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  • Mother Nature's Moment by Lesley Bruce Smith
    • Mar 30, 2022 To Fertilize or Not to Fertilize, That Is the Question!
    • Feb 24, 2022 Hello Again! Introducing Staff
    • Jul 28, 2021 My Leaves Have These Weird Bumps and Lumps on Them!
    • May 20, 2021 What Does It Mean That Trees Are Tribal?
    • Feb 27, 2021 Getting to Know Your Trees - White Oak
    • Jan 13, 2021 Tree Diversity and Human Health
    • Dec 19, 2020 What Is a Sustainable Landscape Anyway?
    • Nov 19, 2020 How Do You Tell It Is Alive or Dead Without Leaves?
    • Sep 18, 2020 Over Trimming Trees
    • Aug 1, 2020 “There is Fungus Amongus”!
    • Apr 30, 2020 Invasive Buckthorn Revisited
    • Mar 23, 2020 Viruses, Sprouts, Immune Systems and Us
    • Jan 13, 2020 Beings of Light and Other Interesting Winter Realities
    • Nov 23, 2019 Why Didn’t the Leaves Fall Off My Trees?
    • Sep 29, 2019 How to Choose an Arborist?
    • Jul 24, 2019 The Amazing Process of Evapotranspiration
    • Jun 24, 2019 After Winter Woes
    • Apr 23, 2019 How Do Trees Grow?
    • Aug 15, 2018 Blue Spruce Blues
    • Aug 15, 2018 Riverbirch with Falling Leaves
    • Jun 22, 2018 Tree Planting Tribulation
    • Jun 5, 2018 Poison Ivy Primer
    • May 10, 2018 Trees Are Tribal
    • Apr 12, 2018 Spring Reminder
    • Nov 17, 2017 Fertilizing Facts and Fiction
    • Jul 20, 2017 Selecting the Right Person to Trim Your Trees
    • Jul 20, 2017 Spring Weather and Your Trees
    • Jun 9, 2017 Trees and Air Pollution
    • Apr 26, 2017 Trees are Good for Us
    • Mar 24, 2017 Coming Back from the Ashes
    • Oct 18, 2016 Tired Leaves
    • Apr 28, 2016 Amazing Trees, Amazing Me!
    • Feb 27, 2016 An Invitation to a Different Kind of Journey
    • Jan 19, 2016 A Word About Winter Storm Damage
    • Nov 24, 2015 Doing the Right Thing
    • Sep 29, 2015 Diversify, Diversify, Diversify
    • Aug 8, 2015 Gratitude and Leading with the Good
    • May 27, 2015 Trees That We Remember
    • Apr 17, 2015 April is Arbor Day Month
    • Mar 13, 2015 Landscaping for Wildlife
    • Feb 27, 2015 The Good that Trees Do
    • Jan 28, 2015 Can You Tell if a Tree is Alive in the Dead of Winter?
    • Dec 6, 2014 December Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Sep 19, 2014 September Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Jul 24, 2014 July and August Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Jun 28, 2014 June Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Apr 13, 2014 April Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Mar 15, 2014 March Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Feb 8, 2014 February Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Jan 10, 2014 January Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Dec 15, 2013 December Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Nov 22, 2013 November Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Oct 26, 2013 October Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Sep 29, 2013 September Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Aug 8, 2013 July/August Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jun 27, 2013 June Wisdom from the Trees
    • May 7, 2013 May Wisdom from the Trees
    • Apr 25, 2013 April Wisdom from the Trees
    • Mar 13, 2013 March Wisdom from the Trees
    • Feb 28, 2013 February Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jan 25, 2013 January 2013 Wisdom from the Trees
    • Dec 11, 2012 December - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Nov 16, 2012 November - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Oct 15, 2012 October - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Sep 24, 2012 September - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jul 31, 2012 July & August - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jun 28, 2012 June - Wisdom from the Trees
    • May 15, 2012 May - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Apr 1, 2012 Welcome to our First Tree of the Month
  • Backyard Wisdom by Gilbert A Smith
    • Mar 30, 2022 A Story FROM a Tree Stump
    • Feb 24, 2022 What Is Killing My Trees?
    • Jul 28, 2021 How to Bring Birds to Your Home Landscape
    • May 20, 2021 How Strong Is This Low Branch’’?
    • Feb 27, 2021 My Lilacs Never Flower
    • Jan 13, 2021 What Is the Matter With My Boxwood?
    • Dec 19, 2020 Down the Worm Hole
    • Nov 19, 2020 Why waste natural resources in your own back yard?
    • Sep 18, 2020 Soil Structure
    • Aug 1, 2020 When Does Too Much Water Cause Trees to Die From Drought?
    • Apr 30, 2020 Why Don’t Arborists Paint Cuts with Wound Dressing?
    • Mar 23, 2020 Into the Underworld of Trees - Part 2
    • Jan 13, 2020 Into the Underworld of Tree Roots - Part 1
    • Nov 23, 2019 Why Don’t Evergreens Loose Their Needles?
    • Sep 29, 2019 “Lovingly” Preparing the Soil for Planting
    • Jul 24, 2019 Tree Gutter Garden
    • Jun 24, 2019 Moss In My Landscape
    • Apr 23, 2019 How Do Trees Heal?
    • Jan 21, 2019 Tree Leaves and Their Long Journey Into the Soil
    • Apr 12, 2018 Give Your Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
    • Feb 1, 2018 Interview With a Tree About Bark
    • Nov 17, 2017 Suckers Suckers
    • Sep 6, 2017 Anthocyanins
    • Jun 9, 2017 Witches Broom
    • Apr 26, 2017 Wildflower Alert
    • Mar 24, 2017 Evergreen Trees Blown Down
    • Oct 18, 2016 The Trees Are Talking
    • Sep 19, 2016 Interview with a Willow Tree
    • May 31, 2016 Interview with a tree
    • Apr 28, 2016 Interview with an Oak Tree
    • Feb 27, 2016 Interview with a Sugar Maple 
    • Jan 19, 2016 Tree of the Month • Black Locust
    • Nov 24, 2015 Johnny Appleseed
    • Sep 29, 2015 Skunks and Japanese Beetles
    • Aug 8, 2015 The Sun is Finally Shining
    • May 27, 2015 Ants and Trees
    • Apr 17, 2015 Trees Need Birds
    • Mar 13, 2015 The Remarkable Lifting Power of Trees
    • Feb 27, 2015 Traveling South with the Arborsmiths - Part 3
    • Jan 28, 2015 Traveling South with the Arborsmiths, Part 2
    • Dec 6, 2014 December Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Sep 19, 2014 September Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Jul 24, 2014 July and August Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Jun 28, 2014 June Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • May 25, 2014 May Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Apr 13, 2014 April Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Mar 15, 2014 March Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Feb 8, 2014 February Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Jan 10, 2014 January Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Dec 15, 2013 December Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Nov 22, 2013 November Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Oct 26, 2013 October Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Sep 29, 2013 September Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Aug 8, 2013 July/August Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jun 27, 2013 June Wisdom from the Trees
    • May 7, 2013 May Wisdom from the Trees
    • Apr 25, 2013 April Wisdom from the Trees
    • Mar 13, 2013 March Wisdom from the Trees
    • Feb 28, 2013 February Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jan 25, 2013 January 2013 Wisdom from the Trees
    • Dec 11, 2012 December - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Nov 16, 2012 November - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Oct 15, 2012 October - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Sep 24, 2012 September - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jul 31, 2012 July & August - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jun 28, 2012 June - Wisdom from the Trees
    • May 15, 2012 May - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Apr 1, 2012 Welcome to our First Tree of the Month
  • Tree of the Month
    • Jun 22, 2018 Hybrid Elms
    • Nov 17, 2017 Baldcypress, Taxodium distichum
    • Sep 6, 2017 Ginkgo biloba
    • Jul 20, 2017 July / August Tree of the Month • Burr Oak
    • Jun 9, 2017 May / June Tree of the Month • Black Cherry
    • Apr 26, 2017 Tree Flowers of the Month
    • Mar 24, 2017 Interview with Indian Trail Marker Tree
    • Sep 19, 2016 Interview with a Willow Tree
    • May 31, 2016 Tree of the Month • May 2016
    • Apr 28, 2016 Tree of the month | April 2016 • American Hop Hornbeam, Ironwood, Leverwood
    • Feb 27, 2016 Tree of the Month - Larch or Tamarack
    • Jan 19, 2016 Tree of the Month • Black Locust
    • Nov 24, 2015 The Climbing Tree
    • Sep 29, 2015 Silver Maple
    • Aug 8, 2015 Cottonwood Dreams
    • May 27, 2015 Mulberry Memories
    • Apr 17, 2015 Tree of the Month
    • Mar 13, 2015 Tree of the Month
    • Feb 27, 2015 Tree of the Month • Weeping Willow, Salix babylonica
    • Jan 28, 2015 January Wisdom from the Trees • Tree of the Month
    • Dec 6, 2014 December Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Jul 24, 2014 July and August Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • May 25, 2014 May Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Apr 13, 2014 April Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Mar 15, 2014 March Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Feb 8, 2014 February Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Jan 10, 2014 January Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Dec 15, 2013 December Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Nov 22, 2013 November Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Oct 26, 2013 October Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Sep 29, 2013 September Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Aug 8, 2013 July/August Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jun 27, 2013 June Wisdom from the Trees
    • May 7, 2013 May Wisdom from the Trees
    • Apr 25, 2013 April Wisdom from the Trees
    • Mar 13, 2013 March Wisdom from the Trees
    • Feb 28, 2013 February Wisdom from the Trees
  • Wisdom from the trees
    • Sep 18, 2020 Soil Structure
    • Sep 18, 2020 Over Trimming Trees
    • Jan 21, 2019 Tree Leaves and Their Long Journey Into the Soil
    • Jan 28, 2015 January Wisdom from the Trees • Tree of the Month
    • Jan 28, 2015 Traveling South with the Arborsmiths, Part 2
    • Jan 28, 2015 Can You Tell if a Tree is Alive in the Dead of Winter?
    • Sep 19, 2014 September Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Jul 24, 2014 July and August Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Jun 28, 2014 June Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • May 25, 2014 May Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Apr 13, 2014 April Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Mar 15, 2014 March Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Feb 8, 2014 February Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Jan 10, 2014 January Wisdom from the Trees 2014
    • Dec 15, 2013 December Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Nov 22, 2013 November Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Oct 26, 2013 October Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Sep 29, 2013 September Wisdom from the Trees 2013
    • Aug 8, 2013 July/August Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jun 27, 2013 June Wisdom from the Trees
    • May 7, 2013 May Wisdom from the Trees
    • Apr 25, 2013 April Wisdom from the Trees
    • Mar 13, 2013 March Wisdom from the Trees
    • Feb 28, 2013 February Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jan 25, 2013 January 2013 Wisdom from the Trees
    • Dec 11, 2012 December - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Nov 16, 2012 November - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Oct 15, 2012 October - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Sep 24, 2012 September - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jul 31, 2012 July & August - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Jun 28, 2012 June - Wisdom from the Trees
    • May 15, 2012 May - Wisdom from the Trees
    • Apr 1, 2012 Welcome to our First Tree of the Month
  • Arborsmith Education
    • Jun 22, 2018 Hybrid Elms
    • Sep 19, 2016 Chicago Spelmanslag performing at the Passport Europe Festival
    • Jun 20, 2015 Class at the Botanic Garden
    • Jun 13, 2013 Gilbert and Lesley Smith are honored for their home gardens in two exciting venues!
  • Arbor News
    • Sep 29, 2019 ISA True Professionals of Arboriculture
    • Sep 19, 2016 People are hugging trees because Ryan Reynolds asked them to, and it's great.
  • Plant Care Alert
    • Jun 28, 2013 Fungal Diseases Abound on Trees - Spring/Summer 2013
  • Winter Snow Alert
    • Feb 1, 2015 2015 Winter Snowfall Alert!

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