The Massachusetts Arborists Association has a new volunteer initiative starting in 2010. They aim to build on the traditional Arbor Day celebration by instituting a statewide volunteer service day on that day, which falls on April 30, 2010. To get the ball rolling, the MAA is inviting anyone to identify potential tree care projects in [...]
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Massachusetts Arbor Day of Service
Posted in Massachusetts Arborists Association, Miscellaneous, Pruning, Trees, tagged MAA, Massachusetts Arborists Association, tree issues on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What’s wrong with these pictures?
Posted in Miscellaneous, Plant management, Roots, Trees, tagged Plant management, root mass, Roots, tree issues, Trees on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Say you’re a growing country club in a nicely-treed community, and you need to enlarge your parking lot. And perhaps you want to lower its grade. The lot has some mature oak trees in it, and they add a certain je ne sais quoi to the scene, so you decide to save the trees by [...]
Root flare
Posted in Miscellaneous, Trees, tagged root flare, tree issues, Trees, trunk flare on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Root flare — where the trunk of a tree and its roots meet — is a critical juncture in a tree’s anatomy. Nowadays, trees coming onto the Massachusetts market often have root flares buried in the B&B root ball when they reach a job site for planting. The contractor then has to remove the covering [...]
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