Willows on the Avon and Heathcote: Why the Council Keeps Taking Them Out
The first willow root I ever pulled from a sewer lateral came from a section on River Road in Avonside, […]
Trees & Storms
Trees & Storms
Trees & Storms
Wet Snow on Evergreens: Why Canterbury Trees Break in Spring Snowfalls
The call came at 6.40 on a Sunday morning in late September: a Cashmere homeowner on Hackthorne Road with a […]
Trees & Storms
Wind-Sculpted Trees on a Wellington Hillside: When Lean Is Normal and When It Is Not
My son rents a 1960s weatherboard place on a hillside in Karori, the kind of Wellington section where the back […]
Trees & Storms
The Hazard Tree Checklist I Run Before a Southerly
The southerly that crossed Christchurch in July 2024 was forecast three days out: gusts to 90 km/h from the south-west, […]
Trees & Storms
Reading a Nor’wester Forecast Before You Climb
On 10 October 2022 I had a climber booked for eight o’clock to strip deadwood out of a 22-metre Lombardy […]