Weather?

[tnttree]

notahacker, A guy worked with us couple years back. Thomas Wiess a tree specialist from Switzerland, hell of a good arborist. he told me once he was pruning at a zoo once over the monkeys. He said the monkeys were going nutz picking up branchs threating and throwing them back at him. They were pissed / jealous? What a visual .. . wish he had photos. Patrick you out there? do you know if Thomas gets on the Buzz?

 

[jf1962]

oh-yah !! We work in the main exhibit w/all the animals around us .. I've been at the animal park for 26yr never a dull moment .. We are finally getting some rain today not much but enough to clean the trees... /forum/images/graemlins/elefant.gif

 

[jf1962]

My ground crew..

 

[jf1962]

one more..

 

[jf1962]

Here's a new toy that we are looking to get this yr for the park. Great peace of equiptment all tarain plus it's rhino proof..

 

[jf1962]

one more .. too much fun w/this altec

 

[arborvor]

I was at Augusta National yesterday it was beautiful outside 60 F + . Bradford pears, plums. cherries, and star magnolias all in flower. With the good comes the bad insect populations. B.T Beetle and aphids are out in large populations

 

[treena]

71 F in Virgiina Beach yesterday now it is 41 F.
Looking for a ski report for Big Sky Montana anyone out there to give me a real report?

 

[Alves]

we got 14" of snow and we now have a windchill of -45 its kinda nippy out there

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Alves,

Aren't you in WI?

 

[tnttree]

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My ground crew..

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You gotta teach him to prune, does fanno have a mouthsaw? /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Still frickin cold in MN today 5 below tonight

 

[Alves]

you betcha, for now...brrrrr

 

[semprebene]

hi to everybody
I'm Stefano from Italy
and here in my country now snowing and we have last week
70 cm of snow!!
it's my first time on TreeBuzz...
ciao /forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[tnttree]

Greetings from the Center of the North American Continent, Minneapolis, Minnesota -- 5 degrees and ~2" of snow -- Welcome to the Buzz Stefano!!!

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Stefano, ciao amico!

Stefano is a very good friend of mine. I have been to his country and visited him twice, and it just gets better each time. I can't wait to return for my next trip!

 

[Treelimbjim]

Last week was the first time all winter when I didn't break a sweat with full PPE, including those nice Smurf gloves. I did have the heavy (Northerners read: standard weight) AW pants on.

This weekend was the second time my heat has come on (64F) in the apartment. I think that has to do with passive radiation from my neighbors. If I were using an Intel computer, it probably wouldn't have come on at all!

On topic:
I had to slow down some when I noticed that my boots were blowing away a little more bark on Red Oaks, like spring tenderness, when we finally got about an inch of rain earlier this month. We have been in an otherwise drought (behind some 18"). The American elms are flowering, a few purple leaf plums are in bloom. Fine crop of mistletoe this winter.

 

[treena]

February in Virginia Beach is the start of Crepe Murder Season. A warm week end in the winter brings the handy homeowner outside to perform his yearly ritual. /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[johnmeiszner]

Hey Jim. I was wondering how you were doing down there. Good to see you post again.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Funny how that is- Crape Murder! (Good one).

Everywhere I go they do that. Many say that it helps the blossom?

 

[treena]

This is what they look like the next year, they have a flush of new growth but just like topping, the trees become weekened and hidious. VT has an extension publication in the works now to address the probelm not sure when it will come out but I will let you know. Southern Living Magazine had an article a few years ago about it. Unfortuality the trees do not die right away so people think it is not hurting them.