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OK, asking about something here - what does "windowing" mean with a tree.


You are looking for websites that show the old school out dated practices, what about a good example that attempts to teach the public?

how about one that has this on the website

"It is unnecessary to dress tree wounds.

Do not cut branches flush with the trunk. This will harm the tree.

Tree topping is unnecessary to prevent trees from becoming too big. It actually creates hazards for trees, making them dangerous and more susceptible to storm damage, insects and diseases. It is also a waste of time and money.

Plant trees where they belong in your yard. Keep Dogwoods away from the sun and Douglas Firs away from power lines.

Newly planted trees need water regularly, and mulch that extends out at least two feet from the tree base.

Changes in the tree's appearance can tell you a lot of things. Trees are very vital, but sometimes trees show signs of stress and removal is indeed necessary. If you are in need of quality, tree care "REMOVED NAME"

Nice when the show pictures of the worker with PPE on.


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You are looking for websites that show the old school out dated practices, what about a good example that attempts to teach the public?

how about one that has this on the website

"It is unnecessary to dress tree wounds.

Do not cut branches flush with the trunk. This will harm the tree.

Tree topping is unnecessary to prevent trees from becoming too big. It actually creates hazards for trees, making them dangerous and more susceptible to storm damage, insects and diseases. It is also a waste of time and money.

Plant trees where they belong in your yard. Keep Dogwoods away from the sun and Douglas Firs away from power lines.

Newly planted trees need water regularly, and mulch that extends out at least two feet from the tree base.

Changes in the tree's appearance can tell you a lot of things. Trees are very vital, but sometimes trees show signs of stress and removal is indeed necessary. If you are in need of quality, tree care "REMOVED NAME"

Nice when the show pictures of the worker with PPE on.


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I've found one Jersygirl: Treetoppersandstumpgrinders.com

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No really there is nothing so 'fingerpointing' as you mentioned on my website but the website above is in my linkpage among some other very interesting ones.
 
If he does come on this thread, can I ask him about relevance of the copper teapot and ashes urn? I suspect they are marketing tools.

After he removes your tree he makes you a cup of tea in a copper teapot and then you get the option of having your tree cremated and returned to you in one of those urns.

Great way to set yourself apart from the crowd.
 
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Perhaps He hasn't the time to peruse this sight because HE'S WORKING!!!
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That's the whole point Zaph, what we do isn't 'WORKING' as such, it's a by-product of a late 20th century phenomenon based on a post modern, western style service sector consumerist society who are fortunate enough to have the expendable income to afford the luxury of hiring skillful and suberbly creative arboricultural visionaries to improve the ambience of their immediate surroundings.

Unless you do Utility work, in that case your working.
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That's the whole point Zaph, what we do isn't 'WORKING' as such, it's a by-product of a late 20th century phenomenon based on a post modern, western style service sector consumerist society who are fortunate enough to have the expendable income to afford the luxury of hiring skillful and suberbly creative arboricultural visionaries to improve the ambience of their immediate surroundings.

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Sounds like work to me.
 
Dude!
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Harold McPeak sells one cord of wood for $475!!! That is delivered and stacked. You have to be kidding me. Please tell me there aren't people who would pay that much for a cord of wood
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He doesn't even say what kind of wood he sells
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hey zaphod, around here the math adds up like this

construct 1st + remove trees later = more money for me

[/ QUOTE ]hey Mike, around here the math adds up like this:

preserve 1st + maintain indefinitely = the most money and the most satisfaction.

"what we do isn't 'WORKING' as such, it's...the luxury of hiring skillful and suberbly creative arboricultural visionaries to improve the ambience of their immediate surroundings."

Not a luxury, but a need to increase the VALUE of property by maintaining assets.

I agree that it is not only work. If it is done the right way for the right reasons it is more like play.
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preaching to the choir

[/ QUOTE ]and we faintly sing in an alto voice when we come in after the fact, and thunder basso profundo when we're proactive. How to market tree preservation, that's the challenge.
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Not a luxury, but a need to increase the VALUE of property by maintaining assets.


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Ah, so what your saying is, people hire arborists, gardeners and painters etc in order to keep their neighbourhood or property valuable?

Some people hire arborists not because they need them but due to the phenomenon of conspicuous consumption or keeping up with the Joneses

Here is an example;

If Mr and Mrs Smith in No. 34 got this done to his trees - Cloud Pruning(top left image)

Mr and Mrs Brown in No. 36 might get the same style of pruning done to their trees.

In this case I would say.......
It is a luxury because it is not essential, or is it?

Are you saying that hiring a professional arborist can be interpreted as the natural survival instinct of keeping your nest well feathered?

How weird is that?
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Anyway, just like to add that I think Cloud Pruning is cool.

I'm looking for a good tree to try it on, was thinking of Thuja plicata?

Anyone cloud pruned?
 
Not to take away from the skill required to do it, but "Cloud Pruning" kinda looks like something a poodle owner might do. Not that there's anything wrong w/ that...

But hey, what do I know? I'm just a "Dabbler..." To each his own.
 
Hey...

Unless his company continues past his physical retirement, maybe let the guy ease out of the trade with a bit of dignity.

Now if he wants to debate tree care in a live meeting, that's different. No slack there.

Look at it this way, he's not doing too much different now, than the best of arborists were being praised for 30 years ago.
 
Jersey Girl, some of those Cloud Pruning images are extreme forms of windowing, which means crown thinning with the purpose of seeing through the tree. It's done a lot near mountains and oceans, where views are valuable.

It could be considered essential there to open up sightlines in a canopy, but the reduction needed to make those rounded forms in those evergreens--seems to cross the line into luxury. It really elevates the maintenance level just to create an image.

I agree T plicata would be good candidates for that work, maybe even better than the pines in those pictures. I've windowed a lot and done other topiary, but never cloud pruned, which looks like fun.
 
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