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  1. Old Monkey

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    Pollarding? Well if you keep cutting off the cats paws every year after they grow back, its OK.
  2. Old Monkey

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    I'm going to amputate a cat for a customer. A corkscrew willow that should be just removed, that the customer wants to build a treehouse in the center of. The middle will go and the out fringe will remain in a sort of friar tuck fringe. The tree will die and the customer knows it. I think he...
  3. Old Monkey

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    One of the things I've found is that to a lot of people "tree topping" means "tree pruning." When I describe what topping is, they quickly say "Oh no, that's not what I had in mind." So when someone calls me to come give them a bid on topping their trees, I go bid them, tell them what should...
  4. Old Monkey

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    Ed' shelving his ethical standards. Do you have enough room on the bookshelf for that pamphlet?
  5. Old Monkey

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    I did plenty of topping before I knew better. When I see it now my first thought is, what a horrible thing to do to a tree. My second thought is, I could have done that better.
  6. Old Monkey

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    I talked some folks out of topping their white ash on two separate occasions, working at different tree services. A year ago, they finally got their wish and found a tree service that would give them what they thought they wanted. I did feel a little upset at the time. Now I am over it.
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