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Graphic by N.O. Bonzo. (@nobonzo). At the time of writing, there’s a growing, undercounted measles outbreak in west Texas, New Mexico,...

So pregnancy, postpartum, and tree work. Since I’m all done having babies and now have all the firsthand experience with this topic that...

Did you know your wood floor is storing carbon? Neat! This post may raise more questions than it answers, and definitely will touch on...

Well, originally these were supposed to be separate blog posts, but I never got around to it, which is something that happens while...

A prerequisite to understanding the concrete suggestions below is to have some understanding of Degrowth as a political philosophy, which...

A picture of a sheared shrub along the sidewalk that I noticed on a walk. So what's the deal with shearing? There's arborists who love...

(Above: a picture of freshly roasted chestnuts.) You may have heard some buzz around chestnuts in residential areas. Or you may not. If...

(That's a picture I took while climbing & pruning the elms in Andover, MA. It has nothing to do with chipping but I love those trees.)...

Hang around arborists long enough, and you'll probably hear this phrase "right tree, right place." It often assumes that you're always...

We have a knotweed issue at home. For those of you who don't know, Japanese knotweed (Latin names have included Reynoutria japonica,...

Tldr; Sometimes, maybe, ask me. Longer answer: I think that the climate crisis (among other factors) will force/is forcing us to...

In the spring of 2020 I gave a brief Zoom tutorial on pruning to members of the Boston Workers Circle. The slideshow is below, but if you...

Maybe you had branches come down in the latest storm, or maybe you did some home pruning that you don't want to add to your brush...