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Resource Articles from Gilbert Smith, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist
and Lesley Bruce Smith, ISA Certified Arborist
What Is Killing My Trees?
Backyard Wisdom - January/February 2022
by: Gilbert A Smith, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist
Driving through Deerfield a few months ago I stopped to take a picture of the above (left) pictured declining Norway Spruce. Almost every day we get asked, “What is killing my trees and what can you spray on them to save them?” When I drove up to these sick trees my thoughts were similar. Is this being caused by a disease or by a bug?
Into the Underworld of Trees - Part 2
by: Gilbert A Smith, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist
Wisdom From the Trees - February/March 2020 - Backyard Wisdom
So why does all this dirty talk matter?
Everyone who loves the natural world is concerned with global warming and its unpredictable effect on our’s and our children's lives. But it often seems as if it is out of our hands as individuals. It turns out, however, that carbon is the currency of the underworld, even in our own backyard. Let me explain.