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Speaker 1 (00:00):
H twenty three thirteen ten wib and ask the experts
brought to you by Hamsarborcare Online. Hamsarborcare dot com. That's
h a m ms arborcare dot com. THAT'SO a great website.
I you haven't been to Game of trees dot com.
Great site for you to make some really cool purchases.
One of the things you can also do while you're
(00:21):
at hams arborcaren gameoftrees dot com is help support trips
to Guatemalan some of the great work that goes on
down there. As a matter of fact, joining us live
from Guatemala. Are you in the canopy of Guatemala, Kevin
this morning or are you still on the ground.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Not yet, still on the ground, but we'll be climbing
a big yuka up this tree today.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Oh, that should be very very cool.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
And of course you get down to get down to
Guatemala and try and help folks out and teach people
a little bit about arborcare. And one of the cool
things is you've got some great stuff up at gameoftrees
dot com. Folks can get some great holiday gifts. They
can also for the Christmas holiday and other things. They
can also help support the work that you're doing down there,
(01:04):
and I did get a chance to follow you and
see some of your stuff. I do follow you on
Instagram and I saw some of your recent postings and uh,
looks like it looks like you're keeping busy down there.
And I think last time you were down there, I
asked you, is there any connection between Guatemala and guacamole?
And there may be kind of something do that there
isn't there?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
There is what.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
You learn after you know it all.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Yes, exactly, so you I'll.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Yeah, yes, you know, for folks that wonder, there's a
uh piece of anatomy that that avocados are referred.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
To and it was named in the ancient Mayan language.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Oh yes, yes, you.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Can't forget that part. It's like it's like, oh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
And I know you've you've gotta got a great video
on that up on your Instagram. I think people should
really really follow that that stuff. And you know, yesterday
I saw you up in some of the trees, oak trees,
and they've got obviously different parts of the world have
different different varieties of oak. What are these sand oaks
that they have? Do we don't have anything like that
(02:15):
up here do we.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Down in Florida, the southern live oak looks very similar
to go to some Florida neighborhoods you can see some
nice baby foot tall live oaks. And in in southern Texas.
Different places of Texas there's live oak stands that they're
shorter in Texas, but Florida would have similar looking oak.
(02:40):
But yeah, there are subspecies. There's thirty five different species
of oak in Guatemala.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Oh really, very very who knew? And I guess I
think of I think of oak trees. I think of
like like northern climates. I think that, you know, those
big sturdy trees that just kind of persevere through harsh
summers and harsh winters. And I guess I had today
I learned that's that there are oak trees in in
the Guatemala.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
And this one was much more dense than ours. Oh really,
it was heavy. It was more like the live oak,
like seventy five pounds per cubic foot instead of sixty
two pounds.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
What you want is that is that because of the guard?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Is that because of the growing season. Does that since
they're it's kind of going year round, the wood can
be denser?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Or is it It could be because live oak is
an evergreen. Oh, these are evergreen oak, so they always
have relieves and I I've got you know, some videos
to showing the little acorns on there and stuff. But yeah,
it's probably due to the evergreen the year round growth
(03:48):
they do have. They are ring porous still though, because
there is a distinct dry season and rainy seasons, so
there's enough of a variance that you up in the
mountains the quirkeuss that we climbed up there, that gets
a little confusing. You can't see the annual rings. It's
more difeas chorus potentially because it gets moisture all year long.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Is with that as we you know, look at kind
of unique trees to that area and and obviously I
think one of the one of the great things and
getting to chat with you each week is to learn
a little bit more about about different trees and different
different things about them.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Is trees like eucalyptus.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
I typically think of like Australia and that type of area,
but there are there are eucalyptus trees in Guatemala. You're
going to be climbing a eucalyptus later today. Is that
gonna help a bit. How are the I know, the
higher elevations, how how is your how is your breathing?
And uh, could that eucalyptus be a bit beneficial Kevin?
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yeah, maybe maybe it is. It is brought in from Australia.
It is native to Australia, but it's it's you can
find it all around here. There's a couple of different
ride is eucalyptus right in this area and it's it's
in the park section. There's a forested area of this park,
but we're working in that places where people are and
(05:11):
we're kind of trying to provide some value in our training.
We're taking away some hazards. Today. There's an Arakaria tree,
which is Norfolk Island pine. Have you ever heard of that? Yeah,
they're beautiful tree they use in Hawaii. Well, they they
grow here as they grow large, and this eucalyptus is
(05:33):
kind of impeding it and all over it. We're going
to reduce this big branch and and then we'll take
some hazard deadwood out so we'll make things safer for
the park area. We're teaching municipality. So today it's the
municipal crew from the City of Antigua, which we're very
(05:54):
close to, and we're at about five thousand feet elevation,
so about a mile high. I kind of feel it
on the event.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
I saw you met with David is he does he
work for the city or what is his role down there?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
He works for the University of Carlos and he is probably, uh,
you know, in the top three in botany. Like I
asked him something about some esoteric plant and he has
the answer, yeah, And then he has the answer of
(06:31):
what what tribal language bron guacamole came from?
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Yah?
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Oh, that is cool.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
And of course Kevin's got a lot of videos that
he's putting up on Instagram. Some of the stuff we're
referencing this morning. You can definitely get even more in
depth if you head on over to Game of Trees
Kevin ham Game of Trees on his Instagram. Of course,
I've got a great YouTube channel as well. And Kevin Wall,
you're down in Guatemala working. The guys here in Wisconsin
they're working as well. There's a lot of stuff going
(07:04):
on this time of year at hams Arborcare, isn't there.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Yeah, I'm fitting in, you know, seven degrees partly Sonny,
and they've got a little cooler temperature. They're kind of
racing the frost, trying to get you know, as many
stump as we can get done before it freezes up.
And maybe there's a few more plantings to do that
we're we're trying to get those in and then the
oak we're turning and removal, so we'll go all through
(07:31):
the winter. You know, the snow doesn't stop us.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
We talked about a great time to get on the calendar,
get on the schedule, a great day to make that
call to hams Arborcare eight six six five nine six
five three nine six. That's eight six six five nine
six five three nine six Learn more online Hamsarborcare dot com.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
That's h A M. M.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Sarborcare dot com. Before we wrap this week, Kevin, you've
been down to Guatemalamala several times now and it's a
really important mission that that you take down there. You
are you've been been really work working hard to help
with the with the rainforest down there. Some of your
previous experiences, let's talk a little bit about some of
the other trips. It seems like each trip you have
(08:09):
a kind of a centralized focus of different groups you're
working with. Let's talk about some of those previous trips
down to Guaateamala, Guatemala and what you what you were
doing down there?
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yeah, you know, uh. It originally started, you know, teaching
people how to get into the rainforest camp and it
turned into an accredited course at the University Biology in
the Canucky. Uh. And now last year I was down
going on field trips with the students in their practical
(08:41):
application of the course. And so we went. We've gone
way up into the northern to Ten area in a
chick le a camp that was run by Wrigley's Gum
way back in the day. And we've been to see
call and we've got the climbs, you know that that's
(09:01):
the puzzle. But sure we were in a tree taking
a picture of Temple one on the main Compo Main complex.
And then we were down by the coast by Real
Guel Stay last year teaching students and in a private
force preserves there. And next year we may maybe in
(09:24):
march up in a cloud forest right by El Salvador,
Honduras and Guatemala. One. There's an area up there and
one of the students bothers runs that preserved, and so
we have an inside shot at a beautiful place on
(09:45):
earth that very few people get. And then we'll be
in a place where no human has been. When you
climb a hundred year old tree that nobody has ever climbed,
it's it's kind of a surreal.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
That's pretty amazing. Puts thing and perspective for sure.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
And you mentioned the puzzles and other great things available
to of course we've got the holiday season is going
to be here, Christmas will be here. It's just over
a month away. I hate to say it that way,
but it is the truth. It always sneaks up on us.
Great time to get some great gifts, whether it's looking
for a fantastic unique puzzle. Of course, the biochar body
soap and wash a great great gift also. That all
(10:22):
available at Hamsarborcare's website, gameoftrees dot com. That's game oftrees
dot com. Speaking of the main website for Hamsarborcare, that's
Hamsarborcare dot com. H A m ms Arborcare dot com.
Tell forh number eight six six five nine six five
three nine six. That's eight six six five nine six
five three nine six. Great day to get on schedule
at Hams Arborcare, Kevin, stay safe, enjoy yourself. I look
(10:44):
forward to following you on Instagram and on YouTube and
we'll talk real soon.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Take care, Sean.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Kevin Hamhams Barborcare. Here on thirteen ten. Wibi News comes
your way next
H twenty three thirteen ten wib and ask the experts
brought to you by Hamsarborcare Online. Hamsarborcare dot com. That's
h a m ms arborcare dot com. THAT'SO a great website.
I you haven't been to Game of trees dot com.
Great site for you to make some really cool purchases.
One of the things you can also do while you're
(00:21):
at hams arborcaren gameoftrees dot com is help support trips
to Guatemalan some of the great work that goes on
down there. As a matter of fact, joining us live
from Guatemala. Are you in the canopy of Guatemala, Kevin
this morning or are you still on the ground.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Not yet, still on the ground, but we'll be climbing
a big yuka up this tree today.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Oh, that should be very very cool.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
And of course you get down to get down to
Guatemala and try and help folks out and teach people
a little bit about arborcare. And one of the cool
things is you've got some great stuff up at gameoftrees
dot com. Folks can get some great holiday gifts. They
can also for the Christmas holiday and other things. They
can also help support the work that you're doing down there,
(01:04):
and I did get a chance to follow you and
see some of your stuff. I do follow you on
Instagram and I saw some of your recent postings and uh,
looks like it looks like you're keeping busy down there.
And I think last time you were down there, I
asked you, is there any connection between Guatemala and guacamole?
And there may be kind of something do that there
isn't there?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
There is what.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
You learn after you know it all.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Yes, exactly, so you I'll.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Yeah, yes, you know, for folks that wonder, there's a
uh piece of anatomy that that avocados are referred.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
To and it was named in the ancient Mayan language.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Oh yes, yes, you.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Can't forget that part. It's like it's like, oh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
And I know you've you've gotta got a great video
on that up on your Instagram. I think people should
really really follow that that stuff. And you know, yesterday
I saw you up in some of the trees, oak trees,
and they've got obviously different parts of the world have
different different varieties of oak. What are these sand oaks
that they have? Do we don't have anything like that
(02:15):
up here do we.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Down in Florida, the southern live oak looks very similar
to go to some Florida neighborhoods you can see some
nice baby foot tall live oaks. And in in southern Texas.
Different places of Texas there's live oak stands that they're
shorter in Texas, but Florida would have similar looking oak.
(02:40):
But yeah, there are subspecies. There's thirty five different species
of oak in Guatemala.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Oh really, very very who knew? And I guess I
think of I think of oak trees. I think of
like like northern climates. I think that, you know, those
big sturdy trees that just kind of persevere through harsh
summers and harsh winters. And I guess I had today
I learned that's that there are oak trees in in
the Guatemala.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
And this one was much more dense than ours. Oh really,
it was heavy. It was more like the live oak,
like seventy five pounds per cubic foot instead of sixty
two pounds.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
What you want is that is that because of the guard?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Is that because of the growing season. Does that since
they're it's kind of going year round, the wood can
be denser?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Or is it It could be because live oak is
an evergreen. Oh, these are evergreen oak, so they always
have relieves and I I've got you know, some videos
to showing the little acorns on there and stuff. But yeah,
it's probably due to the evergreen the year round growth
(03:48):
they do have. They are ring porous still though, because
there is a distinct dry season and rainy seasons, so
there's enough of a variance that you up in the
mountains the quirkeuss that we climbed up there, that gets
a little confusing. You can't see the annual rings. It's
more difeas chorus potentially because it gets moisture all year long.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Is with that as we you know, look at kind
of unique trees to that area and and obviously I
think one of the one of the great things and
getting to chat with you each week is to learn
a little bit more about about different trees and different
different things about them.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Is trees like eucalyptus.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
I typically think of like Australia and that type of area,
but there are there are eucalyptus trees in Guatemala. You're
going to be climbing a eucalyptus later today. Is that
gonna help a bit. How are the I know, the
higher elevations, how how is your how is your breathing?
And uh, could that eucalyptus be a bit beneficial Kevin?
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yeah, maybe maybe it is. It is brought in from Australia.
It is native to Australia, but it's it's you can
find it all around here. There's a couple of different
ride is eucalyptus right in this area and it's it's
in the park section. There's a forested area of this park,
but we're working in that places where people are and
(05:11):
we're kind of trying to provide some value in our training.
We're taking away some hazards. Today. There's an Arakaria tree,
which is Norfolk Island pine. Have you ever heard of that? Yeah,
they're beautiful tree they use in Hawaii. Well, they they
grow here as they grow large, and this eucalyptus is
(05:33):
kind of impeding it and all over it. We're going
to reduce this big branch and and then we'll take
some hazard deadwood out so we'll make things safer for
the park area. We're teaching municipality. So today it's the
municipal crew from the City of Antigua, which we're very
(05:54):
close to, and we're at about five thousand feet elevation,
so about a mile high. I kind of feel it
on the event.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
I saw you met with David is he does he
work for the city or what is his role down there?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
He works for the University of Carlos and he is probably, uh,
you know, in the top three in botany. Like I
asked him something about some esoteric plant and he has
the answer, yeah, And then he has the answer of
(06:31):
what what tribal language bron guacamole came from?
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Yah?
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Oh, that is cool.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
And of course Kevin's got a lot of videos that
he's putting up on Instagram. Some of the stuff we're
referencing this morning. You can definitely get even more in
depth if you head on over to Game of Trees
Kevin ham Game of Trees on his Instagram. Of course,
I've got a great YouTube channel as well. And Kevin Wall,
you're down in Guatemala working. The guys here in Wisconsin
they're working as well. There's a lot of stuff going
(07:04):
on this time of year at hams Arborcare, isn't there.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Yeah, I'm fitting in, you know, seven degrees partly Sonny,
and they've got a little cooler temperature. They're kind of
racing the frost, trying to get you know, as many
stump as we can get done before it freezes up.
And maybe there's a few more plantings to do that
we're we're trying to get those in and then the
oak we're turning and removal, so we'll go all through
(07:31):
the winter. You know, the snow doesn't stop us.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
We talked about a great time to get on the calendar,
get on the schedule, a great day to make that
call to hams Arborcare eight six six five nine six
five three nine six. That's eight six six five nine
six five three nine six Learn more online Hamsarborcare dot com.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
That's h A M. M.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Sarborcare dot com. Before we wrap this week, Kevin, you've
been down to Guatemalamala several times now and it's a
really important mission that that you take down there. You
are you've been been really work working hard to help
with the with the rainforest down there. Some of your
previous experiences, let's talk a little bit about some of
the other trips. It seems like each trip you have
(08:09):
a kind of a centralized focus of different groups you're
working with. Let's talk about some of those previous trips
down to Guaateamala, Guatemala and what you what you were
doing down there?
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yeah, you know, uh. It originally started, you know, teaching
people how to get into the rainforest camp and it
turned into an accredited course at the University Biology in
the Canucky. Uh. And now last year I was down
going on field trips with the students in their practical
(08:41):
application of the course. And so we went. We've gone
way up into the northern to Ten area in a
chick le a camp that was run by Wrigley's Gum
way back in the day. And we've been to see
call and we've got the climbs, you know that that's
(09:01):
the puzzle. But sure we were in a tree taking
a picture of Temple one on the main Compo Main complex.
And then we were down by the coast by Real
Guel Stay last year teaching students and in a private
force preserves there. And next year we may maybe in
(09:24):
march up in a cloud forest right by El Salvador,
Honduras and Guatemala. One. There's an area up there and
one of the students bothers runs that preserved, and so
we have an inside shot at a beautiful place on
(09:45):
earth that very few people get. And then we'll be
in a place where no human has been. When you
climb a hundred year old tree that nobody has ever climbed,
it's it's kind of a surreal.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
That's pretty amazing. Puts thing and perspective for sure.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
And you mentioned the puzzles and other great things available
to of course we've got the holiday season is going
to be here, Christmas will be here. It's just over
a month away. I hate to say it that way,
but it is the truth. It always sneaks up on us.
Great time to get some great gifts, whether it's looking
for a fantastic unique puzzle. Of course, the biochar body
soap and wash a great great gift also. That all
(10:22):
available at Hamsarborcare's website, gameoftrees dot com. That's game oftrees
dot com. Speaking of the main website for Hamsarborcare, that's
Hamsarborcare dot com. H A m ms Arborcare dot com.
Tell forh number eight six six five nine six five
three nine six. That's eight six six five nine six
five three nine six. Great day to get on schedule
at Hams Arborcare, Kevin, stay safe, enjoy yourself. I look
(10:44):
forward to following you on Instagram and on YouTube and
we'll talk real soon.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Take care, Sean.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Kevin Hamhams Barborcare. Here on thirteen ten. Wibi News comes
your way next
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