November 29, 2023 • 9 mins
Kevin tells us how TCIA Expo went and what your trees are doing during winter.
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(00:09):
Four thirteen ten Wui b A andask the experts back from Saint Louis.
Our good friend Kevin Ham, masterarborist at Ham'sarborcare, the website Hamsarborcare dot
com. That's h A M.M Sarborcare dot com. Telpha number eight
sixty six five nine six five threenine six. That's eight six six five
(00:29):
nine six five three nine six.And obviously Saint Louis a fun city,
but there was work involved as well, wasn't there, Kevin. Yeah,
it was a conference for tree careindustry. The expo, the big expo,
and so some people would say it'sjust a big boy toy show,
(00:51):
but it was. There's a lotof education that goes on there. This
is very quality presentations that are availableand and so it was a great event.
Taylor and Eli and myself went downand uh, it was. It
was a great event. What whenwe when we talk about of course,
uh, you know the tree careindustry and and uh T C I A
(01:15):
and what they do. I knowyou've been featured quite a bit in publications.
I know you've you've spoken with groupsas well and shared your information and
your your knowledge and expertise that's reallya big part of it too. Obviously,
there's always you know, new productsand other things coming on the market.
Some uh, some are quite valuableand can be really useful, some
and whatever. But the reality issharing that information and making those connections.
(01:40):
That's an important part of of whatyou do as a master arborist, isn't
it. Yeah, definitely, youknow, when we were one of the
classes I attended was a mycologist talkingabout decay fungi that are important to uh
the trees, or important to knowabout because they are particular fungi that affect
(02:07):
the baseful sections of our of ourtrees. So if these are present in
the tree you're about to climb,you might you might want to know that
they're there and what impacts they mayhave, because it could be a like
the tree could be a fail risk, and of course you don't want to
(02:29):
a failure while you're in the tree. That's the worst time. I do
believe, Yeah, I do believethat is the worst time for we're ahead.
But anyways, so that was avery interesting It was it was somebody
that a young lady that was veryenthusiastic about mushrooms and and made just a
(02:53):
delightful presentation. You know, it'shard to make the cave fungi interesting,
but you know, she found away to make it interesting. It was
very very informative. Saw. It'samazing, you know, the as we
talk, we've talked over the pastseveral years, and you know, the
stuff that you've shared with us andsome of that knowledge and experience, it's
(03:14):
pretty amazing for folks that sometimes wonder, you know, what's difference between like
like a guy with a chainsaw andan arborist or a master arborist for that
matter, is I think folks,it's become quite apparent over the years that
there's a reason why why Kevin doeswhat he does and why why Hams Arborcare
is so popular is because of thatknowledge. And we've talked about sharing that
(03:35):
knowledge a really great thing. Ifyou haven't checked out Ham's Arborcare and Game
of Trees on their YouTube channel oron Instagram, definitely check them out.
They are so very very informative,really really good stuff, interesting, interesting
perspectives, activities. It's a veryvery cool thing. Check them out on
YouTube and subscribe to the Hams ArborcareGame of Trees channel and Kevin a lot
of and speaking of some of thesome of the differences between Hams Arborcare and
(03:59):
others out there, to each theirown, people are going to do things
a little bit differently. A lotof folks in your industry, though,
when we start to see these coldertemperatures, they either close down or they
swap out tree care equipment for plowingand other things. Hams Arborcare, you
guys work year round, and thereare some amazing benefits to that year round
(04:21):
work, isn't there? There aresean and you know people the number one
question is how can you see thedead wood when the leaves aren't on the
tree? And I said, wecan because we can actually see the deadwood
the leaves aren't in the way,and there's In fact, the other day
(04:42):
we were doing some oak crooning andit was a little more difficult because of
the overcast skies. We couldn't seethe sun will er slecked off of the
butt and so it makes it veryobvious in sunlight and you've got live wood
and deadwood. But on that particularday we did have to look closely,
(05:05):
you know, and but it itis very h you know, you're able
to see what is alive, andwhat it's dead because the buds for next
year are already formed and sunshine makesthat a little easier. But we can
find our way to do it evenon cloudy days. But yeah, we
(05:29):
and then of course removals, sothe impact with the snowcover and frozen ground
is always a benefit. Yeah.I mentioned some of the things I've learned
from you over the years. Ithink this may have been a thing recently
this year that I've learned from youis, for example, that trees are
still. I always think of likethe winter months, a tree is virtually
(05:51):
like like it's dead. It's justnothing's going on. And you had pointed
out that barks there's green under thebark, that there is still photo synthis
since since since this, I can'tsay it now, I messing myself up
going on in the winter months,obviously not to the extent in the summer
months with the leaves, but thatthat tree is still there's still things happening
(06:14):
with that tree even when it's dormantin the winter. Yes, yes,
for the most part, and whenit gets you know, deep free less
so, but definitely in the fall. We have done uh, we did.
We did a late season fac injection. Uh for Cloros that a contract
(06:36):
came in late. There was acondo association. You know, they hit
their meeting and you know, thingsjust take time. Sure, and so
it came in late and and Ithought, well, hey, if the
right sunny day comes up, let'sgo for this. And sure enough,
you know, it was a littleslower, but it take it, took
it. You know, it wentin and so we're that was that's a
(07:00):
product that you don't want to injectwith the leaves on the tree because it'll
blow the leaves off. That's alittle disconcerting when in June your leaves fall
off. Yeah, you put ironin the tree. So fall is the
time we have to do that,and then it has a nice three year
effect. So yeah, it's amazinghow active the trees are. It is
(07:23):
pretty amazing. It's also amazing howactive you guys are at Ham's Arborcare.
And that's a great reminder folks,if you haven't had your if you've got
a tree that may have questions about, or just a tree that you haven't
had, inspect that. It's agreat time to get on the schedule,
get on the calendar with Kevin andthe team at Hams Arborcare. Have them
come out take a look at yourtree. If you've got dead limbs and
other things, you definitely want toget them out there. But again,
just as we think about, youknow, the longevity of a tree and
(07:46):
how rewarding it is to have thosenice mature trees, you want to make
sure that they're growing and developing properly, making sure that they're staying disease free.
It is a great time to haveyour trees checked out with Kevin and
the team at hams Arborcare. I'llgot to just pick a phone, give
a call eight six six five ninesix three nine six. That's eight six
six five nine six five three ninesix. And since we are past Thanksgiving,
we can talk Christmas now. AndI'm gonna give give folks a tip
(08:11):
for the person in your life.Uh I cannot more than more than I've
said on this show and told anybodythat'll listen that biochar bodybar and Shampoo is
a phenomenal soap. It's a greatgreat stocking stuffer, make a fantastic gift.
And just got to head on overto Game of Trees dot com.
It is in all its just there. You know we've talked about three by
(08:35):
three. You get six soap acrossthe three. That is perfect. So
cover six stockings, you know fiveif you keep one. Well yeah,
that's generally. It is an awesomesoll smells, great, cleans, phenomenal
and again it's I'm hooked on itfor good reason. Check it out.
(08:56):
Make that purchase great snock stocking stuffersnuffers, Get six, get twelve,
get twenty four, get forty eight, keep on going, stock those stuffing,
stock those stockings. So got littlethanksgiving up my mind with that soaf
again to head it over to Gameof Trees dot com. Have your trees
check out. Give Kevin a callseight sixty six five nine six five three
(09:16):
nine six. That's eight six sixfive nine six five three nine six Kevin.
It's always great chatting with you,my friend. You enjoyed this beautiful
day, you too, Sean.Take care and again the website for the
soap Game of Trees dot com.And of course you can find hams Arborcare
online hams Arborcare dot com. That'sh A M. M. Sarborcare dot
com. News is now here onthirteen ten wu ib a
Four thirteen ten Wui b A andask the experts back from Saint Louis.
Our good friend Kevin Ham, masterarborist at Ham'sarborcare, the website Hamsarborcare dot
com. That's h A M.M Sarborcare dot com. Telpha number eight
sixty six five nine six five threenine six. That's eight six six five
(00:29):
nine six five three nine six.And obviously Saint Louis a fun city,
but there was work involved as well, wasn't there, Kevin. Yeah,
it was a conference for tree careindustry. The expo, the big expo,
and so some people would say it'sjust a big boy toy show,
(00:51):
but it was. There's a lotof education that goes on there. This
is very quality presentations that are availableand and so it was a great event.
Taylor and Eli and myself went downand uh, it was. It
was a great event. What whenwe when we talk about of course,
uh, you know the tree careindustry and and uh T C I A
(01:15):
and what they do. I knowyou've been featured quite a bit in publications.
I know you've you've spoken with groupsas well and shared your information and
your your knowledge and expertise that's reallya big part of it too. Obviously,
there's always you know, new productsand other things coming on the market.
Some uh, some are quite valuableand can be really useful, some
and whatever. But the reality issharing that information and making those connections.
(01:40):
That's an important part of of whatyou do as a master arborist, isn't
it. Yeah, definitely, youknow, when we were one of the
classes I attended was a mycologist talkingabout decay fungi that are important to uh
the trees, or important to knowabout because they are particular fungi that affect
(02:07):
the baseful sections of our of ourtrees. So if these are present in
the tree you're about to climb,you might you might want to know that
they're there and what impacts they mayhave, because it could be a like
the tree could be a fail risk, and of course you don't want to
(02:29):
a failure while you're in the tree. That's the worst time. I do
believe, Yeah, I do believethat is the worst time for we're ahead.
But anyways, so that was avery interesting It was it was somebody
that a young lady that was veryenthusiastic about mushrooms and and made just a
(02:53):
delightful presentation. You know, it'shard to make the cave fungi interesting,
but you know, she found away to make it interesting. It was
very very informative. Saw. It'samazing, you know, the as we
talk, we've talked over the pastseveral years, and you know, the
stuff that you've shared with us andsome of that knowledge and experience, it's
(03:14):
pretty amazing for folks that sometimes wonder, you know, what's difference between like
like a guy with a chainsaw andan arborist or a master arborist for that
matter, is I think folks,it's become quite apparent over the years that
there's a reason why why Kevin doeswhat he does and why why Hams Arborcare
is so popular is because of thatknowledge. And we've talked about sharing that
(03:35):
knowledge a really great thing. Ifyou haven't checked out Ham's Arborcare and Game
of Trees on their YouTube channel oron Instagram, definitely check them out.
They are so very very informative,really really good stuff, interesting, interesting
perspectives, activities. It's a veryvery cool thing. Check them out on
YouTube and subscribe to the Hams ArborcareGame of Trees channel and Kevin a lot
of and speaking of some of thesome of the differences between Hams Arborcare and
(03:59):
others out there, to each theirown, people are going to do things
a little bit differently. A lotof folks in your industry, though,
when we start to see these coldertemperatures, they either close down or they
swap out tree care equipment for plowingand other things. Hams Arborcare, you
guys work year round, and thereare some amazing benefits to that year round
(04:21):
work, isn't there? There aresean and you know people the number one
question is how can you see thedead wood when the leaves aren't on the
tree? And I said, wecan because we can actually see the deadwood
the leaves aren't in the way,and there's In fact, the other day
(04:42):
we were doing some oak crooning andit was a little more difficult because of
the overcast skies. We couldn't seethe sun will er slecked off of the
butt and so it makes it veryobvious in sunlight and you've got live wood
and deadwood. But on that particularday we did have to look closely,
(05:05):
you know, and but it itis very h you know, you're able
to see what is alive, andwhat it's dead because the buds for next
year are already formed and sunshine makesthat a little easier. But we can
find our way to do it evenon cloudy days. But yeah, we
(05:29):
and then of course removals, sothe impact with the snowcover and frozen ground
is always a benefit. Yeah.I mentioned some of the things I've learned
from you over the years. Ithink this may have been a thing recently
this year that I've learned from youis, for example, that trees are
still. I always think of likethe winter months, a tree is virtually
(05:51):
like like it's dead. It's justnothing's going on. And you had pointed
out that barks there's green under thebark, that there is still photo synthis
since since since this, I can'tsay it now, I messing myself up
going on in the winter months,obviously not to the extent in the summer
months with the leaves, but thatthat tree is still there's still things happening
(06:14):
with that tree even when it's dormantin the winter. Yes, yes,
for the most part, and whenit gets you know, deep free less
so, but definitely in the fall. We have done uh, we did.
We did a late season fac injection. Uh for Cloros that a contract
(06:36):
came in late. There was acondo association. You know, they hit
their meeting and you know, thingsjust take time. Sure, and so
it came in late and and Ithought, well, hey, if the
right sunny day comes up, let'sgo for this. And sure enough,
you know, it was a littleslower, but it take it, took
it. You know, it wentin and so we're that was that's a
(07:00):
product that you don't want to injectwith the leaves on the tree because it'll
blow the leaves off. That's alittle disconcerting when in June your leaves fall
off. Yeah, you put ironin the tree. So fall is the
time we have to do that,and then it has a nice three year
effect. So yeah, it's amazinghow active the trees are. It is
(07:23):
pretty amazing. It's also amazing howactive you guys are at Ham's Arborcare.
And that's a great reminder folks,if you haven't had your if you've got
a tree that may have questions about, or just a tree that you haven't
had, inspect that. It's agreat time to get on the schedule,
get on the calendar with Kevin andthe team at Hams Arborcare. Have them
come out take a look at yourtree. If you've got dead limbs and
other things, you definitely want toget them out there. But again,
just as we think about, youknow, the longevity of a tree and
(07:46):
how rewarding it is to have thosenice mature trees, you want to make
sure that they're growing and developing properly, making sure that they're staying disease free.
It is a great time to haveyour trees checked out with Kevin and
the team at hams Arborcare. I'llgot to just pick a phone, give
a call eight six six five ninesix three nine six. That's eight six
six five nine six five three ninesix. And since we are past Thanksgiving,
we can talk Christmas now. AndI'm gonna give give folks a tip
(08:11):
for the person in your life.Uh I cannot more than more than I've
said on this show and told anybodythat'll listen that biochar bodybar and Shampoo is
a phenomenal soap. It's a greatgreat stocking stuffer, make a fantastic gift.
And just got to head on overto Game of Trees dot com.
It is in all its just there. You know we've talked about three by
(08:35):
three. You get six soap acrossthe three. That is perfect. So
cover six stockings, you know fiveif you keep one. Well yeah,
that's generally. It is an awesomesoll smells, great, cleans, phenomenal
and again it's I'm hooked on itfor good reason. Check it out.
(08:56):
Make that purchase great snock stocking stuffersnuffers, Get six, get twelve,
get twenty four, get forty eight, keep on going, stock those stuffing,
stock those stockings. So got littlethanksgiving up my mind with that soaf
again to head it over to Gameof Trees dot com. Have your trees
check out. Give Kevin a callseight sixty six five nine six five three
(09:16):
nine six. That's eight six sixfive nine six five three nine six Kevin.
It's always great chatting with you,my friend. You enjoyed this beautiful
day, you too, Sean.Take care and again the website for the
soap Game of Trees dot com.And of course you can find hams Arborcare
online hams Arborcare dot com. That'sh A M. M. Sarborcare dot
com. News is now here onthirteen ten wu ib a
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