A day in the Arborist's life

Learn to read tree. Look closely. See details. Touch the tree. Connect with the past. See the future!

[Houseworksaws]

I honestly must say my favorite thing about your vids and your style is how non judgmental about what others may have done. It’s so easy to get caught up in blaming and complaining but not you.. it’s refreshing thank you for sharing

[giancarlomartini]

Amazing video. Thanks for sharing once again.

[dwaynemadsen]

I have silver maples in my yard. I knew the tree out front had been topped, but I had thought the ones in the back had been spared. They were not. Looking around I find what look like hands; big branches turn into three, four, five small, parallel branches at a swollen point. I went into one and found hollows everywhere. Videos like this one give me ideas to think about when planning for the future, but I think I had better start new trees now and trim these back to make room as needed.

[ElectricityTaster]

I think you should do a video compilation of arborist puns. Newcomers need this information.

[fgfra]

Thanks for another great video Blair. I think that was a vast improvement over how it looked before especially considering you were dealing with a challenging situation caused by the classic case of someone with a saw and lots of misinformation.

[MarkdV]

Nice and informative video. The tree at the beginning is a compact cultivar of Castanea sativa.

[eucalyptusleemcconnell]

Some so basic information about trees that a lot of people don't understand why good video mate

[mikeyfoofoo]

Suspicions confirmed. There are several Oak trees at my work that look almost like 10 foot tall Bonzai. I've suspected for years that they were root bound when planted. The soil is not too great either. They should be much larger being that they have been planted there for almost 20 years. I sigh every time I notice them. I have always had much better success with trees when they are planted as small saplings like the ones you get from the Arbor society. I'll send you pictures if you are interested.


Your videos are always charming and informative. Thanks for spending time to make them.

[davida]

Love your work. Oldest Acer Jap. I've seen.

[richardanglin]

Thank you, I really enjoy learning from your videos.

[alabalanutnbolt]

every video full of interesting points and information . my wife sometimes wonders how a vehicle technician comes out with comments on badly pruned trees and is correct, the answer is Blair Glenn and August Hunnike. 2 great tree men

[rustybird]

As usual spot on....here in bamma gyspson(oops) really softens hard soils

[jasoncollins]

Great work as always thanks for sharing!

[nicoblazey]

This was an invaluable video to an up and coming arborist! What was your thinking with the deadwood? I know there is some contention about leaving and taking deadwood and was wondering what your thoughts were on it. I understand that you would have had aesthetic reasons for taking it also, and plus, when the client has paid you to cut their trees you've got to cut something right? A lot of our work is in deadwooding and I wonder what we'd do if it wasn't the done thing.

[proxy]

Totally agree, makes me sad when I work on trees like this. Once the damage is done we can't go back.

[a.wilson]

I'm always hesitant about laying the blame on who ever came before me when I'm in a tree that's been mullered like this. I'm sure we've all come across customers that insist on their trees being managed (or mismanaged) a certain way, despite being informed of the effect it will have. These are the customers that I wish would accept having the tree out and replanting is the better option compared to repeatedly hammering their trees and making everyone's life more dangerous.

[eucalyptusleemcconnell]

You get what you get and don't get upset

[BS-kmoe]

Seems to me the best thing to do is plant trees in the middle part of your property instead of against a fence?

[Timothy_Keller]

Those first two trees were American Chestnuts.

[CosmicStargoat]

Trees have been around for over 350 million years. They know what they are doing, and made out just fine before humans and chain saws.