18 Mar

Trees, Wind and Pruning Around here, March seems to come in like a hurricane and leave like a gale – nothing lamblike about it. Wind ...

28 Feb

Golden Rain Trees There are not that many tree species that seem custom-made for our harsh high desert environment, and surprisingly s...

21 Feb

Planting New Trees One of our favorite tree activities is planting a new tree. This brief time in the hopefully long life of the tree ...

14 Feb

Spring Irrigation Ah, February – the slow warming of air and soil as the sun rises earlier and climbs higher. Soon the days will be wa...

31 Jan

Sycamore Anthracnose One (of many) advantage to a dry climate like ours is that it really limits how many plant diseases our trees hav...

24 Jan

Orchard Tree Pruning Orchard fruit trees are often pruned differently than landscape fruit trees, whose function is aesthetics first. ...

16 Jan

Sowbugs Let’s say you have followed our advice and laid down a nice bed of organic wood chip mulch around your trees. They love it, no...

09 Jan

Afghan Pine The Afghan pine (Pinus eldarica) is a true arid lands survivor that that also goes by the name Mondell pine. This tall pin...

02 Jan

Irrigation Maintenance and Repair The main challenge we face growing trees in the Albuquerque area is that, well – it’s a desert. Tree...

26 Dec

Tree Form And Strength Imagine a “typical” tree…what does it look like? Each of us will see a different image, and almost all will be ...