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Thursday, October 7, 2010

It's Time To Crank Up....

     "Crank up what?" you ask.  Fall is in the air.  Leaves and twigs are beginning to fill our yards. Tree trimming should happen before frost sets in.  Therefore, it's time to whip out the trusty chain saws.  Although trusty may not be the right word here.  At one time, for a month, I worked for a tree trimmer in my youth.
     As it turned out, I discovered an amazing fact--I'm not cut out to be a tree trimmer.  Too many allergies.  Olive trees can be killers, literally, and not just from falling branches, but from the dust that is naturally on the leaves.  I also learned how easy it is to break a window with a ladder on the first day of work.  I'm much smarter now.
     I don't have a good picture of trees here in Nebraska.
So I'll just use this one from Costa Rica.  It's not that we don't have trees, I just don't have a post-worthy one on hand.  I'll mark that down for my next project--takes pictures of Nebraska's trees.  I sort of got off the track, like the time I got stuck in some of Nebraska's super slick mud in my 4X4 F350.  I have a picture of that, but am a little embarrassed to post it.  Maybe at a later time.  Maybe.

Nebraska--Less People, Less Stress
    

2 comments:

  1. No Nebraska tree pictures? Ed -- I know you have some out there somewhere. :) Actually, the best time to trim trees is in the winter when they are dormant. But -- it's cold then. Good luck with the trimming!!

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  2. I used to work for a tree trimmer and it's a common misconception that the best time to trim is when trees are dormant. That actually leaves them unable to heal the wound properly.

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