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I like a few around, too. I've maintained a long border of female volunteers with the blue berries as a visual and sound barrier between my place and the Bible college over the fence. Someone over there likes to drag-race in their parking lot at night - (scholars? or professors?). The severe...

Thanks for the reply! "To elevate the crown prune small downward growing limbs around the drip edge. For a slow growing Juniper I would not take any more than 20% out in one pruning." Just to clarify.....it's OK to prune these lower downward-growing limbs all the way back to the main trunk...

I have several dozen female Ashe Junipers on my place that have grown to 15'-20' - well beyond the shrub size. I'd like to prune off the larger lower branches so they can begin to take on the "tree" form. I live in north central Texas...so is this now (March) the proper time to prune these trees...

I've been meaning to post these two photos for a couple of months.... :dizzy: I took these photos this past spring at a friend's place in central Texas. These were live oaks that had been dead for several years. Everyone survived - but I had a hard time watching. :msp_rolleyes:

That's a lovely tree - even if it is leaning toward your place! Am I the only one who sees some strange wide-angle lens effect in several of the photos - exaggerating the lean of the tree and even making the structural walls of the houses appear to be leaning, too? I realize that the tree is...

The canopy filled back out nicely...and I pruned the roots along the concrete drive to delay problems there. Here are some of the wounds from delivery vans attempting to pass underneath. Doesn't take but a couple of smacks to the roof and they find another place to turn around. :D This...

Wow...this one rose from the dead thread graveyard! nearly two years! :) Actually....I decided to give this live oak a reprieve from the full chainsaw treatment and performed some strategic pruning instead. :msp_smile: It is situated in an ideal spot to prevent tall FedEx and UPS delivery...

Lots of stove ash/dust tends to irritate my sinus and Mrs. xtm, so I'm slow and careful when I shovel out the stove to keep it manageable. Also, when I'm shoveling cold stove ash, I usually set up the shop-vac hose near the opening while I'm shoveling - to deal with the escaping dust.

Talk to these folks for info on dates and location of a nearby class: Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions Disaster Relief I'm not a member of that organization, but the training classes around here provide an excellent safety-oriented intro. You can't even touch a saw on one of their...

Did you plant the tree with the root flare slightly above grade? Did you backfill the hole with native soil - or did you dump in some foreign material like peat moss? Insecticides, herbicides, or other chemicals used nearby? Willows thrive in moist soil - green willow sticks stuck in...

When I want to keep rabbits and squirrels away from young tender woody stalks, I spray the area all around them with a homemade concoction made of the hottest peppers I can find. Chop up the peppers in a blender and let them soak in a gallon of water for a few days. Strain off the solids and...

I would do everything I could to try to save that live oak - even consideration to modifying the house plans to keep the trunk farther away from the foundation. Good advice about minimalizing anything that will disturb the roots - especially the grade! A grand tree like that deserves...

I don't believe that the scale is causing your trees to die as you say... Appearance of scale is often one sign of a stressed or weakened tree. The recommended treatments should take care of the scale, but you need to take a closer look at the underlying cause of the tree's natural immune...

I've had success bringing trees back from the brink using the Sick Tree Treatment: Sick Tree Treatment 2011 - Natural Organic Home Garden Health Howard Garrett Dirt Doctor Willows are hard to kill in a mild, wet climate like Florida has - even from neglect...:confused: I don't mean to...

Fired up the stove last Monday morning (5/2), and everyone gathered around to eat breakfast. I've never had to build an indoor fire in May before - very unusual for this area! xtm

We get environmental leaf scorch around here all the time - usually caused by drought and heat, but sometimes by over-fertilization and improper use of broad-leaf weedkillers around trees. (I generally have to run my neighbor's lawn service nincompoops away when their weedkillers start to get...

I have willows growing along the ditch behind my place. The leaves on them are starting to turn yellow and are dropping off - it's just that time of year. :) You didn't say anything about summer rainfall and temps. Willows will die back from the outer limbs from both drought and high temps...

You need to realize that this whole issue has very little to do with smoke...:) It's mostly about power and control - it's difficult to control behavior and voting tendencies of people who are self-sufficient. Certain politicians and their leftist lapdog organizations love to champion such...

Beki, JMO, but I wouldn't do any significant pruning on a Post Oak for a long while. All of north Texas just went through a severe summer drought with many severe 100 deg.+ days, and any unnecessary cutting on it is bound to further stress it. I haven't seen a photo of yours, but the really...

I've brought quite a few red oaks and pin oaks back from the brink by following Howard Garrett's Sick Tree Treatment: http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_question.php?id=130 I live in a different part of the country - with some different stresses on trees, but once I started heavily mulching...