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Jeff's book is a good place to start. If you have never climbed and want to, can I buy some life insurance for you? Despite what "Stihl"#says, buying some gaffs is the wrong place to start. Real climbers don't use (or need gaffs.) If you're serious about climbing and don't want to...

Has anyone heard of or tried this product? http://www.growthproducts.com/docs/turf_companion_liquid_microbial_2005.pdf While the web site is careful to say that it only cures soil pathogens, advertisements in print claim that it can "cure" Fusarium, Phytophthora, Pythium,etc. No indication...

One of two possible saprophytes - either Trametes versicolor#or Cerrena#unicolor# just a wild guess. On firewood, it presents no problem. Usually seen on dead or dying wood in the tree canopy. Good pruning practices removes the problem.

Texan Hate to rain on your parade, but..... 1) Firewood in your part of the world is over abundant due to Ike. 2) Fewer folks these days burn wood - most use gas logs. When I started 35 years ago, 99% of my customers wanted wood. Today more than 95% have gas logs. 3) I have trouble...

Other thoughts about pears that haven't been covered. 1) Thin the fruit after it sets. Remove 1/3 to 1/2 of the fruit. The remaining fruit will be larger and taste better. 2) Pick the pears before they are completely ripe to prevent bird and squirrel predation. Picking them early and...

Before taking the tree down, go to this link.... http://www.ocala.com/article/20081112/ARTICLES/811120293 That's what happens to people who shouldn't do their own removals. Don't kill the trees and then cut them down. The professional will charge a lot more to remove a tree already...

Buy rolls of chain and you can get the cost down to 4-5 bucks a loop. Learn to keep it sharp (with each filling of fuel) with a light touch up of a file. A carbide chain is best used by emergency responders cutting into cars and roofs.

To answer your original question, the fence you have won't work. Goats will go right through it. Kept penned in a close paddock, they will eat everything right down to the dirt. Given enough room and good fences, they can be amusing. Profitable? - seldom. Cheap to buy and easy to get...

Check out the magazine called "Sawmills and Woodlots." They review saw mills with each issue. Ads for every make of sawmill available along with web sites. They also do a yearly competition between the manufactures to see which does the best job in each class. I wouldn't buy a new...

Go to: http://www.ocala.com/article/20081112/ARTICLES/811120293 Sad case. More arborists should sell simple felling or offer a price just to put a tree on the ground. Let the homeowner get his kicks cutting up the brush and trunk after it's been safely put on the ground.

Time to chime in a little here - this is what I observed yesterday. The tree is a black jack oak (Quercus marilandica) - Age - 80 - 90+ years old. As a specimen tree, it is truly one of the best I have ever seen in Central Texas. Very symmetrical, taller than most black jacks, well...

When Nature is allowed to run it's course, most insect problems come back in balance. As one insect population builds, a predator population builds up 10 to 14 days later to bring back into balance. By helping with the water jetting, you're allowing the lady bugs to bring the situation...

They are very tiny bugs after all. Yes, you can use an oil or a soap spray and clean it up right away. The first line of defense should be just a hard jetting of water from the garden hose. I'm always surprised at how fast people revert to even "safe" solutions when a hard stream of...

There are a lot of manufacturers who put a spray attachment on brush hogs. Spraying an herbicide on the cut brush will eliminate it. Simply hogging it down may cause it to get even thicker than it was.

Tracy Getting advice from all over the country - much of it good but you should go to the source in your area for advice. Call Brian Scott at the Amarillo Texas Forest Service and listen to his suggestions. He's a great resource.

Check out the folks at Arbor Day Foundation. They have some plots of poplars that are grown specifically for boiler fuel. They heat their place with a wood chip boiler. http://www.liedlodge.org/about/green.cfm

lhttp://www.tripplebrookfarm.com/tbf/man/tds/introTDS.shtml has video of a device for hand digging small root balls.

Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) - means "big seed." Green acorns won't sprout. Ripe bur oak acorns sprout very easily.

Rent the stump grinder and do it yourself. Blow overs are actually not to hard to deal with - just time consuming. By renting the machine yourself, you'll save more than 70% of the cost.

Doubtful that it would "stand up" again after being down for so long. Water oaks have a lot of rot and root rot as well. You might want to simply cut it about 2 feet above where it came out of the ground and leave it to rot on site.