Habitat Management and Cultural Practices: Smart Tips to Decrease the Risk of Lyme and Other Tick-borne Diseases on Your Property Ticks love damp, dark environments, so if your property has moist or wooded areas, it likely has a tick population. Ticks also love to latch on to two common animals: deer and white-footed mice. If…
Landscape Care Calendar March Implement your lawn care and plant health care programs Prune ornamental and fruit trees before new growth Cut back ornamental grasses so new shoots can emerge Prune rose bushes Consider early spring goose repellent treatments or ash tree protection from emerald ash borer April Evaluate ornamental trees and shrubs for winter…
DIY Shrub Pruning: Think you can master shear perfection? You’ve got the tools, the time and you enjoy being outdoors. You’ve always thought of yourself as a DIY’er so why not try your hand at shrub pruning? Before you get scissor-happy, think about the shrubs’ purpose in your landscape and make a plan. You’re going…
Bracing for Summer Storms Summer weather brings sunshine and warm days! Then there’s the less favorable conditions such as high winds and lightning. Your landscape needs to brace itself (quite literally) for the impacts from summer storms. Root damage, limb breakage, uprooting, and splitting are all common side effects from violent storms. Tree cabling and…
How to spot the difference between damaged and dormant grass As the seasons change, the effects will be prevalent in your lawn’s overall health and aesthetic. How can you be sure your lawn is just latent instead of lifeless? Take a closer look to spot the difference. DAMAGED TRAITS: Pulling on damaged grass…
Tips From The Top by Carmine Schiavone, CEO SavATree has three core values that it works daily to deliver – the first is ensuring all team members are completely engaged, increasing their technical knowledge and creating an incredibly positive workplace to call home. The second core value is perfecting the customer experience and making…
Tree Houses – Not Just For Kids Anymore Treehouses are experiencing a renaissance of late. While once thought to be nothing more than a fun hide-out for kids and their creative imaginations, adults now recognize treehouses as a place of tranquility – to be one with nature while suspended safely in the unique canopies of…
Meet Kay Sicheneder Consulting Arborist at SavATree Kay began her career in plant health care. For over twenty years, and at two tree services she gained a holistic approach to diagnosis and management of tree and shrub disorders, focusing on prevention of problems as well as their treatment. She also developed skills and knowledge needed…
During the winter months, when your landscape lays dormant from the vitality of the growing season, it’s easy to forget that your lawn is still susceptible to insects and diseases. Your lawn experiences two common problems during the winter months – lawn mites and snow mold. Lawn Mites Mite damage typically occurs during an abnormally…
Schedule Complimentary Consultation Katie Harper, ISA Certified Arborist Territory and Services: Katie operates out of SavATree’s Tampa branch and provides tree care services to Fishhawk, Fawn Ridge, Oakford Park, Ballast Point, Arbor Greene, Cheval and Steward Manor, FL. Some popular services that she offers to her clients in the Tampa Area include tree removal, tree…
