BigShea13 pics

bigshea13

just got back from ice storm cleanup 45 min south of st louis. there are alot of oaks. heres some pics
there are many red oaks 75-80feet tall
good luck

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shaggs

Nice pics Bigshea!
"Ice storms" are not something we have too often in Oz....how do they vary from your usual storm??

TrevMcRev

No ice here It sure does a number on the trees

JohN Dee

Great Pictures there mate, certainly get some BIG OAKS over there.

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bigshea13

heres some more winter pics from hornets to bad drivers. snow sucks! I have about three feet of powder in myyard at the moment and its still snowing.

Ive got other interesting pics. is there a portion of the forum dedicated to pics only? can i post pictures on this thread? for how long?

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Eric Frei

This is the pic forum with your own thread, pile them pics up here.

Just a pointer, lots of the pics are 1600px wide and huge file sizes, for people with slower internet connections it's a killer so try to go around 700px wide and 100kb.

I like them snow pics and what a whopper wasp nest, just like the movies.

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azrael

Great pics.....but suddenly I feel quite CHILLED.....
Happy X'mas

Steve Tipton

Love the pic of the stop sign.

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bigshea13

sorry the pics are so big. im learning how to make them smaller so people with not so fast computers can view them easily.
the spruce is behind by parents and the nissan 300 is in the front yard. all this snow arrived in about two days...it rained....got cold....then started snowing again. not to change things up too drastically but my parents have several beautiful apples in the front and rear of their yard. my mother hangs feeders on them. this draws in the nut hatches and woodpeckers and they destroy the tree. besides fine shot or removing the feeders does anyone have any suggestions to keep these flying termites out.

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Pigdog

An easy image resizer can be had free from MicroSoft.

Here's the link. Look for imageResizer.exe on the right column.

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP

or

Here is a direct link to the file.

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe

Just install it and then all you have to do is right click your pictures and choose a size or customize any size you want.

bigshea13

thanks for the tip. i downloaded it ..... did it work?

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Eric Frei

err nope, we got a 2398px high pic and 300kb file.

Aim for 700px and 100kb or less

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bigshea13

i think i got it. hows this size?

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TreeDimensional

Hey, bigshea13, congrats on the snow if you get tired of it send some my way, we have a whole whopping 1/2". I noticed you work on some decent size ash trees, are you finding that people are payin attention to cleaning them up as not to attract EAB? By the way, whats the word on the spread of those nasty Emerald borers?

By the way nice pics, my partner never seems to have the time to get any action shots!

bigshea13

treedimensional.. they havent hit ny yet. mostly ohio, indiana,michigan. it seems to be only a matter of time before they arrive. we had an infestation of tent catipillars 2 years ago. that really retarded the fruit tree growth. they leave nests everywhere and they look like sh*t. the people round here dont understand how important their trees are untill they have to come down. I think its because where we live there are so many trees and they come in all shapes sizes that people just expect to see them there forever. they are more willing to spend a couple hundred bucks on halloween decorations but not on something thats going to decorate their yard and life year round

bigshea13

stand in on the job. he works cheap.

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Eric Frei

Now ya getting the hang of it.

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TrevMcRev

Love the snow man!

TreeDimensional

With clients that ask, what if we just watch for a while ,and see what happens, I ask them if they know the dollar value of the ash trees in Michigan. It appears that the numbers are rising in the GTA, and some reports that I have seen indicate that it is all the way to Indiana.

From the inventories that I have seen on the east and the west sides of our Province (Saskatchewan) the ash trees are about 70% of the total urban tree inventory.

I hope the EAB stay in the Eastern part of the continent until I am gone, you know you only get to work on a DEAD tree once.

bigshea13

Maple/pine/poplar Are Our Top Three,the Young Ash Seem To Flourish But The Mature Ones{over 20 Inches} Are Hard To Come By. We Need To Cross An Ash With A Poplar. Those Friggin Things Grow Like Weeds. Many Of Our Mature Maples Are Dying Off And The Up And Coming Ones Are No Where Near The Size, Between The Ice And The Tent Catipillars And Whatever Else Is In The Air Its A Miracle They Even Grow.

Steve Tipton

Kinda pale for a Mexican, aint he!

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TreeDimensional

Its kind of funny you would say that as I made a similar comment about 19 months ago. I was speaking to Ekm pruning practices at the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Association Shelterbelt Centre at Indian Head, Saskatchewan. As I was packing up my stuff, the two top tree researchers walked by. I made the comment that it was getting difficult to recommend newer varieties of trees for the 2b hardiness zone. Much like you the big three are Poplar/Ash and Maple, and through experience in the industry, it would be a fair statement that anything that grows fast doesn't last long.

After reading an article in the Arborist News, I discovered that one of the genetisists involved in the experiment live about 325 mile from us. In a conversation with her she stated that while they were working on the Black poplar gnome tracing, word got out about one of the scientists that was involved,and his lab was set on fire.

Mankind has been selectively crossbreeding plants (large and small) for desirable traits for hundreds of years. But if a bunch of enviornmentalists decide that it would be improper to tweek some genes in a lab, LOOK OUT, the world will end.

With climate and invasive insect issues up in our faces, I wonder what to recommend for trees in the future. For the most part I believe that we NEVER Plant a good tree for ourselves, we plant them for our grandchildren.

I have been wrong before and I hope I am wrong NOW.

bigshea13

its like anything else in nature...the things that are able to adapt live longer or reproduce at a much faster rate. there will always be disease and every species on the planet will be suseptable to one variety or another. when a species developes to the point where they are the primary inhabitor of their enviroment their chances of coming into contact with something harmful to them obviously increases. just like humans tree health can be aided. but not without taking chances.
If its altered by human hands is it natural selection?
Does it really matter?
who choses what survives and what doesnt?
Sometimes a good house cleaning takes care of alot. Everyone gets all bent out of shape when a forest fire or other natural disaster desimates an area but if you actually sit back and take a look at what happens after you realize its just another cycle of nature. this sucks for us right now but in 50 60 yrs our grandkids probably wont realize what they may have missed. cant miss it if you never had it.................enjoy it now.

bigshea13

heres your pics therrin.
if you want a short video i can probably manage one in day or two.

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Therrin

Ahhh, niffty! Thanks for the pics!

A video would be cool if ya've got one

Couple years ago I used my ocean fishing spear gun to do something similar. Didn't even know at the time that there was "industry" stuff like that available. Thanks for the info.

shaggs

Did ya spear any branches!!!

bigshea13

my liitle womans been harping on me to fill the feeders around the house. so tonight she hands me two bread stings to drape up near feeders. I tried to find the extension ladder but theres to much snow. I threw em on like lays and hiked up flashlight in mouth. she stood in the window and laughed as i waded threw the snow, she wanted to throw the cat out the window at me. she said it wanted out and it was far to cold for her to go downstair and let her out. i told her it was probably a bad idea.

did i mention the snow that hasnt stopped in days.....

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TreeDimensional

Shea, don't you just love when ya bump the wrong branch and end up with your under-wear full of snow via your neck. I would make sure your sigificant other REALLY warms you up for makin' her birds happy!!!!

bigshea13

snow sucks. but yea it earned me an awsome pot roast w potatoes/onions/carrots/ followed by some kinda peanut butter chocolate brownie thing that was great. thats only part of what im gettin

TreeDimensional

Shea, How much snow have you had so far? I just checked the weather site here and it is -22C, but by Thursday afternoon its supposed to be +2C. So far this winter we have had a whooping 1" of snow, sleds still in the shed.