Trees | Elemental Tree Network

Oct 29, 20211 min read

Diseases in Trees Explained

Sound on 📣 Some verbal and visual explanation of the varieties of disease that are festering behind cracked/bleeding/damaged bark.

Oct 19, 20211 min read

Are You Feeding Your Oak Trees?

All tree species require vital macro & micro nutrients for their growth, resistance to disease, optimal health and longevity. Tending and...

Oct 19, 20211 min read

Removal Of A Stem Canker Infection

Removal of a stem canker infection on a coast live oak. It’s important to catch these early!

Oct 12, 20211 min read

Surgical Removal Of Infected Tissue

Surgical removal of infected tissue in a Coast Live Oak. You can see the bleeding of the tissue in the first photo, identifiable by...

Sep 29, 20211 min read

Insect Damage In Trees

Insect damage in trees can be hard to spot. Often there are only a few bored holes or deep cracks in the bark. Once we cut in to the...

Sep 1, 20211 min read

Valley Oak Trees Treatment

Valley Oak Trees treated with limewash and our fire mimicry protocol of compost tea, soil minerals & moss removal. Located at the...

Aug 18, 20212 min read

Elemental Tree Network Philosophy

Without low intensity beneficial fire & Traditional Ecological Stewardship by Indigenous people, the health of Oaks and native tree...

Aug 17, 20211 min read

Full Treatment On Majestic, Pollarded Coast Live Oak

This majestic, pollarded Coast Live Oak got the full treatment. Located in Chochenyo territory. A wetwood infection about 10 feet up the...

Aug 15, 20211 min read

Sequence Of A Wetwood Infection Removal

Bacterial wetwood, also known as slime flux, is caused by an infection of one or more of several bacteria. It results in a water-soaked,...

Aug 8, 20211 min read

What Would Fire Do?

What would fire do? ~burn that sh*t off! It is a common misconception that mosses & lichens are a beneficial mutualism that is “natural”....

Aug 3, 20211 min read

There Were Worms In There!

Sequence of a surgery on a Coast Live Oak. Insect damage wrapped around nearly half of the stem. Successful surgery indeed!

Jul 29, 20211 min read

Scopin' Out For Disease

Scopin' out for disease on these elder Oak Trees! Never know what you’re gonna find livin' in there!

Jul 29, 20211 min read

Surgeries in Watsonville!

3 surgeries on Coast Live Oaks in Watsonville! With @kindred_herbs

Jul 18, 20211 min read

Surgery On A 250+ Year Old Coast Live Oak

The bark fell off about 6 months ago and revealed the dead tissue that had been decomposed by fungus. Once we began to cut into the...

Jul 12, 20211 min read

Black Gold 💫 Compost Tea Preparation!

Our custom compost is made in a small batch with deep intention & love! Composed with... •Local organic grass fed cow & sheep manure...

Jul 11, 20211 min read

Out Here Clearing!

Out here clearing! Before & after of a tree that looked very stressed and totally transformed after some simple pruning. Fire clearance...

Jul 11, 20211 min read

Surgery On A Coast Live Oak

Surgical process of the removal of an infection on a Coast Live Oak. Photo 1: post infection removal Two trees grew together & created an...

May 20, 20211 min read

Tending The Fire

Fire is a primary element of ecological balance and has been utilized by Indigenous people as traditional stewardship for thousands of...

May 20, 20211 min read

Grandmother Oak

Grandmother Oak. This ancient Coast Live Oak tree is over 800 years old. With clear evidence of tending and pollarding by the Uypi...