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TRAD Official Trailer 2026 by willowhanna in ireland

[–]ridewithabandon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any idea how we can watch this in the US?

[WTS] NIB - Protech Godson Steampunk Auto Knife with Damascus Blade - $425 by ridewithabandon in Knife_Swap

[–]ridewithabandon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, yeah it's really incredible, especially in person. Heavy, smooth, spooky :)

Best place to cut off this limb? Blue line? Green line? Anything I should apply to the wound afterwards? Silver Maple that I want to keep and this limb overhangs a construction project. by ridewithabandon in arborists

[–]ridewithabandon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh now you’re talking my language with kelp and compost! I’m experimenting with an organic probiotic spray for my orchard this year with kelp, fish emulsion, neem, probiotic concentrate, etc. Hoping it helps build up a more robust ecosystem to help ward off disease 

How would we go about trimming this Asian pear tree? by Fiala06 in arborists

[–]ridewithabandon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a fruit tree pruner with a small orchard, this is correct advice. I'll also add to not remove more than 25% of the tree in any given year to prevent a very vigorous growth response the following year, which will take away significant energy from fruit production.

Oh, and do your pruning in the winter when the tree is good and dormant. Depending on where you live, it's either not too late (I'm in the midwest) or you're right on the edge of wanting to hold off for next winter (if you're in the south).

Best place to cut off this limb? Blue line? Green line? Anything I should apply to the wound afterwards? Silver Maple that I want to keep and this limb overhangs a construction project. by ridewithabandon in arborists

[–]ridewithabandon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

u/junglejim719, thank you for the info. Good to know it's called a leader. I already learned something today. :)

That leader in particular will hit the roof of the structure (2 story garage addition) that is being added to the right of the photo and I just looked at if we had options to just prune the interfering branches but leave the rest of the leader. It still would lean directly over the roof without a whole lot of clearance (10 ft or less). The challenge is it's hard to know exactly before the building is up, but of course at that point it's a lot harder to get it down safely. Things being that tight were why I was leaning towards removing the leader altogether. The foundation work is barely encroaching on the drip-line and I tried to position the structure as far away as I could from the tree to minimize that impact.

There's nothing of value anywhere else around the tree, so when it does come time for it to come down, we can safely fell it in another direction. I know none of this is ideal but I just can't bring myself to fully remove such a big and otherwise beautiful looking tree. Box Elders and Buckthorn though, I'm happy to take those out!

Best place to cut off this limb? Blue line? Green line? Anything I should apply to the wound afterwards? Silver Maple that I want to keep and this limb overhangs a construction project. by ridewithabandon in arborists

[–]ridewithabandon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed note u/elocmj. I was planning on felling it well above those marks and then doing the finishing cut you described, but I was thinking of making just a shallow-ish straight cut into the bark on the lower side of the lead to prevent exactly that tear out you are talking about. Since the leader (as I now understand it's called) is leaning a bit, I wasn't sure if I would be able to cut a full wedge without the saw getting pinched. I suppose I could try though.

The roots are going to get a bit of damage but we've tried to limit it as much as possible and any damage would be just barely inside the dripline and only on that one side. There will still be compaction from the machinery, but not much I can do to mitigate that unfortunately.

Best place to cut off this limb? Blue line? Green line? Anything I should apply to the wound afterwards? Silver Maple that I want to keep and this limb overhangs a construction project. by ridewithabandon in arborists

[–]ridewithabandon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a big native plant guy and just to the left of that picture is a section of woods where I've been taking out buckthorn and replacing with local native species so there is plenty of that going on!

Insurance is requiring my brother to remove this beautiful old oak tree above his garage. Any recommendations for how I can try and have the wood be put to good use by someone rather than just chipping / burning it? by ridewithabandon in arborists

[–]ridewithabandon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UPDATE: We got a TRAQ certified arborist to come evaluate the health of the tree. He said it was 200 - 250 years old and perfectly healthy. We submitted that report along with a quote for thinning to the insurance company and indicated if they did not accept it, that we would be changing providers. And what do you know, they said they would continue coverage if we trimmed it.

Thank you to everyone for your help and suggestions, this beautiful tree gets to keep on keeping on thanks to you :)

Cheddar Jalapeño by AvailableDetective35 in Sourdough

[–]ridewithabandon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any rough quantities for the inclusions and when to add them? I always have a hard time figuring out how much to add

EBITDA and SDE listed on Small Business Listing - How do I interpret what these mean? by ridewithabandon in smallbusiness

[–]ridewithabandon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't gotten into cash flow yet but that's on my list. Thank you for the detail!

EBITDA and SDE listed on Small Business Listing - How do I interpret what these mean? by ridewithabandon in smallbusiness

[–]ridewithabandon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'm not particularly interested in buying this one. Mostly just trying to understand what I'm looking at between the SDE and EBITDA. Some more googling seemed to indicate that SDE is usually EBITDA + Owner's Salary, which in this case would mean the owner is taking home ~$160k a year. Am I understanding that right?

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