Northeast Tree Inc.

2023 MSA TCC & MN Festival of Trees

Congratulations to the 2023 MSA TCC Champions, Mariah Lundstrum and Scott Ferris!

Mariah and Scott will be representing Minnesota at the International Tree Climbing Championship in Albuquerque, NM, in August. Our second place finishers, Mariah Sirbasku and Wesley Full, will be representing Minnesota at the North American Tree Climbing Championship in Washington, DC in October.

Thank you to all of the climbers, volunteers, sponsors, Festival of Trees participants, and the City of Buffalo for a very successful, and epic event!

Nathan considers his next move in Brush Pile Mahjong...

We never know what's in store when we arrive on a jobsite to clean up piles of limbs, logs, and brush left by electrical "Safe Work Zone" pruning-- one of the juicy joys of doing arborist ground work is organizing these beaver-huts into tidy, draggable, chippable piles for processing. If you love pick-up-sticks, Jenga, or Mahjong, this is your cup of tea!

What is ELECTRICAL SAFE WORK ZONE PRUNING? Great question! When we perform work on trees near power lines or energized conductors, we call our friends at Xcel Energy to have a certified line clearance arborist remove all tree material within ten feet of the lines/conductors. This creates a safe working environment for our arborists to complete our work. Safe for us, safe for you!

We like our chipper knives how we like our wit... sharp as heck and covered in cheese!

We had a little time at the end of the day for equipment maintenance and a moment to celebrate installing new knives on the chipper 🐿️ Sharp chipper knives = better quality, more uniform wood chips for you! And you! And you and you and you!

A little rain, a little thunder, a bunch o' chain sharpening!

Thanks for taking some zen time for the team, Nathan!

There are a lot of ways to wrap up a long week of tree work in Northeast Minneapolis. The very best one just might be a stop-in at our favorite neighbor, Fletcher's Ice Cream for some ube on a sprinkle cone. "What's ube?" you ask. According to the peeps at Fletcher's, who we trust implicitly with frozen treats as well as tuber lore, ube is a vibrantly purple root native to the Philippines and southeast Asia. Incorporated into ice cream, ube dazzles the eyes and delights the tum.

Happy Arbor Day!

We feel fortunate to commune daily with trees of all shapes and sizes, making us abundantly aware of the slew of benefits our leafy friends bestow. Have you thanked your neighborhood trees for giving shade and beauty, decreasing energy costs, increasing property value, and fostering mental well-being today? Now's your chance!

Here are pics of some of our favorite trees. How many can you name?