Trees: Friend or Foe?

Trees are my friends.  At least that’s what I tell people when I slice a golf drive and my ball bounces off a pine tree and ends up back on the fairway.  Trees shade us in summer and heat us in winter.  They provide lumber for our homes and fruit for our diets.  They protect the lakes by keeping them cool and holding the soil from washing into the water. But trees can just as easily turn against us.  They will drop dead limbs on our roofs or uproot in a storm and fall on our car or our house. …
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The Importance of Workman’s Comp. Insurance

Tree work can be dangerous work. When cutting a tree near a building or wires (or anywhere for that matter), the list of things that can go wrong is endless. If you need tree work done near your home, and you are not trained to do it yourself, you should consider hiring a competent, professional and licensed tree service provider. But, when you do, be careful not to open yourself up to any liability for injured workers by hiring an uninsured provider. Some tree service providers advertise "Fully Insured" but do not carry Workman's Compensation Insurance (Workman’s Comp).  Workman's Comp.…
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The New Normal

As we all take a step back and adjust to the new normal created by the CoronaVirus, it appears as though mother nature just keeps right on chugging along.  The snow has melted, the birds are singing, and grass is turning green.  Pretty soon the leave will pop, and the black flies will be driving us crazy.  I’m glad to know the world has not stopped turning, even though we may have thought is would a time or two.  This is not to say that I am not saddened by the losses and suffering we’ve seen and heard about, and…
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Pondering Covid-19

I write this month’s blog post from my home as I am self-quarantining for 14 days due to traveling on planes and busses recently on the way back from a shortened Florida vacation.  Never before have I, or anyone else for that matter, been in this situation.  Many businesses have closed temporarily, and even those who are not under quarantine are being asked to observe “Social Distancing” and shelter in place until this crisis passes.  I prefer to use the term Physical Distancing as we need social interaction right now more than ever, even if it’s from a distance.  With…
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