If you’ve ever stepped onto a trail and felt your shoulders relax, your breathing slow, and your mood lift, you’ve already experienced the powerful benefits of forest bathing – even if you...
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MAY 16, 2025
I take education and knowledge seriously. Here are classes I have attended just over the past 3 years. 245 hours toward 60 needed for recertification.
Knowledge and education costs in time and dollar...
Anvil vs. Bypass: The Saga Continues
MAY 15, 2025
What we’ve been up to:
On a sunny day in April (the day before my birthday in fact) I spent a joyful hour in a field of young oak trees. Was I perusing the branches for birds or sitting idly with a b...
As readers of this blog and our work may know, codominant branches are unreliable predictors of tree failure during storms. At the same time, numerous studies have found that codominant branch union...
All you need to know about the Brood 14 Cicadas
MAY 12, 2025
Brood XIV (14) of the 17-year periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.) will appear this spring with high populations over a wide geographical area that includes ...
Arborvitaes. Why are some dying?
MAY 12, 2025
Arborvitae is a plant that is widely used as an evergreen hedge or screen. Some are suffering or completely dead. What can be done?
I joined yardboy Ron Wilson on Saturday morning, April 19, 2025 at 7:33 to talk gardening, trees, weather, Easter, and who knows what? The podcast can be found at this link:
https://www.iheart.com/po...
Woodland Edge Trees and Shrubs
APR 11, 2025
| Bottlebrush Buckeye | Aesculus parviflora |
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| Alleghany Serviceberry | Amelanchier laevis |
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| Devil's Walkingstick | Aralia spinosa |
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Native herbaceous plants and shrubs
APR 11, 2025
| Bottlebrush Buckeye | Aesculus parviflora |
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| Red Buckeye | Aesculus pavia |
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| Alleghany Serviceberry | Amelanchier laevis |
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| Arkansas Amsonia | Amsonia... |
Arborvitaes. Why are some dying?
APR 8, 2025
Arborvitae is a plant that is widely used as an evergreen hedge or screen. Some are suffering or completely dead. What can be done?
