Hear from three students attending the Davey Institute of Trees Sciences (D.I.T.S.) program, Davey’s flagship training program in biological sciences, safety, tree and plant care and management techniques. Ethan Ramirez Gothard from Davey's Nanaimo office, Sam Phetteplace from Davey's Albany office and Maggie Graves from Davey's Boston North Shore office share their experience in the four-week program, including key takeaways, being away from home for 30 days and bonding with other employees and tree care professionals from all over North America.

In this episode we cover:

• How do you enroll in DITS? (0:54)
• How long is DITS? (1:40)
• What do students learn while in Kent, OH? (3:02)
• What's been difficult to learn? (5:02)
• A normal day at DITS (6:09)
• DITS instructors (7:01)
• Skills training and climbing (7:40)
• Is DITS what the students expected? (9:06)
• What have the students enjoyed? (10:12)
• What were the students hoping to get out of DITS? (11:15)
• What's been fun? (12:42)

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Frank Thompson from Davey’s Buffalo office shares his “love at first sight” — trees! For Valentine’s Day, Frank walks us through three of his favorite species, his background in environmental science and forestry and how to determine the age of mature trees.

In this episode we cover:

• How did Frank become an arborist? (1:02)
• Cranberry Lake and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (2:25)
• Gray pine (5:58)
• White oak in Jamestown, New York (10:23)
• "Taking a cookie" of a tree (12:46)
• "Taking a core" of a tree (13:40)
• Working on old trees (15:22)
• American sycamore (17:00)
• Frank's fishing stories in college (20:42)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about how to identify or take care of trees you love, read our blogs Fall in Love with Healthy Trees This Season, Guide on How to Choose A Tree to Plant: Planning & Selecting and How to Tell What Type of Tree I Have.

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
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Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.

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Mike Cassidy from Davey’s West Columbus office shares advice for whatever Groundhog Day brings! Will there be six more weeks of winter or an early spring? In this episode, Cassidy covers last‑minute dormant season care, such as dormant pruning, as well as early spring tasks like reviewing your landscape.

In this episode we cover:

• Dormant pruning to avoid pests and disease (1:44)
• Scale pests (2:37)
• Black knot fungus and fire blight (3:15)
• Ground freeze (4:26)
• Do arborists schedule around the weather? (5:25)
• Best time of the year to prune trees (6:59)
• Groundhog Day (8:18) (12:54)
• Deer protection (9:49)
• Dormant seeding (18:43)
• Review the trees and landscape (14:33)
• Hellebores (16:18)
• Dormant seeding (18:43)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about tree care and landscaping in late winter and early spring, read our blogs Does a Late Spring Frost or Snowfall Damage Trees?, Winter Tree Protection: Three Proactive Tips, Most Common Questions about Tree Care in Spring, Spring Ahead: Schedule a Tree Inspection, Fruit Tree Care in Early Spring and What Does the Dormant Season Mean For Your Trees?

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company

Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.

Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com. We want to hear from you!

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