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Their logic for using borax was preventing whatever disease that killed the tree from spreading. Jomoco

The cheapest easiest and economical solution to your problem is to mimick the CDF n USFS by covering the stump with a liberal layer of borax. IMHO. Jomoco

Even real coast redwoods exhibit the same characteristics here in the hot summers. Dawn Redwoods are a bit hardier in dry hot climes, whereas a Coast RW's most definitely out of its element, and therefor more likely to give up the ghost for real, whereas the Glypto's substantially hardier...

Chill and let the species do its thang...... Jomoco

The man you want to ttalk to's name is Peter Gerstenberger. Rumored to be a safety officer at TCIA. Supposedly a replacement for Bob Felix's NAA. Peter's the authority now, talk to him Chisholm Dunlap and crowd. I hate their guts. Jomoco

In practice the bungee cord makes attaching the scabbard quickly, easier. Slap the saw onto the saddle one handed, then attach the scabbard one handed as well. Slow n deliberate, like an old fogey..... Jomoco

So I've been messing about with lithium battery powered trimsaws of late, and found them useful for pruning only so far. Pruning usually entails more scrambling about in the canopy. As an old climber, I've scrambled about in thousands of trees using a bare bladed trimsaw, and the inadvertent...

So I've been messing about with lithium battery powered trimsaws of late, and found them useful for pruning only so far. Pruning usually entails more scrambling about in the canopy. As an old climber, I've scrambled about in thousands of trees using a bare bladed trimsaw, and the inadvertent...

More like they're doomed from the top of the hill down cuz of our fondness for whiskey! Rye whiskey rye whisky rye whiskey I cry! Jomoco

Are there lots of dead Liquid Amber trees in your neighborhood too? https://www.sdhortnews.org/single-post/2018/02/01/Tree-Terror-Are-Your-Trees-on-a-Hit-List The Shothole Borer plague. http://ucanr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=3446e311c5bd434eabae98937f085c80 Jomoco

I'm afraid it may be far more serious. Mimosa's on the affected tree species list for being susceptible to the bacterium spread by the Glassy Winged Sharpshooter. Unfortunately there is no cure yet. http://biocontrol.ucr.edu/irvin/gwssbiocontrol.html...

Trees are far more complex, and social than we ever gave them credit for. I can't recommend reading The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohllenbehn enough. A fascinating and enlightening essay on trees, and their ability to communicate n coordinate with each other. Jomoco

Ocean Beach in San Diego celebrates X-mas each year by a local resident donating an ideal size conifer, usually a Norfolk Island Pine, to The OB Christmas Tree Club. My job was to crane it down n lay it onto a forty foot semi trailer, secure it, then stay with it, with a police escort down to...

Bogus rap! The chubby lower panda's innocent! Little guy up top's the real culprit. Jomoco

I'd do a uniform crown reduction by a third. That way it'll be within reach of a bucket, to maintain it at that height, every three years or so. I wouldn't cut into big wood at it's base. Jomoco

Looks good EZ! Stump grinder did a good job too! It was an honor to meet yu bro. Best of luck mate. Jomoco

The object is to keep you on the ground Chipp. All the Big Shot's for is to set a pull line so you can drop the tree from the ground and put it where you want it. I'm not about to recommend you climb and top any trees alone in the snow. Not gonna happen my friend. I've done enough winter...

What you wants a BigShot line setter, so you can stay on the ground. http://www.wesspur.com/throw-line/throw-line-kits.html Just a huge slingshot that hurls 16 oz throwbags in excess of 80 feet with an extension. That way you can set a pull line and drop it right where yu want it, all from...

I love my old AVE somethin fierce, despite bein a finicky PITA. Jomoco

Looks like Rope was right after all, Schinus molle is indeed poisonous if fed to livestock. The ancient Peruvians used oil from its leaves as an embalming fluid for their dead. Anyone who's seen the movie East of Eden, Steinbeck's classic with James Dean? A dozen scenes were shot beneath a...