Tree Scum Podcast

The title sums it all up, man If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

Read the title If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

Does anyone read episode descriptions? If so, congrats to you. You are a hero amongst men. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

In this episode we go over why have high standards and calling people individually out for shotty work is good. I am a foremost asshole, call people out tactfully, and appropriately so I do not apologize for it, most of the time. I think shame is a great and effective tool to move out industry forward, we just have to use it properly. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

Today we explore the phenomenon of the people who watch you work. We investigate their attire, motives, and try to answer the question, “why on earth are you watching me do tree work?” If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

This episode deviates  tree talk and goes over a few weird stories from my childhood. Enjoy. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

This episode has a few stories about my buddy Randy who I used to work with in California. Randy was good tree scum and he use to brighten my day. I also talk about Mennonites and the Fourth of July. Trigger warning for boomers and Ameretards; I am not a fan of the Country of America. I love the people/nation of America but the country is a warmongering monster that kinda stinks.  If you look mode...

In this episode I talk about what tools I keep in my tree assessment kit. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

Today we talk about how my stupid air conditioner broke and the tiny thing they replaced it with, what work you can sell going into summer (Oak Wilt, Dutch Elm Disease, summer pests, and something else I can’t remember), I also talk about a horrific dream I had and why I think it is good that I have bad dreams. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

Today we talk about all the recent herbicide damage I have seen here in middle Missouri. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

Here is a story about a contact job I got where I misjudged some real Missouri mother fuckers and was pleasantly surprised by their skill and safe work. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

AI has broken search engines and is breaking some people’s arborist report when they use it wrong. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

The whole world United States are seeing what it is like to be tree scum. Nothing works correctly, everything breaks, and you “must” keep moving forward. It’s so exhausting, I am down to burn it all to the ground and start over.  If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

This episode we talk about the dirtyness of Seattle and how ice cold I am. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

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. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

Unlucky podcast number 13. Here is some free information about Oak Wilt which is an oak tree killing fungus.  If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

This is me putting my heart out there. I don't know what the future holds but always plan for the worst.  If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

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. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

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.  If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

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 zer...

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 stru...

I know the sound quality on this is not great but at least it is a new episode! If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

This episode is who I would place on my Dream Team of tree scum. This is a five-person crew that does the work. I will go over who and why people made the cut. I hope this lets people know what I value in a worker and what makes a good environment to work in. If you look moderately hard, you will find me.

I have to admit; I pirated the phrase Tree Scum off my buddy Nich who owns Salish Tree Care and Consulting in Washington State. In this episode we talk about how he came up with the concept and who this phase applied to. Generally, I apply the term to everyone who does tree work that is a little rough around the edges. I take it as a term that really sums up most of the people who do work in our i...

On this episode I share a few stories of my early days in tree crew. These stories are from men I consider my friends who are unfortunately not doing tree work anymore due to natural retirement or retirement due to injury. This episode focusses on my homie Serg who did some crazy stuff back in the days but was a man I would trust with my life. Stay healthy my friends! If you look moderately hard,...