2015

  • 5 Tips To Get Your Landscaping Back In Shape After A Heavy Storm

    After a heavy storm with rain and high winds, it's important that you assess your landscaping and determine how severe any damage is. Even if the impact of the storm seems minimal, you may find that some trees and other plants have been damaged upon a closer look. In order to get your landscaped yard back in great shape, consider the following five tips. 1. Tackle Cleanup As Soon As Possible
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  • Recovering An Extremely Damaged Tree

    Whether there's been an earthquake, fire, flood or another natural disaster, one consequence is often damage to your trees. It can be difficult to figure out what to do in this situation -- do you just cut down the tree? Do you leave it alone to grow? It's usually best to try to recover the tree if you can rather than simply letting nature take its course. A dead tree can be incredibly dangerous, and trees can often bounce back from serious damage.
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  • Cut Out Canker Disease With Proper Pruning

    Canker disease can cause tree decline, but in most cases it begins as localized areas of disease affecting single tree branches. The fungi that cause canker disease may be due to environmental stresses or a pathogen, depending on the host. You can keep a watchful eye for canker disease in your trees and prune out affected branches before more serious tree health problems set in. Canker diseases affecting the main trunk are difficult to manage, but disease affecting limbs are easy to cut off.
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  • Do You Have Or Want A Bristlecone Pine? Take These Steps To Plant It And Keep It Healthy

    Trees grow to be very old, but unlike people they can continue growing and being healthy for many years. The Bristlecone pine is the oldest known tree in North America at 5,062 years old in 2012, and currently still growing in California. If you have this kind of tree, it too can grow to be this old if it is cared for properly. If you do not have one, you can plant one in your yard:
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  • Three Damages The Winter Weather Could Have Done To Your Trees

    Most homeowners will hire a tree service when they notice a problem or they need the trees trimmed. If this is the only time you call a tree service, you should consider having routine checks done after extreme weather conditions such as long winters. During this type of weather, your trees can sustain several types of damage that may effect the growth of the tree or how it blossoms during the year.
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  • Four Tips to Help You Fill the Void in Landscaping after Tree Removal

    When a tree has reached the end of its life, sometimes the best thing you can do is have it removed. The problem with this is that it can eventually leave a void.  There are many options to replace the old tree, which you may want to replant a new tree, change the landscaping design or build something in the place of the old tree. Here are some tips to help you fill the void after you have had a tree removed:
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  • The Art Of Felling

    There are many variables that come into play when removing trees - it is not an exact science. A tree service, such as Kansas City Tree Care, LLC, that understands that these variables must be carefully balanced will know the art of felling. The Variables The prime variables are the attributes of the tree to be felled. The tree service of your choosing will come out and assess the tree to be removed prior to starting work.
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  • 3 Risks Professional Tree Removal Companies Help You Avoid

    Trees can be a wonderful addition to any property. They provide shade, oxygen, and beauty. Unfortunately, they can also wreak havoc when they have branches or roots that grow too close to important structures. Before removing any tree from your property, you may want to consult a professional tree removal service about the following three risks: Removing Tree Stumps Could Damage Underground Power Sources and Structures One of the biggest risks of removing a large tree, particularly removing the stump, is digging around the roots and potentially damaging power or gas equipment.
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  • Moving A Tree To A New Location

    If you are going to move to a new home, and you have a favorite fruit tree that you wish to bring along with you, there are a few steps to take in removing it from the ground and transporting it safely. Hiring a tree service is recommended for larger tree transplants; however, if the tree is relatively small it can be taken out and moved on your own. Here are some instructions for you to use when moving a small fruit tree to a new place.
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