Landscape

How a grinder works through a stump and its root flare, what access a back yard needs, and what the ground should look like afterward.

Which trees have to be handled tonight, which can wait, what a crew asks on the phone, and how dispatch works after a valley-wide storm.

The full scope of the trade, from risk assessment through stump grinding and firewood, and the three trades it gets confused with.

How the work changes at each tree size band, from small ornamentals to eighty-foot oaks, and why dead trees can price higher than live ones.

What clearing actually involves on Valley acreage, from cedar-choked pasture to wooded building lots, and which trees are worth leaving standing.