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by: Board Certified Master Arborist, Gilbert A Smith Backyard Wisdom - April/May 2020 Fifty years ago when I was a young “tree skinner” Yes, that’s what they called us and with good reason. I was taught to paint all of the cuts that I made with tree tar. That was the measure of a good job. My fath

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