Trees, Please

NEXT MEETING: Zoom Only – 04/10/’23 The Houseplant Guru, Lisa Eldred Steinkopf

Please join us on April 10, 2023, at 6 p.m. (PST) on Zoom only for this month’s SDHS General Meeting featuring a talk about one of the...

TREES, PLEASE! Dead as a Doornail

In the world of Urban Forestry one of the concepts we consider is the safe useful life expectancy (SULE) of a tree. There are many component

TREES, PLEASE: “Silky” Trees

Valentine’s Day is nigh. Do you wish for romantic gifts of silken fabric, sweet fruit or gorgeous flowers? A genuine “silk” tree could be a

TREES, PLEASE: My Tree, iTree.

Trees add to our enjoyment of our daily living. Providing habitat for local fauna, screening from annoying situations, they are harvested fo

TREES, PLEASE: Do You Pine - Fir a Cedar?

Evergreens you might choose, but no larches, spruce or yews… Araucarias: Eye-catching as a towering species, the Norfolk Island pine is ope

TREES, PLEASE: Have You Examined Tree Roots Lately?

October is prime tree planting season in San Diego County. The weather is cooling and our rainy season is due. If you are expecting to plant

TREES, PLEASE: Tree Ordinances. Love them or leave them?

By Tim Clancy. Sometimes government agencies get it right. In other cases, government regulations seem arbitrary, over-reaching and...

TREES, PLEASE: Hot-Hued Trees for Sizzling Summer Daze

By Robin Rivet. Summers in San Diego increasingly remind me of places I used to live; but I’m no snowbird. I fled the east coast loathing...