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Woodworking, Willows and Carbon Accounting
Did you know your wood floor is storing carbon? Neat! This post may raise more questions than it answers, and definitely will touch on...
Dec 11, 2022


Medicine from Bark, Shrubs to Mitigate Pollution, and Trees on Roofs: 6 months of learning
Well, originally these were supposed to be separate blog posts, but I never got around to it, which is something that happens while...
Jan 27, 2022


Shearing: the good, the bad, and the ugly
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...
Oct 27, 2021


What's the deal with chestnuts?
(Above: a picture of freshly roasted chestnuts.) You may have heard some buzz around chestnuts in residential areas. Or you may not. If...
Oct 11, 2021


CHIPPING TIME: electric chipper coming soon
(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.)...
Oct 7, 2021


Removals to Harvest: Rethinking "Right Tree, Right Place"
Hang around arborists long enough, and you'll probably hear this phrase "right tree, right place." It often assumes that you're always...
Oct 2, 2021


Pruning for Absolute Beginners
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...
Sep 21, 2021


Dealing with Downed Wood: Sustainable Options for Storm Damage
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...
Aug 5, 2021
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