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Notes from the lot.

Tree care, the business of tree care, and the occasional story from fifteen years in the field. Written by Matt.

Jan 9, 2020Trees are Smarter than you Think!

It’s commonplace for trees to wrap their roots around sewer pipes and overtime crack the pipe and become your local plumbers’ best friend. It’s almost like...

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Jan 9, 2020Selling Worms out of a Liquor Store and Changing the World

This weekend my family and I took a trip to see the new Wildlife Museum and Aquarium at the one and only headquarters of Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, MO. For kids wh...

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Jan 9, 2020Work For Yourself No Matter Who You Work For

In order for one to fight for something with all of their hearts, they must believe in the cause with all of their hearts. To work every day away from one’s family for...

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Jan 9, 2020How to Save Your Tree When You Build Near It

The perfect lot in the perfect subdivision has been selected and you are planning to build your house around a couple beautiful 100 plus-year-old oak trees.  A plan ma...

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Jan 9, 2020How to Save Thousands on Tree and Landscape Costs

Everyone has the idea of getting a nice 8’ tall 1 ½ inch caliper balled and burlap tree planted in their front yard with visions of pushing their future grandchildren ...

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Jan 9, 2020A Customer That Will Last a Lifetime

Dunbar’s number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. This is the inner circle of friends who ...

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Jan 9, 2020Determination: Bruce Lee Chicken

I met a chicken smarter than myself, and most people I know. He embodied the mentality and raw drive to fulfill the destiny he was born to reach, that most of us hide ...

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Jan 8, 2020More Than Just Tree Care!

Lately we have been mixing it up here at Resource Tree and Land.  For example, I have made a pact to only eat my water and drink my food.  Chomping ice gets old but re...

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