Pissodes strobi often referred to as spruce weevil or pine weevil is a beetle that will kill your trees. It lays its eggs in the tree and...

I was camping this past weekend and noticed the sad looking trees surrounding the site. The lower branches were dead and stubby, or gone!...

Topping is when you make large pruning cuts on your trees. Often this is done to reduce the canopys size or the height of a tree. We get...

Did you know that branches do not get higher as the tree grows? A branch that is 5 feet off the ground will always be 5 feet off the...

Lately I have been listening to a podcast called Trees are Key. In one of their episodes, questions are key; they talk about how...

Learning with Shanese That hammock tied to your tree may be hurting it! Girdling happens when something is tied around the tree and the...

Last summer I went with a coworker to assess the trees in a bunch of Kananaskis camp grounds. Along with a lot of walking, I learned a...

Remember those days in the summer when its 30+ outside. Everyone wishes they had a pool in their yard! Trees are not just planted in the...

I first learned about a rain shadow from a podcast called Completely Arbortrary by Casey Clapp and Alex Cowson. It’s a great podcast if...

I planted 4 new fruit trees this spring. My biggest concern is watering! I know that if I give it to much water, I can drown it. But if I...