This past week Asplundh's fourth annual "Arbor Camp" was held here at Struan Farm. We love hosting this yearly event with arborists and arborists-in-training, the trees do too--they perk up visibly with the attention. Attendees are nominated by their respective offices around the country and come to camp out with colleagues to learn and improve their skills. They set up in the Pet Paddock but also camp out down at the river.
For our part we do our best to stay out of the way, although one night we host a BBQ at our house, including any farmstay guests who may be staying. John shares some family and tree history, especially his dad Maurie's love of special trees and lifelong efforts to plant both exotics and natives around the farm and in Piopio. It's pretty clear to all by what we're doing around the place that this acorn has not fallen far from the tree!
An overgrown cedar in the back of the Pet Paddock got an amazing clean up from one of the guys, which starts to improve this end of the Paddock:
Word had gotten around that I have an issue with stumps; basically I think they're a blight on the landscape, while John is happy to leave them to rot over the years. One of the team brought a stump grinder to tackle a few of them, which also allowed several attendees to get certified to use them. When we win Lotto John may find himself with a stump grinder, I see them as very useful around the place!
It's a good few days here at Struan Farm.
When they run out of things to do send them hee
Posted by: Joy O'Fee | 04/06/2019 at 08:39 AM