I'm so glad I found this channel. It really made me look at trees a different way. It takes decades or even centuries for a tree to grow. It only takes an evening to destroy it.
No way- clients hire us to advise and direct them. I refuse to do what the client wants if it is ultimately destructive to the plant. Period. end of story
We were lucky enough to buy a 0.9 acre property with about 30 trees on it, all old growth trees 60+ years old, one gigantic oak tree and a huge italian stone pine. We had solar installed, we could generate more solar than we need with the panels if we removed the stone pine, but it's an *amazing* tree, so we are keeping it around. The shade it provides for the house reduces our reliance on AC too, solar for electricity isn't the only way to reduce costs, sun blocking trees help a huge amount.
Good that you realize the fact that the shade reduces energy needs, negating the need for more sunlight to make more power. Just be aware that stone pines can get quite heavy and sometimes fail, even large limbs so be sure it's properly maintained and be careful what you keep around it. In fact, I found an old video from Blair Glenn on this channel where he talks about stone pines. Worth watching: ua-cam.com/video/KpVhq_qaK04/v-deo.html
Great video Blair, well said about the longevity of trees. I came across this saying once " The one who plants trees, knowing that they will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life " 👍
I had a Douglas fir growing at the corner of my property within three feet of a utility pole and within 10 feet of a cedar tree. I knew it was in a bad location and it was just a matter of time before some utility company came and topped it because it was encroaching on the transformer box on the pole. I probably should have taken it out sooner myself, but it was too big for me to cut by hand and I had a plan for when the utility company came by. I asked them to top the tree and I cut all of the limbs below that off, but left the trunk standing to create habitat for woodpeckers and other things. About a year or two later, sure enough, I spotted a hole drilled into the trunk where a flicker or woodpecker had taken up residence. I felt bad for killing the tree, but I knew it couldn’t be left and any cutting it was just going to create more problems as long as the tree tried to survive. I felt I made the best of bad situation by providing a home for some birds and insects at the very least.
I live 5 minutes away from smokey mountains National Park..there millions of trees and over 27 plus species of oaks here..im actually takeing my isa certification this year after 31 years...
My city has a tree ordinance that protects native trees. If the homeowner wants to remove a tree that is covered by the ordinance, you need to get a permit and an arborist report that covers the justification for removal. Tree management is essential to maintenance of the city's semi-rural character. Healthy trees reduce air and noise pollution, provide energy-saving shade and cooling, furnish habitat for wildlife, enhance aesthetics and property values, and help to maintain soil stability. Proper tree management can both create and protect privacy and views as well as reduce fire hazards. Personally, I think all of this is a good thing.
Trees are part of us. The problem with humans is that we think we are 'special'....and everything else, plants and creatures are secondary, unimportant and irrelevant. Everything in the universe are all part of the same system of the universe....and one would struggle to survive without the other. It is from each other that everything has evolved. But we have come to a point where we don't care...or don't consider. We lack awareness and hence become very foolishly selfish. And if we don't stop and think, things could turn against us and the system could shake us off.....like a dog shaking itself after a bath. Trees are a vital part of the system.
You're there to tell them what is best for the tree's outcome. It pisses me off that people make decisions for dumb reasons. The previous owner of my property had all the pines removed from the 8 acres because they were too dirty. I told her that pine straw is over $100 a bale! For that dirty stuff. I had great delight in telling her I've planted over 200 pines back on the property. Some are now about seven feet tall. We are custodians of this World, it's our duty to take care of it to the best of our ability.
The tree trimmer sounds like a modern doctor. Don't tell the customers to fix their diets or lifestyles, just follow the industry's "standard" practice.
Comparing an Arborist to a human doctor is not a good analogy as trees don’t heal. The surround or compartmentalize the wound, but the wound is always there.
I agree with you that since you are the expert, you need to help people decide to do the right thing vs just the way the clients want when they are uninformed.
I often refuse a job because I don’t feel right about what I’m being asked to do to a good tree. If the tree is already a basket case, I do what I can to prolong the life of a weak tree. Very different reasoning.
Thanks, I am part of More Trees Arborist Collective, we have been discussing topping recently. Our focus as a company has been planting, pruning, preservation with wise planning to guide our actions. Removing is rare and large removal we refer to others if necessary. During our discussions we came the reality that though we prefer no topping we on occasion do top as part of risk mitigation to reduce risk of structurally at risk trees and storm damaged from primarily snow and ice events. The option of topping is offered as opposed to removal and with the plan of regular maintenance care in some situations it is used to delay removal till a neighboring tree reaches a point to act as a replacement. I hope we agree there may be times where it is better to top (where a proper crown reduction is not sufficient to reduce structural risk) though this is rare it is done as part of a longer-term plan to preserve canopy and other environmental services. Topping and appropriate maintenance in most cases in the long term costs more than removal. To give trees greater long-term consistency of care I am encouraged when cities and other large properties have a plan they work from, Land Banks may be a place for similar long term planning, care and value to trees over many home owners that may own the house on the property. Thanks again for your regular sharing of perspective .
Where I live in Lake City, Fl, we have large tracks of Long Needle Pines and I've heard them say they make more money selling the baled needles than if they cut out the trees for poles. I saw the bales described as being 3x3x3 feet for $100. I love pine forest! Walking through the woods with the smell of crushed needles is wonderful! I'm so mad that my neighbor's woods still has the pines and I'm going to have to wait for mine to grow again.
@@arboristBlairGlenn The same thing Cedar mulch is used for. You mulch your garden beds with it! I'd mulch the World if I could. Oh, the fragrance! Walking through my neighbor's property is heaven. He even goes on a back road he knows about with a trailer and gathers the needle fall off on the road.
One thing in regards to power companies topping/hacking trees, that's their full time job. Those topped trees will need continual maintenance for the rest of their lives, and the power company will be doing it. If a homeowner uses the power company's practices as justification for topping their own trees, they should be informed that they'll need to have a crew coming back to do the same kind of maintenance for the rest of the tree's life.
I try my best to share what wisdom and knowledge I have about my clients trees. That being said each tree and client is different and it can be a challenge to do what's best for the tree (which is my top priority) but also satisfy the client. As an arborist we ultimately make the decision to make a cut or not. Sometimes clients think they know what they want and sometimes they demand they know what's best and neither are true in most situations. We have to know when and what to cut and not cut and when to walk away or run away. Trees may not have rights but arborists by definition are tree advocates.
@@arboristBlairGlenn Early in my career I had to walk much more than now. As I have gotten older I have had many more leave it up to me as you said. I am about 20 years behind you and hope to be in the trees when I make it to your age!
I'm an even older fart than you Blair and yeah you are spot on with the trees and even more so with the two old bozos running for the top job in the country. I remember the excitement when suddenly a young dynamic guy was running for president and hat was Kennedy. Not everyone liked his politics but it was politics back then, compromises were who government worked there was none of this stupid not voting for something that was good for the country just because someone from the other side of the isle. I have not see a compromise in decades now. It's all personalities and hate the other party. This IS NOT the America I grew up in. Parties steeling supreme court seats just because they can. That would never have happened 50 years ago just morally wrong to do, nobody in ether party would put up with partisan crap like that back then because if you pull some stunt like that it requires retribution and we were not about that we were about democracy. What are we now? I don't know, I'm stumped as well as totally disappointed that the voters let them get away with acting like they were in the sandbox in kindergarten. To make matters worse I still can't convince the neighbor from sticking the hose at the base of the tree putting the water the one place the tree does not want it. Rain drips off the tree where the water needs to be, why do you stay dry if you stand under a tree and lean on the trunk in a rain storm? Think about that, the tree knows where it's root system that needs the water is. Lots of ignorance around these days, much of it gratuitous ignorance, people choosing to be ignorant. Sorry for the rant Blair...
Great analogy “rain drops the water where the tree needs it” learn from nature. And as the state of this country, I too remember when the president was respected, honored and never insulted. The press didn’t put the leader down and the country was together as a nation. Then came Viet Nam- another long discussion. Glad to hear you are still kicking “old man” (said with respect)😊
Obama was pretty young and dynamic, and he did try to work with GOP members, though it didn't really do much to help him. It's pretty incredible to go back and see videos of him and see a president actually looking PRESIDENTIAL. It was only 8 years ago, but it feels like a lifetime ago. Now we have to choose between a petulant narcissist or a doddering octogenarian. We really backed ourselves into a corner with the two party system.
@@nolowputts Yes Obama too but I was thinking 50 years ago when all seemed to be changing for the better in the USA, it didn't last as long as I hoped. My live was good 50 years ago when all I had to worry about was getting Nuked by Russia the rest was going great for me back then so I was locked on to that period like a deer in the headlights. I had high hopes for the Obama administration. Again we needed someone young and dynamic who was not locked into old fogy ideas and again now we sure don't need the old folks home running things. Both these guys are well past their use by date!
@@nolowputts Great description of two guys who have no business running the country. But it's not just who is POTUS, they come and go it's all the guys and gals in the Congress and the House if they won't do their job they are just running the country into the ground. I was hoping getting rid of all the very old white men many of who were outright bigots and worse but I'm not impressed with the younger bunch. Just more blindly doing everything but efficiently running the country. Perhaps it's just my point of view being born right at the start of WWII things just don't seem like America I sometimes feel like there was a coup by I don't know who but democracy seems at best stuck in a rut and at worse I don't even want to think about it. Just not my America. Seems sometimes the government sure is not working for the people who hired them. They could have perhaps skipped a couple of dumb wars and done something with that money that was a benefit to the people. Every civilized country except the US has health care for their people. Nobody should go bankrupt from getting sick that's just stupid if not outright immoral. Again, healthcare is a big business, too much money to be made by the rich guys on something that should be universal but not everyone looks at it that way. I could be wrong, wouldn't be the first time. I'm looking down the barrel of some very expensive medical treatments but I'm lucky that I have insurance that should get most of it but I can see where I would be without it, I'd loose everything and have to find a big cardboard box to live in out on the street. Like Betty Davis said (at least I'm sure you know who that was. Only us old guys get who she is) "Getting old ain't for sissies!" You got that one right Betty!
I don’t see many people these days who care about anything more than whatever carrot happens to be dangling in front of their nose at the moment. This also explains the state of politics in the US as well. Sad but true.
too right, nobody almost dead should decide for the living. it's tragicomic with the greatest impact imaginable on the western world. I sense that the orange-skinned guy is in no mind to leave decisions to others but I cannot figure out why the other (sleepy) guy did not find a successor. I write this as a European culturally tightly bonded to the US but looking into a future where our paths sadly may have to part. Fell sideways off the chair when you mentioned your 'Tree party' 😀
I have turned down a lot of jobs simply because what they wanted done was wrong or even what I consider to be immoral. For example I had a customer call up out near the beach a lot of money big house huge gorgeous Live Oaks all over the property trees that may have been hundreds of years old they wanted three of those trees cut down because there were leaves blowing in their pool. I told him flat out absolutely not and I'm going to drive by this property every 6 months and if I see those trees are gone I'm going to report you to the city so they can fine you a million fucking dollars and I took pictures of the trees some things are just wrong I don't care who owns that property that said if I go out to a property and someone says I want you to top that camphor tree I'm going to say where do you want the cut! It's a nasty little invasive tree and the best way to trim them is with fire LOL so I do think that situation but I also think you have to not be afraid to say that's wrong for the tree you're going to own this house for 5 years before you move on that tree has been here for 150 years or 200 years you need to leave that darn tree alone
I happen to like camphor trees. They are messy but they have a very nice scent. I've seen some in Japan that were quite large and very well maintained.
I think it was " This Old House " they commented, " landscapers will put a bad Choice of a tree into a landscape because they figure every so many years this place will be sold or change hands and these new peoples are going to redo the whole place to suit themselves " as an explanation of Why these paid people make such bad choices and! It's future jobs for them. I just think it good to take a little Time on things we get ourselves into and see Whats What for ourselves. I just got screwed at a auto repair shop. Live and learn. He's lost my business plus my daughter was thinking of hiring him: not now. I can only hope people really do Get Their's in the end. Cause they're really screwing it up Now.
I honestly love the videos ive learnt loads in the time ive watched your videos: Question How do you deal with subborn clients that just want their trees topped despite reasoning against it
@@TheTimberTitan I try hard to educate. If the clients just don’t care, I politely say, “there are a LOT of tree guys who will do what you want. I have a reputation to protect so I respectfully decline.”
ISA might have some things to say about “I just do what the client wants.” Arborists aren’t any different from doctors, engineers, lawyers, mechanics (etc., etc.). Professions have professional responsibilities. As for property owners, we can’t really own something that will survive us. We are stewards of trees for the future. (America’s colonizer mindset twists that backwards, but we owe a debt to the past that we pay to the future.)
His statement is lacks education & experience. These days bad practices are common knowledge ,even for those not formally trained, or at least they should be. As far as "doing what a client wants" well they're not the professional. What they want & whats right are often two very different scenario's. Before a "tree worker" does anything they must make a hazard & tree assessments. Those assessments dictate approach & what can or can't be done. Then its up to us to inform / educate. There is obviously instances where "topping" a tree maybe a short term management strategy possibly for public safety in the 'short term' and pollarding maybe an example. But clients should be informed that this practice is bad for a tree causing more long term issues and that the tree will likely require management forever. An example of it in Melbourne is 100s of miles of pollarded Platanus growing under powerlines. Granted they make a great avenue & cope well with pollarding but never the ending annual management costs must be in the millions I'd imagine. Maybe its better to remove a tree and replace it with a more suitable species rather than topping. Maybe bracing can be utilized if the tree is of a safety concern but you'd only know these things though formal training & experience. The industry is unregulated in Australia meaning almost anyone with little knowledge can operate. Its a real problem & insult to those who've put much time, effort, capital in becoming a tree care professional.
Trees should have rights, my heart aches when I see a butchered one. We are all freedom fighters here on this channel. Teaching clients to be the best stewards to their land and plants is so difficult, people just want battle nature and tame it. I worked on a stunning estate for 20+ years, you entered up this driveway in a cathedral of sugar maples and oaks, the new clients hired someone to cut any branches hanging over the driveway, some trees are missing over half their branches now, no standards of prunning followed. People just dont know better including the clients.
You should see what tree carnage takes place in Greece. The word arborist doesn't exist even in the dictionaries😂 Everyone who has a chainsaw is an arborist here. And oh my god try to tell him he doesn't have a f....g idea of what he is doing. Everyone in Greece knows better from the other Greeks and people of the world
But what he stated was fact: One guy lied and never answered a question while the other stumbled around trying to find his footing. Blair didn't take sides, but at least he spoke the truth.
I can only imagine the next video considering the MSM was basically quoted in this one along with yesterday's events. Luckily I unsubscribed after years of following and won't get a notification or ever see it. Just came by to see if there were any celebration videos.
@@ncsaddlehunter77 - Blair made factual statements. It's a shame that so many people take offense at facts. This is why this country is in turmoil. As for that shooting, you DO know that the kid was a registered Republican AND a gun enthusiast, right? Isn't this exactly the kind of person you typically side with?
in hadley , farm town massachussetts there is a old guy named tucker, in his mid 80.s . he walks around with a non lit cigar in his mouth 24/7. youve known him a long time, he is a old farmer and its his way or the highway type personality,....but he is a good guy. he calls you up to top a 80 ft spruce down to 30 ft....he knows its wrong he doenst care..... the trees blocking the corner of his garden and he wants to keep the bottom becuase it blocks the wind from the field....would you perform this task.... just a scenario.....i did the work and would agian.... i agree with your perspective but i also agree the commenter.....i think it depends the the peson and the situation
Another old boomer that doesn’t care if he wrecks the world he received as a gift from his ancestors. Too many old Americans act like they don’t have any responsibilities toward the people who inherit their messes. Blair has it exactly right.
I like you so much when you just stay out of politics. You seem overly emotional with politics. Both Trump and Biden have been in charge, they got very little done because Congress is where things get done. The youth are in a growth process just as anything else is, the Presidents have influenced their lives very little, far less than say Charli XCX has! You need to relax. Politics is over. Ask any "youth" if we are going to vote our way out of this mess! Listen to what they tell you.
As a late tree trimmer friend of mine said when faced with horrible trimming requests..."I'm no whore..I take care of trees I don't screw them"
Well said! Thanks
I'm so glad I found this channel. It really made me look at trees a different way.
It takes decades or even centuries for a tree to grow. It only takes an evening to destroy it.
@@bobbycrosby9765 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💪🏼
No way- clients hire us to advise and direct them. I refuse to do what the client wants if it is ultimately destructive to the plant. Period. end of story
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I think that trees are more important than humans: they don't need us, we need them.
Same with old politicians: they need us,...
Well they're more important than you. not the rest of us humans!
Same with our bosses!
We were lucky enough to buy a 0.9 acre property with about 30 trees on it, all old growth trees 60+ years old, one gigantic oak tree and a huge italian stone pine. We had solar installed, we could generate more solar than we need with the panels if we removed the stone pine, but it's an *amazing* tree, so we are keeping it around. The shade it provides for the house reduces our reliance on AC too, solar for electricity isn't the only way to reduce costs, sun blocking trees help a huge amount.
Good that you realize the fact that the shade reduces energy needs, negating the need for more sunlight to make more power. Just be aware that stone pines can get quite heavy and sometimes fail, even large limbs so be sure it's properly maintained and be careful what you keep around it. In fact, I found an old video from Blair Glenn on this channel where he talks about stone pines. Worth watching: ua-cam.com/video/KpVhq_qaK04/v-deo.html
@@Radium3D finding the balance is important.
The only hope trees have is more teachers like you
Good video !
@@hj8607 thanks. Very kind of you to say that.
Great video Blair, well said about the longevity of trees. I came across this saying once " The one who plants trees, knowing that they will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life " 👍
@@jameswyeth8223 the meaning of life- it continues without you
I had a Douglas fir growing at the corner of my property within three feet of a utility pole and within 10 feet of a cedar tree. I knew it was in a bad location and it was just a matter of time before some utility company came and topped it because it was encroaching on the transformer box on the pole. I probably should have taken it out sooner myself, but it was too big for me to cut by hand and I had a plan for when the utility company came by. I asked them to top the tree and I cut all of the limbs below that off, but left the trunk standing to create habitat for woodpeckers and other things. About a year or two later, sure enough, I spotted a hole drilled into the trunk where a flicker or woodpecker had taken up residence. I felt bad for killing the tree, but I knew it couldn’t be left and any cutting it was just going to create more problems as long as the tree tried to survive. I felt I made the best of bad situation by providing a home for some birds and insects at the very least.
I live 5 minutes away from smokey mountains National Park..there millions of trees and over 27 plus species of oaks here..im actually takeing my isa certification this year after 31 years...
Totally appreciate this video… thank you. I’m just a homeowner/tree lover, & like you, see mal treated trees everywhere in my town-it hurts my heart….
@@janmikus185 we are birds of a feather
Beautifully said Blair.
My city has a tree ordinance that protects native trees. If the homeowner wants to remove a tree that is covered by the ordinance, you need to get a permit and an arborist report that covers the justification for removal. Tree management is essential to maintenance of the city's semi-rural character. Healthy trees reduce
air and noise pollution, provide energy-saving shade and cooling, furnish habitat for wildlife, enhance
aesthetics and property values, and help to maintain soil stability. Proper tree management can both
create and protect privacy and views as well as reduce fire hazards. Personally, I think all of this is a good thing.
@@richard9610 all the cities I work in are the same.
Trees are part of us. The problem with humans is that we think we are 'special'....and everything else, plants and creatures are secondary, unimportant and irrelevant. Everything in the universe are all part of the same system of the universe....and one would struggle to survive without the other. It is from each other that everything has evolved. But we have come to a point where we don't care...or don't consider. We lack awareness and hence become very foolishly selfish. And if we don't stop and think, things could turn against us and the system could shake us off.....like a dog shaking itself after a bath. Trees are a vital part of the system.
We are not all unaware. You seem to be. I know I am!✌🏼
You're there to tell them what is best for the tree's outcome. It pisses me off that people make decisions for dumb reasons. The previous owner of my property had all the pines removed from the 8 acres because they were too dirty. I told her that pine straw is over $100 a bale! For that dirty stuff. I had great delight in telling her I've planted over 200 pines back on the property. Some are now about seven feet tall. We are custodians of this World, it's our duty to take care of it to the best of our ability.
So, educate us all. What exactly is “pine straw”?
@arboristBlairGlenn it's just the Fallin pine needles
The tree trimmer sounds like a modern doctor. Don't tell the customers to fix their diets or lifestyles, just follow the industry's "standard" practice.
Comparing an Arborist to a human doctor is not a good analogy as trees don’t heal. The surround or compartmentalize the wound, but the wound is always there.
I agree with you that since you are the expert, you need to help people decide to do the right thing vs just the way the clients want when they are uninformed.
I often refuse a job because I don’t feel right about what I’m being asked to do to a good tree. If the tree is already a basket case, I do what I can to prolong the life of a weak tree. Very different reasoning.
Thanks, I am part of More Trees Arborist Collective, we have been discussing topping recently. Our focus as a company has been planting, pruning, preservation with wise planning to guide our actions. Removing is rare and large removal we refer to others if necessary. During our discussions we came the reality that though we prefer no topping we on occasion do top as part of risk mitigation to reduce risk of structurally at risk trees and storm damaged from primarily snow and ice events. The option of topping is offered as opposed to removal and with the plan of regular maintenance care in some situations it is used to delay removal till a neighboring tree reaches a point to act as a replacement. I hope we agree there may be times where it is better to top (where a proper crown reduction is not sufficient to reduce structural risk) though this is rare it is done as part of a longer-term plan to preserve canopy and other environmental services. Topping and appropriate maintenance in most cases in the long term costs more than removal. To give trees greater long-term consistency of care I am encouraged when cities and other large properties have a plan they work from, Land Banks may be a place for similar long term planning, care and value to trees over many home owners that may own the house on the property. Thanks again for your regular sharing of perspective .
Thanks for your well thought out and intelligent comment.
This is the sort of business model I hope to employ soon.
Where I live in Lake City, Fl, we have large tracks of Long Needle Pines and I've heard them say they make more money selling the baled needles than if they cut out the trees for poles. I saw the bales described as being 3x3x3 feet for $100. I love pine forest! Walking through the woods with the smell of crushed needles is wonderful! I'm so mad that my neighbor's woods still has the pines and I'm going to have to wait for mine to grow again.
What is a bale of pine needles used for? I have never seen such a thing.
@@arboristBlairGlenn The same thing Cedar mulch is used for. You mulch your garden beds with it! I'd mulch the World if I could. Oh, the fragrance! Walking through my neighbor's property is heaven. He even goes on a back road he knows about with a trailer and gathers the needle fall off on the road.
One thing in regards to power companies topping/hacking trees, that's their full time job. Those topped trees will need continual maintenance for the rest of their lives, and the power company will be doing it. If a homeowner uses the power company's practices as justification for topping their own trees, they should be informed that they'll need to have a crew coming back to do the same kind of maintenance for the rest of the tree's life.
Very true
Sir, you are such a legend! I am so happy that you made all those videos! Cheers from Croatia!
@@igor_misic thanks Igor
I try my best to share what wisdom and knowledge I have about my clients trees. That being said each tree and client is different and it can be a challenge to do what's best for the tree (which is my top priority) but also satisfy the client. As an arborist we ultimately make the decision to make a cut or not. Sometimes clients think they know what they want and sometimes they demand they know what's best and neither are true in most situations. We have to know when and what to cut and not cut and when to walk away or run away. Trees may not have rights but arborists by definition are tree advocates.
@@osagejon8972 fortunate for me, most of my clients say “I leave it up to you”.
@@arboristBlairGlenn Early in my career I had to walk much more than now. As I have gotten older I have had many more leave it up to me as you said. I am about 20 years behind you and hope to be in the trees when I make it to your age!
@@osagejon8972 stick with it
I'm an even older fart than you Blair and yeah you are spot on with the trees and even more so with the two old bozos running for the top job in the country. I remember the excitement when suddenly a young dynamic guy was running for president and hat was Kennedy. Not everyone liked his politics but it was politics back then, compromises were who government worked there was none of this stupid not voting for something that was good for the country just because someone from the other side of the isle. I have not see a compromise in decades now. It's all personalities and hate the other party. This IS NOT the America I grew up in. Parties steeling supreme court seats just because they can. That would never have happened 50 years ago just morally wrong to do, nobody in ether party would put up with partisan crap like that back then because if you pull some stunt like that it requires retribution and we were not about that we were about democracy. What are we now? I don't know, I'm stumped as well as totally disappointed that the voters let them get away with acting like they were in the sandbox in kindergarten. To make matters worse I still can't convince the neighbor from sticking the hose at the base of the tree putting the water the one place the tree does not want it. Rain drips off the tree where the water needs to be, why do you stay dry if you stand under a tree and lean on the trunk in a rain storm? Think about that, the tree knows where it's root system that needs the water is. Lots of ignorance around these days, much of it gratuitous ignorance, people choosing to be ignorant.
Sorry for the rant Blair...
Great analogy “rain drops the water where the tree needs it” learn from nature. And as the state of this country, I too remember when the president was respected, honored and never insulted. The press didn’t put the leader down and the country was together as a nation. Then came Viet Nam- another long discussion.
Glad to hear you are still kicking “old man” (said with respect)😊
Obama was pretty young and dynamic, and he did try to work with GOP members, though it didn't really do much to help him. It's pretty incredible to go back and see videos of him and see a president actually looking PRESIDENTIAL. It was only 8 years ago, but it feels like a lifetime ago. Now we have to choose between a petulant narcissist or a doddering octogenarian. We really backed ourselves into a corner with the two party system.
@@nolowputts Yes Obama too but I was thinking 50 years ago when all seemed to be changing for the better in the USA, it didn't last as long as I hoped. My live was good 50 years ago when all I had to worry about was getting Nuked by Russia the rest was going great for me back then so I was locked on to that period like a deer in the headlights. I had high hopes for the Obama administration. Again we needed someone young and dynamic who was not locked into old fogy ideas and again now we sure don't need the old folks home running things. Both these guys are well past their use by date!
@@nolowputts Great description of two guys who have no business running the country. But it's not just who is POTUS, they come and go it's all the guys and gals in the Congress and the House if they won't do their job they are just running the country into the ground. I was hoping getting rid of all the very old white men many of who were outright bigots and worse but I'm not impressed with the younger bunch. Just more blindly doing everything but efficiently running the country. Perhaps it's just my point of view being born right at the start of WWII things just don't seem like America I sometimes feel like there was a coup by I don't know who but democracy seems at best stuck in a rut and at worse I don't even want to think about it. Just not my America. Seems sometimes the government sure is not working for the people who hired them.
They could have perhaps skipped a couple of dumb wars and done something with that money that was a benefit to the people. Every civilized country except the US has health care for their people. Nobody should go bankrupt from getting sick that's just stupid if not outright immoral. Again, healthcare is a big business, too much money to be made by the rich guys on something that should be universal but not everyone looks at it that way. I could be wrong, wouldn't be the first time. I'm looking down the barrel of some very expensive medical treatments but I'm lucky that I have insurance that should get most of it but I can see where I would be without it, I'd loose everything and have to find a big cardboard box to live in out on the street.
Like Betty Davis said (at least I'm sure you know who that was. Only us old guys get who she is) "Getting old ain't for sissies!" You got that one right Betty!
When i worked for the 2 largest tree companies we were taught to never top a tree. Especially certain species. Like oaks.
Then the company you worked for has integrity
Trees do have certain rights. And I do like your approach, opinions - which is why I watch your channel.
Thanks. Always appreciate your comments
I don’t see many people these days who care about anything more than whatever carrot happens to be dangling in front of their nose at the moment. This also explains the state of politics in the US as well. Sad but true.
too right, nobody almost dead should decide for the living. it's tragicomic with the greatest impact imaginable on the western world. I sense that the orange-skinned guy is in no mind to leave decisions to others but I cannot figure out why the other (sleepy) guy did not find a successor. I write this as a European culturally tightly bonded to the US but looking into a future where our paths sadly may have to part. Fell sideways off the chair when you mentioned your 'Tree party' 😀
@@peterwesth5396 glad I got a laugh out of you. Sad times for sure
This is an important discussion, MENTORSHIP, to have.
I enjoy opening lines of open discussion. You have always been an important contributor
I have turned down a lot of jobs simply because what they wanted done was wrong or even what I consider to be immoral. For example I had a customer call up out near the beach a lot of money big house huge gorgeous Live Oaks all over the property trees that may have been hundreds of years old they wanted three of those trees cut down because there were leaves blowing in their pool. I told him flat out absolutely not and I'm going to drive by this property every 6 months and if I see those trees are gone I'm going to report you to the city so they can fine you a million fucking dollars and I took pictures of the trees some things are just wrong I don't care who owns that property that said if I go out to a property and someone says I want you to top that camphor tree I'm going to say where do you want the cut! It's a nasty little invasive tree and the best way to trim them is with fire LOL so I do think that situation but I also think you have to not be afraid to say that's wrong for the tree you're going to own this house for 5 years before you move on that tree has been here for 150 years or 200 years you need to leave that darn tree alone
I happen to like camphor trees. They are messy but they have a very nice scent. I've seen some in Japan that were quite large and very well maintained.
Bravo blair_ GREAT video!
I think it was " This Old House " they commented, " landscapers will put a bad Choice of a tree into a landscape because they figure every so many years this place will be sold or change hands and these new peoples are going to redo the whole place to suit themselves " as an explanation of Why these paid people make such bad choices and! It's future jobs for them.
I just think it good to take a little Time on things we get ourselves into and see Whats What for ourselves.
I just got screwed at a auto repair shop. Live and learn. He's lost my business plus my daughter was thinking of hiring him: not now.
I can only hope people really do Get Their's in the end. Cause they're really screwing it up Now.
@@Paislywalls4767 the word “ethical” is not common.
I honestly love the videos ive learnt loads in the time ive watched your videos: Question
How do you deal with subborn clients that just want their trees topped despite reasoning against it
@@TheTimberTitan I try hard to educate. If the clients just don’t care, I politely say, “there are a LOT of tree guys who will do what you want. I have a reputation to protect so I respectfully decline.”
And of course trees should have rights
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ISA might have some things to say about “I just do what the client wants.” Arborists aren’t any different from doctors, engineers, lawyers, mechanics (etc., etc.). Professions have professional responsibilities.
As for property owners, we can’t really own something that will survive us. We are stewards of trees for the future. (America’s colonizer mindset twists that backwards, but we owe a debt to the past that we pay to the future.)
That is the point of this video
Great video I have been saying many of this well valued information for many years..
Keep up the educating of the public.
Thanks Blair
Your soooo rigth , thank you man !
We need to save the earth by using solar. But first we must cut down all the trees. What could possible go wrong?
His statement is lacks education & experience. These days bad practices are common knowledge ,even for those not formally trained, or at least they should be. As far as "doing what a client wants" well they're not the professional. What they want & whats right are often two very different scenario's. Before a "tree worker" does anything they must make a hazard & tree assessments. Those assessments dictate approach & what can or can't be done. Then its up to us to inform / educate. There is obviously instances where "topping" a tree maybe a short term management strategy possibly for public safety in the 'short term' and pollarding maybe an example. But clients should be informed that this practice is bad for a tree causing more long term issues and that the tree will likely require management forever. An example of it in Melbourne is 100s of miles of pollarded Platanus growing under powerlines. Granted they make a great avenue & cope well with pollarding but never the ending annual management costs must be in the millions I'd imagine. Maybe its better to remove a tree and replace it with a more suitable species rather than topping. Maybe bracing can be utilized if the tree is of a safety concern but you'd only know these things though formal training & experience. The industry is unregulated in Australia meaning almost anyone with little knowledge can operate. Its a real problem & insult to those who've put much time, effort, capital in becoming a tree care professional.
Trees should have rights, my heart aches when I see a butchered one. We are all freedom fighters here on this channel. Teaching clients to be the best stewards to their land and plants is so difficult, people just want battle nature and tame it. I worked on a stunning estate for 20+ years, you entered up this driveway in a cathedral of sugar maples and oaks, the new clients hired someone to cut any branches hanging over the driveway, some trees are missing over half their branches now, no standards of prunning followed. People just dont know better including the clients.
@@ryobrown-mcclain805 thank you. This is a topic that few people appreciate. But should!
By the way. The only candidate who fights for environmental issues is RFK jr.
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What's wrong with his statement? Everything.
there will always be some hack bum out there who will do it cheaper.
Price of work doesn't mean the work is done well
You should see what tree carnage takes place in Greece.
The word arborist doesn't exist even in the dictionaries😂
Everyone who has a chainsaw is an arborist here. And oh my god try to tell him he doesn't have a f....g idea of what he is doing.
Everyone in Greece knows better from the other Greeks and people of the world
The whole world is fumbling badly.
Be an arborist not a tree trimmer
I teach about trees so the average person can better understand as well as professionals. Thanks
No escape from politics--even on a tree care channel. Sigh...
Sorry, it was an analogy about decision making that got off topic a bit
But what he stated was fact: One guy lied and never answered a question while the other stumbled around trying to find his footing. Blair didn't take sides, but at least he spoke the truth.
I can only imagine the next video considering the MSM was basically quoted in this one along with yesterday's events. Luckily I unsubscribed after years of following and won't get a notification or ever see it. Just came by to see if there were any celebration videos.
@@ncsaddlehunter77 - Blair made factual statements. It's a shame that so many people take offense at facts. This is why this country is in turmoil. As for that shooting, you DO know that the kid was a registered Republican AND a gun enthusiast, right? Isn't this exactly the kind of person you typically side with?
in hadley , farm town massachussetts there is a old guy named tucker, in his mid 80.s . he walks around with a non lit cigar in his mouth 24/7. youve known him a long time, he is a old farmer and its his way or the highway type personality,....but he is a good guy.
he calls you up to top a 80 ft spruce down to 30 ft....he knows its wrong he doenst care..... the trees blocking the corner of his garden and he wants to keep the bottom becuase it blocks the wind from the field....would you perform this task....
just a scenario.....i did the work and would agian....
i agree with your perspective but i also agree the commenter.....i think it depends the the peson and the situation
Another old boomer that doesn’t care if he wrecks the world he received as a gift from his ancestors. Too many old Americans act like they don’t have any responsibilities toward the people who inherit their messes. Blair has it exactly right.
@@AndrewAntonelli-dj4qt now if that tree you topped was magnificent old and in good health? Hard to replace
@@arboristBlairGlenn to it was nothing special but also not a problem tree....i would not top a magnificent tree....i due understand both perspectives
I like you so much when you just stay out of politics. You seem overly emotional with politics. Both Trump and Biden have been in charge, they got very little done because Congress is where things get done. The youth are in a growth process just as anything else is, the Presidents have influenced their lives very little, far less than say Charli XCX has! You need to relax. Politics is over. Ask any "youth" if we are going to vote our way out of this mess! Listen to what they tell you.
I do hope you are right
Tell us you are for Brandon without saying you are for Brandon. Let's go Brandon. You are only a few years younger so don't say anything. @California