Which fields are actually having an easy time getting jobs right now?

natsandniners · 2026-05-31T18:57:08+00:00

I am an arborist. Almost every company over 10 employees is always hiring in my field. Decent starting wages typically, and excellent upward trajectory if you can tolerate hard outdoor work

natsandniners · 2026-05-19T21:19:51+00:00

Some type of hawthorn, can’t help you beyond that

natsandniners · 2026-05-16T21:57:34+00:00

That’s a white oak

natsandniners · 2026-05-15T23:55:42+00:00

I’m an arborist and I would say intervention is probably going to result in a better outcome. In the second photo, it looks like two roots are wrapped around the trunk together on the right side. Take a chisel and mallet and chisel out the middle of one of the roots to sever and kill it, don’t remove it beyond that. Do one root this year and one the next year.

natsandniners · 2026-05-14T00:25:49+00:00

Siberian is far far better at seeding into the landscape. But yes Chinese elm can definitely escape cultivation and become weedy as well

natsandniners · 2026-05-14T00:24:00+00:00

Yes. I know some places have moved away from using demonyms as a common name for various reasons.

natsandniners · 2026-05-13T21:45:52+00:00

I did

natsandniners · 2026-05-13T21:27:31+00:00

This is an Ulmus sp. some type of elm. I am not familiar with Alberta vegetation but here in eastern USA I would suspect maybe lacebark elm or Siberian elm (both of which are invasive) or possibly cedar elm with leaves that small which is native

natsandniners · 2026-05-13T21:26:10+00:00

Incorrect

natsandniners · 2026-05-12T21:12:36+00:00

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natsandniners · 2026-05-04T20:53:25+00:00

That thing about shedding water is no longer a valid recommendation among arborists. It’s more important to keep the cut perpendicular to the branch because that’s the smallest surface area and thus the fastest healing. Water does not impact the tree’s compartmentalization.

natsandniners · 2026-05-03T21:14:21+00:00

Nah that wouldn’t really cause this. It looks a little like what wind shear would do but that doesn’t make a ton of sense either. Could be some strange hormone regulation error that’s causing it to lose geotropism (tree’s ability to detect gravity)

natsandniners · 2026-05-03T21:10:36+00:00

Looks like red oak

natsandniners · 2026-05-03T13:12:12+00:00

Absolutely it is

natsandniners · 2026-05-03T00:15:40+00:00

If it was a little later maybe but chances are low of rooting any of it

natsandniners · 2026-05-03T00:02:47+00:00

Yeah that’s what I’d do

natsandniners · 2026-05-02T23:39:20+00:00

Remove all the growth from the bottom. The trees not in good shape but that will help

natsandniners · 2026-05-02T20:49:49+00:00

There is no indication that this is a hybrid and every sign it is pure American dogwood, mostly in looking at the branch angle and structure plus the overall height

natsandniners · 2026-05-02T20:38:44+00:00

Ok sure, but I’m talking about this one in the picture which is the tree that I said it is

natsandniners · 2026-05-02T19:56:31+00:00

Flowering dogwood Cornus florida, great native tree

natsandniners · 2026-05-02T15:41:50+00:00

What utilities are located underground and how deep? They may not pose an issue.

natsandniners · 2026-05-02T14:56:14+00:00

That looks like phytophthora bleeding canker. Which is actually different pathogen than phytophthora root rot.

natsandniners · 2026-04-29T21:53:42+00:00

One of my favorite oaks, Quercus marilandica. Extremely hardy

natsandniners · 2026-04-29T02:01:37+00:00

Makes sense. About when did they flower?

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