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New homeowner overhauling our back yard. Aspiring hobby arborist now that I have a yard, and thought I did my research, but a couple of my white pines seem to be in trouble after recent high heat. Need to know if they are too far gone, or if this is relatively benign heat damage that they can recover from. Relevent details summarized below and pictures included. I live in Albuquerque (zone 7) Planted the young white pines in early/mid spring Not sure if they are eastern or western white pines. Card didn't specify. They were thriving until about a week ago when the heat picked up to the high 90s and low 100s One of them (the smaller one) grew about 16 inches after I planted it, the other about 8 inches. They were super healthy looking and bright green until the heat surged. My wife and I were out of town for about 8 days and they were thoroughly watered right before we left. Should We have had someone come to water them given the length of time? They are so crispy now 😥 I am in the process of installing a frame over them on which I will be adding 60% plant shade fabric These frames are not full coverage, so the pines (if they survive) will still get an hour or two of low direct sun in the morning and evening. How much heat damage can these types of standard pines recover from when they are young like this? Should I have planted them in the fall instead? Is the shade system pointless?.. or something that can actually give them the edge they need while getting established? Would love some advice. Thanks! p.s. I also planted a Montezuma cypress that seems to be doing fine, though some of it's leaves are brown and crispy. We have an eastern white pine that started about a year older than the other two pines and it seems to be doing great. We also planted an Afghan pine that is doing really well. We have some emerald green thujas and Italian cypresses that seem to be struggling. Plan to plant a lot more trees this fall, and want to make sure we get it right.

My 5kw woodburner is 3 years old. My house has no chimneys, it was built on a housing estate in the 1990s.The living room flue is partly insulated. The insulated flue through the first floor passes thro’ a now little used much smaller wardrobe, there are no bends in the flue. The flue in the roofspace is within a metal cage The only evidence of the flue is the 1.5m of flue above the roof tiles. The flue in wardrobe is enclosed in a fireproof plasterboard duct with metal framing with at least a 50mm air space between the metal face of the insulated flue and anything combustible. A access panel was installed in the duct for maintenance purposes. The flue casing temperature is too hot to touch with the palm of my hand for more than a second or two. My question is could I isolate say one metre of flue with fireproof insulation and, using an inline fan, blow forced air into the ducting around the flue and out again as a heat source for the bedrooms. I would take advice as to whether I used flexible 75mm aluminium wrapped tightly around the flue or just blow the air into space around the duct. Would the cooling effect on the gasses in the flue have any detrimental effect? Any advice or comments would be welcome. Photos can be provided

Would any 1 have an issue of arb climber 4 i would like to read the article on ballistic ppe in tree work for heat exhaustion etc. We are made wear them [the jackets i mean] in the public service ....any thoughts: