Wind Sail Reduction
Wind sail reduction, reducing the sail, wind thinning, and any other way that it is called has not been demonstrated to reduce failure of trees due to wind. It sounds good, and on some level seems logical, so what might be the truth behind tree strength and wind resistance?
A brief consideration of tree risk
While many people are concerned with the risks posed from falling trees, there are reasonable steps that can be taken to reduce risk. It is important before treating trees to establish whether or not they are truly hazardous...
Healthy Soils Make Healthy Trees
It's about the landscape you don't see. The composition of soils is perhaps the greatest factor in tree health. Comparing urban soils with a forested site will...
Beautiful Old Trees
Veteran trees are those trees that have seen a lot in their time and have lived to tell the tale. We encounter them frequently in the urban landscape. Are they still valuable?
Mulching 101
Mulching with coarse woody debris protects trees from mechanical damage, mitigates soil temperature and moisture extremes, and helps build soils. Here are some tips to mulch properly...
Tree Service for Seattle
A tree service is available to help you "do" things to your trees. In Washington State there is no requirement for any tree service to be educated about trees, however...
Is Your Tree Safe?
Tree risk assessment has been undergoing dramatic changes in recent years. Arborists in the know are following...
The Douglas-fir tree, a NW Favorite.
Like many of us in the Pacific NW, this tree is not easily put into a box. Sometimes called a pioneer species, it may live to well over a thousand years. Often dismissed as too big...
Mulching 102
Lots of different materials qualify as mulch, from rocks to recycled rubber, but the most effective mulch in the urban landscape is arborist wood chips...
Seattle Arborist Blogger
Zeb Haney of Seattle, is a second generation arborist. Besides operating Tree Resource, since 2004, Zeb is an instructor with Arboriculture Canada Training and Education (ACTE) and North American Training Solutions (NATS). "I believe that being actively involved with educating and supporting the tree care industry at a high level makes me a better Arborist," says Zeb. Zeb Haney is an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist, # PN-5840B and member of the American Society of Consulting Arborists (ASCA). He also holds multiple certifications in industry methodologies and applications. Zeb Haney is the chair of the Puget Sound Regional Tree Climbing Competition, last held in Seattle at the Washington Park Arboretum.