wish i had the time/patience for bonsai. an old boss used to say bonsai was like having a cow - can't skip milking once. quite the time commitment - not in quantity but in consistency.
two day event this weekend at the washington park arboretum in seattle, put together by a small handful of dedicated volunteers. weather was exceptional, trees were great and though the crowd watching was small it seemed the competitors all had fun. generous prize pkgs as usual - thanks to the...
looks like you judged the women with the men, rather than as a group unto themselves? hard to tell from the posted results - there were 3 women and marilou won again?
wow, lots of emotion in this conversation. i haven't had time lately to contribute much to TB, so this thread is new to me. i completely understand the frustration of those of you innovators and groundbreakers out there who love this tool and want to be able to use it. and you can, just not in...
ok, so i bought the dirr and am exploring it a bit. leafsnap is much more user friendly, i agree, but dirr has a huge wealth of info that leafsnap doesn't. i just thought this would be a good place to get arborist volunteers involved in this very cool project. it's all about education, for me...
ahhh blinky, yer makin me cry man! just busy as all get out trying to build my company and crew. i do check in, just ain't no free time anymore, if ya know what i mean..
thx man.
hey everybody. this is not my usual forum for lurking, but all the more reason to shout about leafsnap, which is a new FREE iPhone app. put together by volunteers at the smithsonian, university of maryland and columbia university.
basically, they've appropriated face-recognition software to...
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Think of this quote when you are 60. Or is that to far away and not yet applicable for you. When those extra pounds are unnecessary, don't take them with you. Juggling a heavy saw may look cool now. But really cool is: Having a good set of shoulders, elbows and wrists when you are 80...
wow, that sucks. sorry to hear it. i've heard plenty of tree workers over the years have died that way as well. my dog, on the other hand, is suicidally intent on rushing into the fall when he hears fibres tearing - very bad instinct for an arborist's dog. i was falling alders for a friend once...
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It kills me inside to see trees removed because neither owner or arborist could look ahead with patience and do retrenchment pruning to keep valuable trees.
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just what i was thinkin..
lanolin, aka "goop", hand cleaner works great on doug fir sap - $3 a tub at the grocery or auto parts store around here. easy on your skin too. gotta let it sit for a while on serious dried sap and scrape it off, sometimes twice. works though.
ditt on sappy ropes - wash them in my own machine...
yeah, there's a guy who tried to land a bandit dealership and didn't. now he's working with carlton. an hour away, but bandit is in portland more like 2 1/2 hrs away on a good day. good to know the owner is a good guy, but more interested in experience with the product. thanks stephan.
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but make sure you spray-paint an arrow and a this side up on the new machine, so there's no confusion again!
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nice. will do. not sure which engine is on this one, but the dealer is offering a 12 inch carlton for basically the price of a 9 inch bandit. will talk specs...
yeah, i know. kinda like i freaked the first time we dumped chips with a button instead of a pitchfork...
movin on up bennie, movin on up :)
(ever meet that girl?)