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Ways You are Loving Your Trees to Death – Pruning

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It’s hard to imagine that as society becomes more aware and proactive about saving our environment, we could be damaging the trees that we are working so hard to save. With the influx of information that we have it can be difficult to determine where we can help. One of the easiest ways to get involved is to properly maintain what you already have. In this series, we are going to cover several areas where people think that they are improving/helping their trees but may be doing more harm than good. These areas are mulching, watering, tree supports, and pruning. We will have an in depth look at these common practices and discover whether they are beneficial and what we should be doing. Pruning – Are You Planning to Fail? Tree pruning and trimming is often overlooked until it is too late. Trees in an urban environment need to be continuously monitored and pruned to allow for proper tree growth and to ensure that they are suitable for their surroundings. There are many reasons ...

Show your trees some love – 3 ways to maintain them

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The amazing varying shade of colour the way in which they purify our air, the homes they provide for our wildlife, and not forgetting the natural shields they form for our houses to keep out unwanted interest. As an arborist (tree surgeon) I am regularly asked to remove a particular tree which is causing a problem. Many don’t necessarily want to ‘remove the tree’ but feel they don’t have much choice. For instance, it may be blocking sun light, growing too close to the bedrooms windows or simply causing a headache (or more likely backache) from picking up the mess it leaves (see what I did there). I try to explain there are ways in which we can manage out trees and perform maintenance on them to reduce all of the problems associated with having a tree in your garden or grounds. On carrying out the maintenance work we find people are left feeling happy that the tree is still a feature of their garden but at the same time they have overcome a problem it has been creating. The...