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Speaker 1 (00:06):
WYBA and ask the experts wratch bike hams Arborcare on
nine Hamsarborcare dot com. That's h A M M. S
Arborcare dot com. Tell phe number eight sixty six five
nine six five three nine six. Again that number eight
sixty six five nine six five three nine six. I
mentioned the website Hamsarborcare dot com. That's h A M
(00:28):
M s Arborcare dot com. And joining us this morning
from Hamsarborcare is mister Kevin ham mess or arborist Kevin.
How you doing this week?
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Doing great?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Sean.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
I'm about to embark on a journey to an island.
Oh handle a tree that I would say requires an
aerial lift.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Oh, we can't get the aerial lift to the island,
and so we're gonna be employing some uh creative technique
to try to stay dismantle this thing.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Uh and we'll we'll see how it goes today, thinking.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Yeah, does it sounds like it? I know in the
past you've used You've used things like barges and other
types of boats to access you know, trees and other
things that are hanging out over over water. I mean,
is this gonna be that type of type of project
where you're gonna need to get kind of creative and
tools that you may not regularly use for something like this.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
No, we're we're transporting our regular tools out there, but
it's rigging tools. And I'm gonna have to climb this
tree to a certain extent and then probably utilize an
extension boll saw, the Milwaukee battery saw. These saws are great,
(01:52):
but they're uh yeah, I won't be able to climb
up as high as I I would prefer to, just
because it would be to treacher. So I'll be tied
into other trees and then you know, figuring out how
the best drop pieces off of this very hazardous tree
(02:13):
and get it down safely. It's just, you know, a
puzzle toll.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Is that one of those areas as we talk of
course with you, Kevin, each and every week, that seems
to be one of those areas that I think Ham's haarborcare.
You guys seem to be the folks that when they
have a challenging project, that get called in on these
type of things. And it also seems like I don't
want to let the cat out of the bag on
this one. You kind of enjoy those puzzles. You kind
(02:38):
of enjoy these these more difficult, difficult projects, or am
I off on that here?
Speaker 2 (02:44):
And there is a little bit to that this would
be considered. I posted something on this tree and and
somebody commented that is a walk away tree. In other words,
you see that tree and you walk away. You don't
submit a bit, Yeah, and and yeah, and I tend
(03:04):
to submit the bit and and so that's that is
who who I am as as as a business owner.
And you know, I relish that challenge, but without you know,
not taking it for granted that this is a you know,
a significant situation. I certainly don't want this to be
my last day. You know, literally it is a dangerous job.
(03:29):
And so you have to approach this and say, okay,
we have to set up some contingencies, some uh, some
additional tie in points and uh uh, you know one
if one of this breaks, you know, on its own.
We had part of the tree was up in the
air when we originally bid it, and and part of
(03:50):
it failed and we originally looked at it. And the
other part is we've got a ratchet strap in place
that it may well be part of what's holding the
rest of the tree up, and so we're going to
employ some other leverage against this this tree. And then
you know, every piece of weight you can drop off
(04:11):
of that tree is this piece of leverage you're taken
away from from the failure. And and we we fortunately
we have places to drop drop pieces without having to
put them on rope. H. It's not the type of
tree where you can rig rig it to itself's just
(04:33):
put it that way. And so we're just trying to
figure out the best pieces to drop. So it'll it'll
be a good challenge. I'll probably stare at it for
a while before we make our first move.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
But.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
It'll it'll be interesting. I'll have the camera rolling and that.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
For folks that haven't to subscribe to the YouTube channel
or don't follow you on Instagram, definitely a great reminder
to do that because we talk about these some of
these very challenging, challenging projects and and of course the
day to day stuff as well. It's really really interesting
to follow. Kevin's a lot of fun and that's very
very informative Game of Trees. You can find them on
YouTube also Instagram Kevin Ham Game of Trees. Definitely make
(05:14):
sure you're following them there. Speaking of being on the
internet the website, Hey amsarburcare dot com. That's h A
m msarborcare dot com. Tellf forh number eight six six
five nine six five three nine six. That's eight six
six five nine six five three nine six. And speaking
of as we talk about talk about different things going
on with trees right now, Kevin, what about soil? Is
(05:34):
right now a good time to be thinking about about
amendments and other things for your for your soil ors.
Is that something you may want to think about in
spring or as we get into the new year. Where
do we stand as far as the importance of checking
things out this time of year as far as the
as the soil is concerned.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Yeah, follow is a great time to do soil amendments.
When we do our biosh our applications and our clorosis bundle.
So if you have a white oak that is kind
of yellow, you know, and it should be green, that
is a symptom called chlorosis. And we have a kind
(06:14):
of a four product bundle that we put together and
fall is when we do that. And one of the
reasons is when we inject iron, we inject iron directly
into the tree and if you do that in June,
you could blow the leaves off the tree and cause
it to refoliate. And you know, that's kind of a
(06:35):
disconcertain thing if that were occurs, So obviously we don't
want to do that. But in the fall you can
get this product into the tree which gives a three
year residual of iron to the tree, and so it
corrects this clorosis over a period of time. It's significant
enough that they may help the tree recover.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Kevin, what about I know, especially if you've got new trees,
keeping them watered and making sure that they're getting plenty
of water is important. Do things like and is this
something for folks with any type of tree, maybe thinking
about mulch and those type of things. Does that really
help as we get into these I know we've got
a warm stretch here, and of course we're definitely not
even to fall the let alone winter, But do things
(07:17):
like mulch and other things really really help that tree establish?
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Mulch is the single best and most economical thing you
can do for your tree. It basically mimics the forest.
For so, if you think of a forest tree, you
have a lot of leaf matter falls, there's a ton
of organic matters that nobody picks up the leaves in
(07:42):
the forest, and so they just go back and they
create this organic mix and a pretty rich soil within
the forest and in the yard. We mold on them,
we may even bag it. We take every bit of
residual organic matter and vacuum it up, and and so
(08:03):
those that cycle of replenishing the soil is not there.
And so if you can put a ring of mulch
around the tree on a radius I would say as
large as aesthetically acceptable to the person in the house
that makes the decision, we know that it could be
(08:26):
the entire drip line in the tree's opinions. But you
know a lot of people have turf on the brain
and they want their green grass. But a circle of
mulch and and mulch versus rocks. And a lot of
people think, oh, rocks are clean and neat and they
look good. Uh, and they usually have a weed barrier
underneath the rocks. Well, did you know that the weeds
(08:49):
come from seeds? Sure, And seeds come from above the
weed barrier, and they fall in between the rocks, and
there's organic matter that gets in there, and pretty soon
you have a little dirt particles above the weed barrier
and the seeds they're falling into that organic matter and growing,
and you have weeds in.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Your rocks, and rocks get warmer when the sun hits them,
so you don't have a cooling effect to the tree,
and the environment of that soil around the tree, you
have a heating effect and so you the the roots
grow up and they hit those hot rocks and then
(09:30):
they you know, they die.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
It's it's not a good situation. Whereas if you have
malt with no weed barrier, just a decomposition later, just
like in the forest, then you have that that great
environment for worms, make poles and aerate the soil and
bring that organic matter down into the soil. Lunch is
the single best thing you can do in future.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
That is as we talked this morning with Kevin Ham
of Ham's Arborcare. We talk about, you know, some of
the challenging jobs they work on, some of the easier
things to diagnose as well of course taking care of
your yard. If you have added the cheries in your
yard looked at. Kevin would love to take a look
see what he can do for you. If there's any
areas that need to be addressed, take care of. They
talk about some of the easier things, soil amendments, things
(10:16):
like mulch and other things to really help your your
tree thrive. It's a great day to give Kevin the
team at hams Arborcare call eight sixty six five nine
six five three nine six. That's eight six six five
nine six five three nine six. The website Hamsarborcare dot com.
It's h A m MS Arborcare dot com. Kevin, enjoy
the day on the island and I look forward to
(10:37):
seeing the videos up on YouTube and Instagram and we'll
talk soon.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Thank you, Sean, take care
Speaker 1 (10:43):
And news comes your way next right here on thirteen
ten wu ib A
WYBA and ask the experts wratch bike hams Arborcare on
nine Hamsarborcare dot com. That's h A M M. S
Arborcare dot com. Tell phe number eight sixty six five
nine six five three nine six. Again that number eight
sixty six five nine six five three nine six. I
mentioned the website Hamsarborcare dot com. That's h A M
(00:28):
M s Arborcare dot com. And joining us this morning
from Hamsarborcare is mister Kevin ham mess or arborist Kevin.
How you doing this week?
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Doing great?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Sean.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
I'm about to embark on a journey to an island.
Oh handle a tree that I would say requires an
aerial lift.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Oh, we can't get the aerial lift to the island,
and so we're gonna be employing some uh creative technique
to try to stay dismantle this thing.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Uh and we'll we'll see how it goes today, thinking.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Yeah, does it sounds like it? I know in the
past you've used You've used things like barges and other
types of boats to access you know, trees and other
things that are hanging out over over water. I mean,
is this gonna be that type of type of project
where you're gonna need to get kind of creative and
tools that you may not regularly use for something like this.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
No, we're we're transporting our regular tools out there, but
it's rigging tools. And I'm gonna have to climb this
tree to a certain extent and then probably utilize an
extension boll saw, the Milwaukee battery saw. These saws are great,
(01:52):
but they're uh yeah, I won't be able to climb
up as high as I I would prefer to, just
because it would be to treacher. So I'll be tied
into other trees and then you know, figuring out how
the best drop pieces off of this very hazardous tree
(02:13):
and get it down safely. It's just, you know, a
puzzle toll.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Is that one of those areas as we talk of
course with you, Kevin, each and every week, that seems
to be one of those areas that I think Ham's haarborcare.
You guys seem to be the folks that when they
have a challenging project, that get called in on these
type of things. And it also seems like I don't
want to let the cat out of the bag on
this one. You kind of enjoy those puzzles. You kind
(02:38):
of enjoy these these more difficult, difficult projects, or am
I off on that here?
Speaker 2 (02:44):
And there is a little bit to that this would
be considered. I posted something on this tree and and
somebody commented that is a walk away tree. In other words,
you see that tree and you walk away. You don't
submit a bit, Yeah, and and yeah, and I tend
(03:04):
to submit the bit and and so that's that is
who who I am as as as a business owner.
And you know, I relish that challenge, but without you know,
not taking it for granted that this is a you know,
a significant situation. I certainly don't want this to be
my last day. You know, literally it is a dangerous job.
(03:29):
And so you have to approach this and say, okay,
we have to set up some contingencies, some uh, some
additional tie in points and uh uh, you know one
if one of this breaks, you know, on its own.
We had part of the tree was up in the
air when we originally bid it, and and part of
(03:50):
it failed and we originally looked at it. And the
other part is we've got a ratchet strap in place
that it may well be part of what's holding the
rest of the tree up, and so we're going to
employ some other leverage against this this tree. And then
you know, every piece of weight you can drop off
(04:11):
of that tree is this piece of leverage you're taken
away from from the failure. And and we we fortunately
we have places to drop drop pieces without having to
put them on rope. H. It's not the type of
tree where you can rig rig it to itself's just
(04:33):
put it that way. And so we're just trying to
figure out the best pieces to drop. So it'll it'll
be a good challenge. I'll probably stare at it for
a while before we make our first move.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
But.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
It'll it'll be interesting. I'll have the camera rolling and that.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
For folks that haven't to subscribe to the YouTube channel
or don't follow you on Instagram, definitely a great reminder
to do that because we talk about these some of
these very challenging, challenging projects and and of course the
day to day stuff as well. It's really really interesting
to follow. Kevin's a lot of fun and that's very
very informative Game of Trees. You can find them on
YouTube also Instagram Kevin Ham Game of Trees. Definitely make
(05:14):
sure you're following them there. Speaking of being on the
internet the website, Hey amsarburcare dot com. That's h A
m msarborcare dot com. Tellf forh number eight six six
five nine six five three nine six. That's eight six
six five nine six five three nine six. And speaking
of as we talk about talk about different things going
on with trees right now, Kevin, what about soil? Is
(05:34):
right now a good time to be thinking about about
amendments and other things for your for your soil ors.
Is that something you may want to think about in
spring or as we get into the new year. Where
do we stand as far as the importance of checking
things out this time of year as far as the
as the soil is concerned.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Yeah, follow is a great time to do soil amendments.
When we do our biosh our applications and our clorosis bundle.
So if you have a white oak that is kind
of yellow, you know, and it should be green, that
is a symptom called chlorosis. And we have a kind
(06:14):
of a four product bundle that we put together and
fall is when we do that. And one of the
reasons is when we inject iron, we inject iron directly
into the tree and if you do that in June,
you could blow the leaves off the tree and cause
it to refoliate. And you know, that's kind of a
(06:35):
disconcertain thing if that were occurs, So obviously we don't
want to do that. But in the fall you can
get this product into the tree which gives a three
year residual of iron to the tree, and so it
corrects this clorosis over a period of time. It's significant
enough that they may help the tree recover.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Kevin, what about I know, especially if you've got new trees,
keeping them watered and making sure that they're getting plenty
of water is important. Do things like and is this
something for folks with any type of tree, maybe thinking
about mulch and those type of things. Does that really
help as we get into these I know we've got
a warm stretch here, and of course we're definitely not
even to fall the let alone winter, But do things
(07:17):
like mulch and other things really really help that tree establish?
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Mulch is the single best and most economical thing you
can do for your tree. It basically mimics the forest.
For so, if you think of a forest tree, you
have a lot of leaf matter falls, there's a ton
of organic matters that nobody picks up the leaves in
(07:42):
the forest, and so they just go back and they
create this organic mix and a pretty rich soil within
the forest and in the yard. We mold on them,
we may even bag it. We take every bit of
residual organic matter and vacuum it up, and and so
(08:03):
those that cycle of replenishing the soil is not there.
And so if you can put a ring of mulch
around the tree on a radius I would say as
large as aesthetically acceptable to the person in the house
that makes the decision, we know that it could be
(08:26):
the entire drip line in the tree's opinions. But you
know a lot of people have turf on the brain
and they want their green grass. But a circle of
mulch and and mulch versus rocks. And a lot of
people think, oh, rocks are clean and neat and they
look good. Uh, and they usually have a weed barrier
underneath the rocks. Well, did you know that the weeds
(08:49):
come from seeds? Sure, And seeds come from above the
weed barrier, and they fall in between the rocks, and
there's organic matter that gets in there, and pretty soon
you have a little dirt particles above the weed barrier
and the seeds they're falling into that organic matter and growing,
and you have weeds in.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Your rocks, and rocks get warmer when the sun hits them,
so you don't have a cooling effect to the tree,
and the environment of that soil around the tree, you
have a heating effect and so you the the roots
grow up and they hit those hot rocks and then
(09:30):
they you know, they die.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
It's it's not a good situation. Whereas if you have
malt with no weed barrier, just a decomposition later, just
like in the forest, then you have that that great
environment for worms, make poles and aerate the soil and
bring that organic matter down into the soil. Lunch is
the single best thing you can do in future.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
That is as we talked this morning with Kevin Ham
of Ham's Arborcare. We talk about, you know, some of
the challenging jobs they work on, some of the easier
things to diagnose as well of course taking care of
your yard. If you have added the cheries in your
yard looked at. Kevin would love to take a look
see what he can do for you. If there's any
areas that need to be addressed, take care of. They
talk about some of the easier things, soil amendments, things
(10:16):
like mulch and other things to really help your your
tree thrive. It's a great day to give Kevin the
team at hams Arborcare call eight sixty six five nine
six five three nine six. That's eight six six five
nine six five three nine six. The website Hamsarborcare dot com.
It's h A m MS Arborcare dot com. Kevin, enjoy
the day on the island and I look forward to
(10:37):
seeing the videos up on YouTube and Instagram and we'll
talk soon.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Thank you, Sean, take care
Speaker 1 (10:43):
And news comes your way next right here on thirteen
ten wu ib A
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