by Mark Roberts | Jun 19, 2022 | Trees
As I write this we are in the midst of our planting season and once again we find ourselves discussing the pros and cons of planting best practice. As always reality and best practice are often not compatible – sad, but true, especially when planting trees in...
by Mark Roberts | Jun 8, 2022 | Trees
As an arborist, I have never grasped the concept of trees as a problem. A tree is a tree, in the same way that a spade is a spade, a brick is a brick, and the colour red is… red. These things are just things and while there is variation (considerable variation) the...
by Mark Roberts | May 4, 2022 | Trees
Back in the day, in fact, even before the day, we all knew that old tradesmen were mad. It was just an accepted fact, fire is hot, ice is cold, Auckland has traffic problems, and old tradesmen are mad. And yes they were all men, tradeswoman didn’t go mad, because...
by Mark Roberts | Mar 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
I first came across the term industrial athlete about twenty years ago. I’m not sure who invented it or how long it was in use before I saw it, but suddenly it was everywhere. Industrial athletes started popping out of the woodwork, they were everywhere too. There...
by Mark Roberts | Feb 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
I was inspired to write an article on what the customer wanted. Basically, I just wanted to vent. My current annoyance is the response, ‘it’s what the client wanted’. This is possibly one of the most pathetic excuses in the arborist phrasebook. Weak and feeble are...
