It’s our pest o’ the week – the Locust Borer, (Megacyllene robiniae), a robust pest of the non-native Black locust tree. We’ve been seeing this little guy that can cause some significant damage in our local locust trees. Specifically, Pioneer Park in Bend has had some issues with this […]
Back in the day, we used to be called “tree surgeons”, but today, we like to think of ourselves more like “tree physical therapists”. But really, we are Certified Arborists, properly trained to take care […]
Chances are, if you live in Central Oregon, you either have ponderosa pine trees on your property or on a nearby property. It is the high desert after […]
Over the summer, you may have noticed the sounds of Central Oregon – skill saws, nail guns and other construction sounds. It seems that, with the end of the recession, we are building, remodeling and expanding again. Small west side Bend houses are getting facelifts, neighborhoods […]
If you you’ve lived in Central Oregon for a few years, you know that it can start snowing fairly early in the fall season. Often times our mountains see a dusting of snow by the end of September.
And if you were here in 2009, you might […]
Have you ever seen a tree that looks like a coat rack? Like this:
This is called tree topping and it is bad news. Actually, it […]
Do you have pine trees on your property that have large, unsightly masses of pitch on the trunk? If so, you […]
Watch this incredible video of David Milarch who wants to stop global warming by tree climbing and cloning the worlds largest trees. After a near death experience 19 years ago, David found his calling to clean up the planet’s air […]
We love Oregon and we love trees. And it sure seems like Oregon loves trees.
On July 20, Portland will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for tree hugging. Organized by Hoyt Arboretum and Treecology, the “hug-in” […]
We recently worked on a wildfire fuels reduction project on the north side of Awbrey Butte (see photos at the bottom). What started as a mess, turned into a safer piece of property. We cut all of the brush out, limbed trees, and cleared the […]
