How Trees Can Compliment Your Landscape Trees represent life, tranquility, prosperity, and health. As such they are the bestcompanions increasing the value, and beauty associated with your landscape.Some homeowners go for exotic trees that stand out because they want theirhomes to have a more interesting appearance. Recent studies have shown thatcommunities with more trees have…
How to Combat Your Trees Against Pests The best way of defending your trees from insects is to spray the proper insecticides.Removing pests from a tree should be an objective of every property owner.Insects are the number one reason for the spread of disease. Furthermore,disease is the number one cause of removal for all…
Protecting Your Trees from Disease In order to protect the trees on your property from disease you will have to bewilling to cut your losses as they appear. A tree that is sick will not alwaysshow symptoms on the outside. This is where the true difficulty of caring forsick trees presents itself. By the…
Properly Planting Trees On a Residential Property According to research the typical lifespan of a tree planted by homeowners is only 8years. This is most often due to the faulty planting methods, and poorplacement of the trees in question. It’s important for homeowners to contact atrusted tree service before planting trees at home for…
Equipment Every Tree Company Utilizes The most common method used by tree services to cut down a tree is a chainsaw. Insome cases it is possible that an axe will get the job done. There are two basic types of chainsaws that are used. Gas and electric powered chainsaws are the gold standard for…
Never Remove a Tree Without a Professional Company Tree removal is nothing to sneeze at. A skilled tree service will know exactly whatto look out for when handling your trees. Perhaps the trunk of your tree hassuffered damage in a recent storm, or maybe a disease has been under thesurface of your tree for…
Protecting Your Home from Tree Liabilities The liabilities facing property owners today are no joke. It goes without sayingthat even a strong tree poses a serious threat. On the most basic level treescan damage your home, property, and hurt loved ones if they aren’t taken careof. This is mostly because tree limbs and branches…
Winterizing Your Garden Despite the traditional concerns associated with winter, the season is not all bad for plantlife. Snow actually insulates plants, and trees much in the way that mulchdoes. It keeps the soil in place and prevents runoff as well. It’s mostly thetop most part of trees that are in danger. The weight…
The Largest Trees In the World The largest known tree on earth is General Sherman which is a giantsequoia. This behemoth is located in Giant Forest a section of SequoiaNational Park in California. It is estimated at around 2500 years old. The treeis named after General Sherman of the American Civil War. It was…
The History of Trees The history of trees begins as far back as ancient times. Nearly every ancientcivilization has a legend, myth, or tale of a grand tree. One such examplewould Yggdrasil or the tree of life. This is because trees were revered backthen as being eternal symbols of life, health, and prosperity. Historianssuspect…