User talk:Michael J Swassing

 Hello Michael J Swassing, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. After you leave a comment on a talk page, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone follow the threads of the discussion. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To get started, you may


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Arborculture
Awesome! I'm a "tree guy" too, so I probably can find lots of photos to add. --SB_Johnny talk 11:23, 23 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks, SB_Johnny. I'm spankin' new here, as you can see.  My contribution to the class Arboriculture has already grown beyond what I can reasonably complete, but I wanted to help the page creators get the outline of a comprehensive course, a brief definition, and an introduction to arboriculture.  So far I haven't looked around to any other pages or looked at the style page, I'm just working from my experience on wikipedia and my experience as a working arborist.  The outline still needs some major areas of emphasis in the area of tree care industry standards and practices regarding rigging, cabling and bracing, chemical applications, consulting arborists reports, ... it may end up that Arboriculture will become a category with a number of articles in it, and to place that in a intermediate category of Environmental Horticulture, within the present Plant Sciences.  Once there are other classes, for example on Integrated Pest Management, we could move that information over and just link to it. - Michael J Swassing 16:23, 23 November 2008 (UTC)