Tree Tales with Tony Gliot and Nate Orbock

Nice.

And then I was going to ask this a little bit later, but I feel like it just makes sense to ask it now.

Is there ever a thing, are there ever things that the people like people can do themselves besides like you know besides watering right that's what we always ask people to do for their trees it's what they agree to do when they get a tree but is there any anything that you all ever see that you're like oh and you can do this or is it all like we are going to handle this

I mean, yeah, watering is the best thing you can do.

The other thing is just to maintain an environment that's healthy for your tree.

So mulch ring around it if you have turf or if it's in a xeriscape, just making sure that the mulch is thick enough to provide that benefit that mulch does.

water retention in the soil and temperature control, that kind of thing.

The other thing you can do is if the tree is sprouting from the base, you can take a hand pruner and trim those sprouts off.

I just did that.

Yeah.

Easy things like that.

I'm glad that was the good thing to do.

Things like that.

But then also monitoring your tree.

You know, if it looks like it seems to you like it's not supposed to, let us know.

Because like I said, all our work is done on request.

So we don't know about every tree out there.

So if you see something, say something.

I would add to that that, I mean, as the forester, I would never want to discourage residents from knowing their tree better, from participating in the care of that tree.

Safety is the most important.

part of that.

As trees get larger and those limbs get heavier, we just want to make sure that people are safe and that they have the appropriate skill and capability and equipment to do the work that they're doing.

So while I love the idea of residents, you know, even pruning a young tree the way that they like it, learning more about how to do that appropriately, which is, you know, accessible to our residents, I don't want to see people on ladders trying to make larger cuts with chainsaws above their head or with one hand on their chainsaws or whatever.

Occasionally we will see that and we'll try to help the resident understand that that's a service that we provide and we're glad to help participate in the care of that tree.

Yeah, that must be scary to see.

Nice.

And then I was going to ask this a little bit later, but I feel like it just makes sense to ask it now.

Is there ever a thing, are there ever things that the people like people can do themselves besides like you know besides watering right that's what we always ask people to do for their trees it's what they agree to do when they get a tree but is there any anything that you all ever see that you're like oh and you can do this or is it all like we are going to handle this

I mean, yeah, watering is the best thing you can do.

The other thing is just to maintain an environment that's healthy for your tree.

So mulch ring around it if you have turf or if it's in a xeriscape, just making sure that the mulch is thick enough to provide that benefit that mulch does.

water retention in the soil and temperature control, that kind of thing.

The other thing you can do is if the tree is sprouting from the base, you can take a hand pruner and trim those sprouts off.

I just did that.

Yeah.

Easy things like that.

I'm glad that was the good thing to do.

Things like that.

But then also monitoring your tree.

You know, if it looks like it seems to you like it's not supposed to, let us know.

Because like I said, all our work is done on request.

So we don't know about every tree out there.

So if you see something, say something.

I would add to that that, I mean, as the forester, I would never want to discourage residents from knowing their tree better, from participating in the care of that tree.

Safety is the most important.

part of that.

As trees get larger and those limbs get heavier, we just want to make sure that people are safe and that they have the appropriate skill and capability and equipment to do the work that they're doing.

So while I love the idea of residents, you know, even pruning a young tree the way that they like it, learning more about how to do that appropriately, which is, you know, accessible to our residents, I don't want to see people on ladders trying to make larger cuts with chainsaws above their head or with one hand on their chainsaws or whatever.

Occasionally we will see that and we'll try to help the resident understand that that's a service that we provide and we're glad to help participate in the care of that tree.

Yeah, that must be scary to see.