Photo courtesy of DusanManic/iStock. She met me in the driveway with her arms already crossed. The tree was a water oak (Quercus nigra) in front of a brick ranch in Seneca, South Carolina, and it had maybe two [...]

Everyone loves to plant trees – and generally speaking, arborists and landscapers do a great job. We celebrate tree planting as a noble cause, and it is. My question is, why do we still see so many newly planted trees [...]

In tree care, safety is often treated like overhead. Necessary. Required. Important, sure – but expensive. Harnesses, helmets, training days, downtime for tailboards, safety managers, documentation. When you’re running multiple crews and watching fuel, labor and equipment costs climb, it [...]

Illustration by Jerry King “How much does it cost to cut down a tree?” Well, that is a “million-dollar question.” To help answer the question, let’s go through a hypothetical scenario. You have a neighbor, Mr. Beaver, who [...]

Most of us have pretty good memories. Like taking the driver’s-license test, first dates with our significant other, a sibling’s birth date, etc. I don’t remember any of those things as time is slowly eroding my mind. I do, however, [...]