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 ...

19 Dec

Ladybugs Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home…”, starts the old nursery rhyme. The rest is pretty tragic, so we won’t go there. Instead, le...

04 Dec

Tree Trunk Risk Trees add beauty and value to landscapes, but they can also add risk. Risk is the chance that the tree has a failure, ...

23 Nov

Winter Tree Assessment During the summer, a healthy tree often has so many leaves that the stem structure is hidden. In fact, arborist...

13 Nov

Ants In Trees A lot of folks get concerned when they see ants crawling up into their trees. What are these critters after? Will they...

05 Nov

The Mighty Mulberry Tree If you asked, what is the perfect large shade tree for the Albuquerque area, you might find that many local...