Posts by Joran Viers
Root Collar Work
Root Collar Work
One of the saddest things we see is a tree that grows along looking happy and healthy, and then its condition begins ...
Codling Moth
Codling Moth
Apple growers beware – the season approaches for codling moths. Adults are small, about one-half inch long, and grayish ...
Trees, Wind and Pruning
Trees, Wind and Pruning
Around here, March seems to come in like a hurricane and leave like a gale – nothing lamblike about it. Wind ...
Golden Rain Trees
Golden Rain Trees
There are not that many tree species that seem custom-made for our harsh high desert environment, and surprisingly s...
Planting New Trees
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 ...
Spring Irrigation
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...
Sycamore Anthracnose
Sycamore Anthracnose
One (of many) advantage to a dry climate like ours is that it really limits how many plant diseases our trees hav...
Orchard Tree Pruning
Orchard Tree Pruning
Orchard fruit trees are often pruned differently than landscape fruit trees, whose function is aesthetics first. ...
Sowbugs
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...
Afghan Pine
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...