July 20, 2018 / Robert Wolf Robert Wolf, Certified Arborist, Licensed Tree Expert and Vegetation Manager, PSE&G Distribution

My family thinks I am obsessed with trees. Perhaps that's because I moved them into a home that has a 48-acre arboretum directly behind it. Maybe it's because they constantly hear me offering little details about bark, or leaves or the branch system. Did you know, for example, that each branch operates independently yet for the common good of the whole - using its leaves to feed itself and then sending reserves to the root system to be used by the rest of the tree? Yes, I love trees.

When I was age 10, a neighbor had to have a tree removed, and I was just mesmerized. I knew from that moment that I'd spend a lifetime with trees. One of the things I love about trees is that they are kind of a freak of nature. They grow up, while gravity pushes everything else down.

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