By Jesse Batty Ahhh, the sun is out, the birds are chirping, spring has officially sprung! Or has it? Why is it that some trees have leafed out when others are still dormant? At FOT, we often get the question in the spring time, “Is my tree dead?” Patience, my friends. Some trees leaf out [...]
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Could the American elms stage a comeback? Read today’s Environmental News Network story about cloning elms to establish a sturdy breed resistant to Dutch elm disease. This is an excerpt from the story: Dutch elm disease is a terrible affliction that destroyed elm trees throughout North America and Europe. It is a fungal infection that [...]
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By Brighton West On my bike ride to work, I saw that this tree had been pruned over the weekend. This is pruning season for most trees, so the pruner chose the proper time of the year to prune. But a little knowledge and the same amount of effort would lead to a happy, healthy [...]
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By Brighton West If your husband or boyfriend claims he knows how to prune, don’t believe him. Quiz him before you let him loose in your yard with tools. OK, maybe it sounds sexist to blame men for all bad pruning, but just last week, a friend of mine was able to stop her husband [...]
Tags: education, pruning, street trees, yard trees
