, when I started my career in the trees, my father told me, “If you can climb a tree, you’ll always have a job.” After 50-some odd years climbing, I can [...]

A few years ago, a woman called me because her hemlock above the parking area at her house was dying. She wanted to know why, and asked if there was anything I could do to save it. I had worked [...]