Here is a story of one of the coolest dudes I have ever worked with in tree care. This is the rise and fall of a pure tree scum champion. Never leave a man behind and never snitch, especially on your friends.

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Unlucky podcast number 13. Here is some free information about Oak Wilt which is an oak tree killing fungus.

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Here is some free information on how I run my business. It should be helpful for those going off on their own and for those trying to organize their business to stay active all year round.

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Here is a ton of free information about fruit trees. Working with fruit trees is a great thing to do to stay busy in the winter so everyone should aim to be competent at it. Furit trees will also get more popular with our economy tanking so be aware and plan for the future.

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This is me putting my heart out there. I don't know what the future holds but always plan for the worst.

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This is an update where I react to finding out the monsters in involved with Frank's murder are selling him piece by piece.

I had the pleasure of meeting Frank the Liberty Tree in northeast KC on January 10th, 2025. Frank was a 282-340-year-old bur oak tree that was removed after I volunteered my time and used the most high-tech tree assessment tools available to determine that Frank was structurally stable and had a robust root system. My recommendation to keep Frank went against the recommendations of MDC who did zero actual assessment of Frank or any work to confirm the wood decay fungus they said was affecting him. I also went against the main advocate of Franks removal, Ron Gamm who owns the tree removal company (Alpha Omega Complete Tree Service) who is not even a Certified Arborist, is not from KC, and made 9k to remove Frank. After Frank was removed, Jessica Thomas who bought the property the Frank sat on for three centuries less than a month before removing him, sold Frank off piece by piece on the internet and received over $1,800 in donations to removed him at www.FranktheLibertyTree.com. This is the most frustrating and saddening case I have ever been involved with.

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I had the pleasure of meeting Frank the Liberty Tree in northeast KC on January 10th, 2025. Frank was a 282-340-year-old bur oak tree that was removed after I volunteered my time and used the most high-tech tree assessment tools available to determine that Frank was structurally stable and had a robust root system. My recommendation to keep Frank went against the recommendations of MDC who did zero actual assessment of Frank or any work to confirm the wood decay fungus they said was affecting him. I also went against the main advocate of Franks removal, Ron Gamm who owns the tree removal company (Alpha Omega Complete Tree Service) who is not even a Certified Arborist, is not from KC, and made 9k to remove Frank. After Frank was removed, Jessica Thomas who bought the property the Frank sat on for three centuries less than a month before removing him, sold Frank off piece by piece on the internet and received over $1,800 in donations to removed him at www.FranktheLibertyTree.com. This is the most frustrating and saddening case I have ever been involved with.

Please read more about this case here: Frank the Liberty Tree

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I know the sound quality on this is not great but at least it is a new episode!

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