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Dec 11, 2022

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...

Jan 27, 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...

Oct 27, 2021

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...

Sep 21, 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...