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August 30, 2011

2011 Texas Tree Conference –Building Bridges with Arboriculture

2011 texas tree conference logo On October 5th –7th the best arborists in the state will be meeting in Waco for the 32nd annual Texas Tree Conference. The event is for local arborists and foresters to learn from the leading researches and leaders in the industry and obtain needed CEU’s to maintain arborist certification requirements. However, anybody is welcome. You don’t have to be a professional arborist to come.

You can register online at the ISAT webstore.
Get the registration brochure here.
Here is the vendor registration form in you want to be a sponsor.

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April 27, 2011

Cypress Trees of Central Texas

Cypress trees are my personal favorite group of conifers. The five cypress trees I’ll discuss here are very different in appearance. I see a lot of amateur gardeners try to identify conifers based on leaf type, but this doesn’t work. It’s the seeds that give them away. There are two genera of the cypress family that do well in central Texas that I’ll be discussing in this article: Cupressus (Arizona, Italian and Leyland) and Taxodium (Bald and Montezuma). The two groups have very different foliage. Cupressus have scale like foliage much like most junipers and Taxodium have (keep reading…)

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March 18, 2011

Rainwater Harvesting / Collection

As much as I want to believe that my exhaustive arborist knowledge and skills are the saving grace for all trees I encounter, the reality is rain does more good than anything I can dream up. Unless…if I could provide trees with rainwater on demand! Hello rainwater harvesting. Did you know that irrigation water from a well or the city’s supply is vastly different than rainwater? (keep reading…)

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March 14, 2011

Now Hiring Arborist / Salesman

We are currently looking to hire an ISA certified arborist for a sales position. Come join our team of knowledgeable tree workers and help keep Austin Green! (keep reading…)

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November 1, 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-01

Bot canker on arborvitae. Been seeing a lot of bot this summer. http://yfrog.com/evz7qij http://yfrog.com/f1p85hj #
Hard to see in pics, but this is fruiting body causing stress fractures. http://yfrog.com/5kwbloj http://yfrog.com/3v77cttj #
Hard to see in pics, but this is fruiting body causing stress fractures. http://yfrog.com/159jnjj http://yfrog.com/507m6gj #

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October 11, 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-11

Mystery live oak problem shedding leaves http://yfrog.com/nacnkmj http://yfrog.com/5lqjyj http://yfrog.com/m9t7obj http://yfrog.com/6rzmhj #
At the annual ISAT Texas Tree Conference in College Station: Trees Mean Business. http://yfrog.com/5pptacj http://yfrog.com/j7mi4kj #
City of Pflugerville citizen Pforester class. Micah and Keith are teaching pruning and soil/fertilizer. http://yfrog.com/5ypbwhj #
We removed a dying cottonwood for the Austin Symphony and they had this awesome carving done on the remaining stump http://yfrog.com/ca6t8cj #
Micah manning the booth at the Austin apparently association expo @ parmer event center http://yfrog.com/b9tmjij #
Parks n Rec stakeholder meeting to discuss private profitable use of public land. Mostly about trainers http://yfrog.com/mh6d1cj #
Typical fate of a 12 year old Bradford pear. http://yfrog.com/3tnp4dj http://yfrog.com/ncud7tj #

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August 22, 2010

Our New Employee –the Mini Skid Steer

We got a new worker recently. A new machine to help us load and haul heavy logs. I’ve been a long time hater of equipment. It’s just more to take care of. But, one of my friends up in Ft. Worth, Jimmy Pritchard of Integrity Tree Care, has been telling me for a long time that it has revolutionized his business. So, I’ve decided to give it a try. The machine is pretty low cost compared to most equipment and it is small so we can take it into back yards and many other places that large equipment won’t go. We’ve only done one job with the mini so far, but it is definitely earning its keep. The logs in this video are from a palm tree. This wood is difficult to cut with chainsaws and the wood is very heavy. With the mini skid steer we didn’t have to cut into small pieces or pick them up at all!

As you can tell, we’re going to have to get used to driving it, but this machine is going to save us a lot of back breaking labor!

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August 8, 2010

The Mexican Sycamore –Platanus mexicana

The Mexican sycamore has been a popular planting choice for about 10 years. Like the moneterey oak, it seems to be emerging as a great tree for the area, but it has yet to stand the test of time.

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May 9, 2010

Treaty Oak in Austin

The Treaty Oak is a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) located in Treaty Oak Park on Baylor St. between 5th and 6th downtown. This historic tree is said to be over 500 years old. In 1927, our green piece of history was inducted into the American Forestry hall of fame. They said it to be the “most perfect specimen”of a tree in north America. The Treaty Oak is the last tree standing from a group of trees known as the Council Oaks. The grove was 14 trees strong at one time.
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April 22, 2010

All About Monterrey Oaks

Monterrey oaks (also known as Mexican white oak) started getting popular as a planting choice about 10 years ago. There are a few scattered specimens around town that are older than this, but not many. So far, this tree is proving to be a hardy tree to the area and it is oak wilt resistant. I expect to see more and more of the Monterrey oak as the years go by. But, for now, the jury is still out on this tree in my opinion. We’ll need to see a number of these trees live into maturity before I give them a full-blown thumbs up.
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