Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2023. Thank you all for your patience in working with my schedule late last year.

(Image: A pruned branch on a oak tree shows up years later after the tree is removed in a cross section of the wood. Note the dark area up and down from the cut area as well as the seashell shape behind the branch showing the branch increasing in size each year)

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my customers. Thank you again for trusting me to remove, prune, plant and care for your trees.

Image: Just as I walked up to ring the door of one my last jobs of the year, a large dead pine tree fell across the street leading up to that customer’s driveway. It had been held up long past its due date with thick wisteria vines. I cut it up and, with a couple neighbors, moved it out of the road.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to my customers. Whether you just had me out for an estimate or gave me the job, I enjoyed meeting so many this year. As my brother-in-law says about his business, “I have the best customers!” The only headaches this year were a few 95F/90% humidity days, a stuck tree that took all my coaxing to come down, and a split pair of pants. With a business that focuses on small trees, what suffered most was the wedges.

2016 Annual Report

  • Animals Rescued: 2 baby squirrels (Thank you, Wildlife Welfare)
  • Lost Tools: 1 Silky handsaw
  • Vehicles Stuck In Mud: 1
  • Vehicle Tire Flats: 1, shredded on Dogwood stump
  • Shovel Handles Broken: 3
  • Dogs Met: 4, only 1 hostile
  • Tyvek Suits Worn: 1, severe poison ivy on tree
  • Favorite Job: Mulberry Removal
  • Toughest Job: Hickory hung up in an Elm and a Magnolia. Save the Magnolia.
  • Furthest Job Location: Middlesex, NC
  • Most Shrubs Removed on One Job: 21
  • Hardest Plant ID: Ternstroemia gymnanthera. Great plant, I recommend using it where conditions permit.