-Have hazard trees removed.
-Remove branches hanging low over your roof.
-Clean up any visible dead wood in the trees.
-If large shade trees making your yard feel small or dark arborists can trim them in a way that is both healthy for the tree, and will improve your yard’s feel.
Just like cleaning and staging your house before showing, getting your trees taken care of can really improve the “curb appeal” for potential buyers.
The more you know about how your tree lives and grows, the better you’ll be able to take care of it. Pruning is something we do to trees for many different reasons. Though there is a lot more to the subject, here are a few tips to cover 3 common mistakes I run across the…
So, wondering when to prune your tree? Here are short and mid length answers… Short answer is prune in Late Winter before buds open. Okay, but sometimes winter sucks! Are there exceptions? -After late winter, the most commonly excepted time to prune is in early to mid summer -Some species can be pruned any time,…
Be careful about having anything wrapped around your tree’s trunk. The sap is the life blood of a tree, and the portion of it that has been enriched with plant food by photosynthesis travels from the leaves to the roots in a layer just under the bark called the phloem. This layer, if compressed, is…
Why do tree work in the winter? Although it can be hard working outside in our Canadian Winters, there are some good reasons to do tree work this time of year. Basically things are frozen! The hard ground protects roots from compression from heavy equipment, and the frozen bark isn’t damaged very easily as we…
I’m sure we all agree that watering is important for newly planted trees. Where the trouble starts in in the “how”. Some ways are better than others. You can use a garden trowel to dig down and see what the soil moisture is actually like a few inches down where it really matters. Though every…
It is normal for most trees to have a few dead branches (deadwood) over the years. These are reasons that a tree that is otherwise healthy can have a few dead branches. We like to clear deadwood out of trees for a few reasons. If your tree has an excessive amount of dead branches there…