Hi, everybody. This is Joe Lampel, the Joe behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner Show. I am so happy to have my friend Basil Camus back for, I think this is podcast episode number four. But we've talked about a number of things. His expertise is vast, but he is a real specialist in tree care. And he has a love for saplings like I do, but he knows a lot more about them than I do. And so that's

the nature of today's conversation. So let's get into that. And as we do, thanks to our sponsors

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