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“We appreciate the time and attention that your Arbor Patrol team takes to maintain the overall health and appearance of the trees, bushes and general grounds. As they say, you can only have one first impression and the impression the grounds make on both residents and visitors alike is always positive thanks to your caring maintenance. Just as the trees continue to grow and blossom under your care, we hope our relationship with SavATree does the same.”
William Toedter
Southampton, NY
“After four different unsatisfactory visits with so-called arborists, I found SavaTree... I was most impressed with the professionalism of David [my arborists] and his colleagues. They were most knowledgeable, fair with their assessment about what needed to be done, yet very attuned with what my concerns. I highly recommend them without any hesitation. In a field where there is an abundance of folks looking to take advantage of consumers, SavaTree, David and crew strike me as incredibly honest and proud arborists who do a fantastic job.”
Debbie Durkin
Silver Spring, MD
“I am a new and highly satisfied customer of SavATree. For 50 years I have lived in the same house in the Greenhaven area, and in that time I have never had a tree company that gave me such fine service.”
Joan Kleinbard
Rye, NY
“It is always a pleasure working with SavATree as your company provides the best plant, tree and lawn health care that we have experienced at the Ives. Always professional, courteous and responsive to our needs, SavATree’s services have provided our employees and patrons with pleasant outdoor experiences in an insect free environment for several years.”
Kathleen G. Gallagher
Executive Director
The Charles Ives Center for the Arts
Danbury, CT
“For over 14 years, I have entrusted the care of my trees, plants and orchard to SavATree. Their highly qualified arborists have exacting standards and understand how to maintain the health and form of the various species of trees on my property. I admire the artistic skill that goes into the pruning and love the colorful blossoms, fruits and foliage that flourish as a result of their impeccable care.”
Martha Stewart
Katonah, NY
"Efficient, high quality, professional competence — all at a competitive sum. At first [Alison] Pottage won me over by her solid knowledge as an arborist, then the crew did their job to her specifications on our 60 to 70 foot oaks within a remarkable period of time -- and left the grounds quite clean.”
Bob Busser
Philadelphia, PA
Click here to read all testimonials“You take on a job, call it a problem, gigantic or small, and you go to it. True Professionals. I am at peace for having found SavATree. Sometimes bills are paid grudgingly. I pay with respect to a company whose pride lives up to its logo. It’s love of what you do and I thank you.”
Sam Fink
Great Neck, NY
Pumpkin Seeds: The Power of Pumpkins
This autumn, take a look around you and you'll see pumpkins everywhere in fields, on farm stands and in store window displays, heralding the start of fall and its holidays. Pumpkin plant shells make decorative lanterns at Halloween time, and their pulp becomes the traditional Thanksgiving pie.
The Field Pumpkin plant is a member of the gourd family that includes such squashes as crookneck, straightneck, zucchini, acorn and marrow. The species name (Cucurbita pepo L.) for the pumpkin comes from the Greek word pepon, meaning "sun ripened."
When the first explorers arrived in America, they noticed the pumpkin plant in the cultivated maize fields of the Indians. The natives, they discovered, utilized the plant for medicine as well as food. Members of the Yuba tribe used an emulsion made from a mixture of pumpkin seeds and watermelon seeds to heal wounds. The Catawba tribe ate fresh or dried pumpkin seeds as a kidney medicine, while the Menomonee drank a mixture of water, powdered squash and pumpkin seeds to ease the passage of urine. In settler folk medicine, the ground stems of pumpkin plants were brewed into a tea to treat "female ills," and the ripe pumpkin seeds were made into a palatable preparation to dispel worms. Modern folk healers still advocate pumpkin seeds as a means of ridding the body of intestinal worms and use pumpkin seed oil as a treatment for burns and wounds.
Today, aside from its ornamental uses, pumpkin is also a main ingredient in many nutritious, delicious foods such as pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup and even pumpkin seeds. Try our fool-proof recipe:
Crunchy Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
1. Wash the stringy matter off of the seeds under cold water
2. Blot the pumpkin seeds dry between paper towels
3. Spread the seeds out on a cookie sheet in a single layer, not touching each other
4. Sprinkle the seeds with salt and put them in an oven preheated to 350 degrees
5. Roast the pumpkin seeds for 30 minutes to an hour, checking them often
6. They are done when dry and light brown
7. Let cool and serve
*Note: Cooking time will depend on the size and wetness of the seeds
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