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Whether you're managing emerald ash borer on your property or learning when to prune your maples, our ISA Certified Arborists break down what matters most for Vermont trees — and why it works.
What’s Taking Over My Trees? Aphids & Spider Mites in Vermont
Sticky residue? Browning arborvitae? Learn how to identify aphids and spider mites on Vermont trees — including the cool-season mites most homeowners miss.
Emerald ash borer’s destruction prompts tree diversity
Greg Ranallo, an arborist and the owner of Teachers Tree Service, walked along the sidewalk in front of the Shaw’s on Route 7 in South Burlington last week, stopping to point at a tree where the bark was stripped off, revealing a swirling pattern on the wood beneath. “This is from the larvae feeding on…
Greg Ranallo: From the classroom to the trees
Greg Ranallo has had a love of trees since he was a boy, but after getting a master’s degree in education, he began teaching high school social studies in his native Minnesota. During summers and school breaks, he ran a tree business which he named Teacher’s Tree Service after his chosen profession. Unhappy with the…
Teachers Tree Schools Homeowners on Arboreal Landscapes
Greg Ranallo rarely gets to climb trees anymore. At age 62, after running his tree care business for two decades, he mostly works behind a desk doing payroll and paperwork, not in the field with his crew. On a recent day, though, he hoisted himself about 45 feet into the canopy of a giant pin…
As Vermont loses its ash trees, towns race to stop the Ash Borer
The emerald ash borer, an invasive pest that kills ash trees, has been detected in 13 Vermont counties and is still spreading. But towns often don’t have the budget, or the guidance, to address it. Vermont’s environmental experts are imagining a future without ash trees — and that future isn’t far away. It’s all because…
Can your trees fall victim to The Emerald Ash Borer?
WILLISTON – The small ash tree to the right of Best Buy’s front doors in Williston is now only a skeleton. Pealed back bark reveals a maze of squiggly lines, a signature calling card from ash trees’ worst enemy: the emerald ash borer. The pest, which kills 99.9% of ash trees it infests in North…
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