Once we get a few cooler nights in Central North Carolina and folks remember that no matter how hot our summer, winter will still arrive, we notice an increase in client calls about the availability of local firewood. At Grateful Trees and Bee this means that in addition to answering […]
Arboriculture
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Here at Grateful Trees and Bees in Durham, North Carolina, every season is firewood season. As a tree services company with a recycling philosophy, we work hard to make sure nary a scrap of any tree we remove ends up in a landfill. When we do a tree removal or […]
Fall is the season of the insect! Grateful Trees and Bees’ arborist has observed over the past two weeks an increase in defoliating caterpillar activity both in the woods and throughout the urban landscape. The telltale “silk bag” within the crown of a tree is easy to spot and is […]
In honor of the bard who blesses our family with his riveting recitations (you know who you are!), Grateful Trees and Bees is thrilled to celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day. So, ahem! Here goes. Do read out loud now. Don’t be afraid. We promise, poetry is way cool. […]
Gravity — the force that exerts downward pressure on everything on Planet Earth, keeping us all firmly planted to the ground — is a constant presence in an arborist’s mind. As Sir Issac Newtown puzzled over that apple, an arborist must make keen observations about how nature’s forces will cause […]
A core sample of a tree is a fascinating work of natural art that articulates not only the life of the tree, but the life of the environment we both share. We read in a tree’s rings about its encounters with drought or disease, as well as learn of its […]