If you’ve ever read the book ‘The Giving Tree’ by Shel Silverstein, you realize how much our trees have to give. But it’s our responsibility to take care of them so they don’t have to give all they have, only to disappear.
Pruning and Shaping
When done properly, pruning can improve a tree’s healthy appearance, as well as increase the life expectancy of the tree. Proper pruning opens the canopy of the tree to permit air movement and sunlight penetration. It’s important to prune in accordance with accepted tree care standards to ensure that your tree receives the maximum benefit from pruning without being subject to damage.
Cabling and Bracing
This procedure involves the installation of threaded steel rod braces and/or high strength cables to preserve the integrity and natural structure of the tree.
Lightning Protection
This procedure protects your highly valued trees from Mother Nature. Hardware is installed on the tree’s parent limbs which grounds electricity into ground rods instead of bringing disaster to your tree, or possibly your home.
Fertilization
In a forest, decayed leaves and dead plants provide mineral elements and nutrients which trees require to grow. In urban and suburban landscapes, these natural nutrient sources are often raked up or removed. Fertilizing replenishes these deficiencies and helps maintain trees and shrubs in a vigorous condition. Trees and shrubs in good condition are less susceptible to attack by insects and disease, and are able to tolerate other environmental stresses.
Tree Removal
Although tree removal is a last resort, there are circumstances when it is necessary. However, tree removal can be dangerous, not just in the use of high-strength equipment, but also to the surrounding area, structures and fellow trees. This is a good time to seek the advice of expert tree care specialists to figure out the logistics.
Stump Removal
Mechanical stump grinding is the most efficient way to remove a stump/roots, because you can replant almost immediately.
Firewood
When a tree has given all it has to give, as in ‘The Giving Tree’, the firewood and mulch can be useful all year long.