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Palmeritas Ranch Project
Posted on January 26, 2013 | 7 CommentsLast fall we had the chance to work with the BLM at Palmeritas Ranch doing work on some large non-native trees. Huge Eucalyptus and Salt Cedar (Tamarix sp) trees had been […] -
Sonoran Tree Service Photos Used in Free Webinar!!
Posted on February 18, 2012 | No CommentsI just received a request from Tchukki Andersen, BCMA, CTSP and TCIA Staff Arborist, asking if she could use some of my photos from this post to illustrate some poor pruning techniques. […] -
Planting Huge Trees with a Crane!
Posted on December 17, 2011 | 1 CommentThis post is about a job we did this fall planting some HUGE native trees with a crane. Above is the assemblage of equipment we used on the job. Our […] -
Native Plant Foods!
Posted on November 26, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe children from our Christian school, along with some parents, went on a very interesting field trip a while back. We toured a farm that grows and processes Jojoba (Simmondsia […] -
Terrible Wind in Sun City Grand Toppled and Mangled Lots of Trees!
Posted on August 4, 2011 | No CommentsI got a call last night from a client in Sun City Grand that said a strong thunderstorm with high winds and rain had just passed through. A tree that […] -
Great Roots from Container Grown Trees!
Posted on May 11, 2011 | No CommentsI had a couple Sweet Acacia (Acacia smallii?) trees that I grew from seed and planted in my yard. The cold weather this past winter killed two of the four trees […] -
Mistletoe Seeds Sprouting!
Posted on March 2, 2011 | No CommentsI was looking at my Screwbean Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens) today and noticed some desert mistletoe(Phoradendron californicum) seeds sitting on some of the horizontal branches and in forks. I immediately started rubbing them […] -
Irrigation for Desert Adapted Trees
Posted on March 1, 2011 | No CommentsImproper irrigation of desert adapted trees can cause their premature death! On the diagram above I had tried to draw out how we would recommend that you drip irrigate a large […] -
Why Did This Tree Topple?
Posted on February 28, 2011 | No CommentsWe got a call from an HOA in Scottsdale that a large Blue Palo Verde had tipped over something during the weekend and we needed to clean it up. We […] -
Mistletoe, on Mistletoe!?
Posted on January 25, 2011 | No CommentsWe were pruning an Arizona Ash (Fraxinus velutina) the other day to remove mistletoe. One of my workers came over to me with a piece of the normal “Christmas” mistletoe […]