Growing and keeping a healthy lawn in the Front Range Urban Corridor can be tricky, especially for people relocating to Colorado’s arid climate. Colorado lawns require special care to ensure healthy growth. Local conditions present many challenges to establishing and maintaining a healthy green lawn. A serious problem is constant water restrictions. In many areas, it…
This is one of the hazards of doing tree work, although the nest would be hard to identify in the summer, this on is clearly evident of a beautiful fall day in New England. I’m thankful that we are not pruning this tree. They would get upset once the temperature warms up from this current…
We’re proud of the role our company and our profession play in environmental stewardship. We help our clients – residential, municipal, and institutional – nurture and enjoy their landscapes, and in so doing, teach and support best practices for sustainability and resource conservation that benefits all of us. We love what we do and feel lucky…
Many of us in Minnesota woke up to an October snowstorm! Although we are hardy when it comes to snow and cold, this is a bit too early in my opinion. However, the kids seemed to love it at the bus stop this morning. They had a good ol’ fashioned snowball fight…boys against girls of…
For those of us who spend lots of time outdoors throughout the fall and winter, we understand the importance of using good protective skin creams to “lock in moisture” during the cold months. And what’s good for us is good for our greenery – especially the evergreens, whose leaves are exposed to the elements all…
Happy Halloween Friends of the trees… I’m using this wonderful holiday and my good friend Phil here to illustrate a point about your trees. Your tree performs for your all-season growing, flowering,changing colors and providing shade… and at the end of the day don’t repay them by sending them to bed hungry. Remember fertilizing your…
Today while out on one of our client’s properties in Saint Paul, we performed reduction pruning on a large Autumn Blaze Maple. The tree was suffering from broken limbs due to excessive weight on branch tips. We utilized one of our bucket trucks in order to use the preferred method of pruning to reach small…
Misha, the arborcultural detective dog, geared up before her most recent sensory test on identifying wood boring insects. Thanks to the National Park service and SavATree’s and Misha’s favorite client Mrs.Parsons for allowing us to train on park land in Cabin John, MD, along Clara Barton Greenway. The day went great, and we hit on…
As we plan for Labor Day weekend, and do our back-to-school shopping, our thoughts are naturally turning to the approaching cool weather months. And for those of us involved in landscape health, our thoughts are turning to… deer. As temperatures drop, and accessible food sources in forested areas become scarce, those graceful animals will increasingly…
Northeast / Mid-Atlantic / Midwest September • Slice seed, aerate and overseed bare spots in the lawn • Plant new evergreen trees and shrubs • Fertilize the lawn • Treat trees and shrubs for late season insect and mite pests • Arrange a storm damage prevention audit • Continue to water trees and shrubs suffering from summer…
