Peartown, under Konocti
Kelseyville sits about six miles southeast of Lakeport, with Mount Konocti, a 4,305 foot volcano, rising just east of town. Kelsey Creek runs through it on its way to Clear Lake. Pear orchards planted during Prohibition earned it the nickname Peartown, and it has held a Pear Festival since 1993. Walnuts, olives and wine grapes grow across Big Valley around it.
Orchard trees and old yard trees
A lot of Kelseyville trees were planted on purpose a long time ago: walnuts beside farmhouses, pears that outlived the orchard, shade trees along a lane. Old fruit and nut trees build up heavy dead wood, and a big walnut limb over a driveway or a roof can come down without much warning in a winter storm.
Often a tree like that can stay. Trimming takes out the dead wood, lightens the long limbs and lifts the canopy off the house. When a tree is past saving, removal is done in pieces from the lift if it stands close to anything you care about. Along fields and the creek, the excavator and chipper handle the brush and fallen limbs. Winter, with the leaves off, is a good time to see the structure of a walnut or pear and decide what to cut.
Wood worth keeping
Nothing goes to waste. If an old walnut or oak has to come out, you can have it milled into boards at R2’s own sawmill, or have something built from it: a bench, a shed, a coop. Walnut in particular makes handsome lumber. Whatever is left is chipped and turned into wood mulch and soil. Our milling page shows what the mill turns out.
When the 2018 Mendocino Complex fires burned north of the lake, evacuation orders reached Kelseyville too. Clearing brush and low limbs away from the house before summer is part of the work we do here.
What R2 Does in Kelseyville
- Tree Removal
- Tree Trimming
- Storm and Emergency Work
- Fire Safety Clearing
- Land Clearing and Grading
- Log and Debris Removal
- Milling and Custom Builds
- Wood Mulch and Compost
Nearby: Lakeport, Soda Bay, Riviera West, Loch Lomond.