Tree Service, Tree Care & Tree Removal Blog

Here's how to stretch your home improvement dollars to upgrade your outdoor space!Source: 5 Tips for Maximizing Your Landscaping Budget to Create the Yard of Your Dreams | Better Homes & Gardens

Simple processes can make wood tough, impact-resistant—or even transparent.Source: Stronger Than Steel, Able to Stop a Speeding Bullet—It’s Super Wood! | Scientific American

On 144 acres of Northern Minnesota wilderness, travelers can glimpse a rare old-growth forest.Source: This 1882 surveying error saved a patch of forest from logging

“Can’t say enough good things about Bogan tree service. The crew arrived early, discussed approach and helped move a neighbors car that was in the way. On top of that they were very nice to my wife and kids and did a great job cleaning up . 5 out of 5” – Wes, via...

Accepting a little imperfection is a big step toward achieving a greener lawn.Source: Common Lawn Problems | Better Homes & Gardens

Aside from trying to thicken-up a lawn, are there other reasons for doing a Spring overseeding? One big reason is to adjust the cultivar, or add multiple species to an old lawn.Source: Spring Turfgrass Seeding & Fertilization | Turf Magazine

Get tips for starting a backyard orchard and caring for apple trees from the Orchard Manager at Arbor Day Farm.Source: Backyard Orchard: Tips for starting an apple orchard - Arbor Day Blog

Do you really have to go from shoveling snow to mowing and trimming without even a little break? Not if you participate in "No Mow May." This new movement began in the United Kingdom and has been quickly catching on around the United States. No Mow May isn't about...

“Bogan Tree has the most amazing crew members. They are extremely professional, great synchronized team work. Following all safety requirements. My tree was so close to power lines, absolutely no problem at all! They cleaned up beautifully. Hard working team. Thank...

The Arbor Day Foundation came up with a list of 150 ways you can celebrate trees on the last Friday in April.Source: 150 Ways To Celebrate Trees on Arbor Day - Arbor Day Blog

Looking for some fast shade in your yard? Learn about 12 fast-growing shade trees that could be the right addition to your landscape.Source: 12 Fast-Growing Shade Trees for 2022 - Arbor Day Blog

A 19th-century precursor to today's environmental movement thrived, then fizzled out. Today's activists should take note.Source: A century before the first Earth Day, there was the Forest Festival in the Middlesex Fells - The Boston Globe

There's much more to growing a healthy forest than just putting seedlings in the ground. Reforestation, forest restoration and natural regeneration are related but separate ways to regrow a forest.Source: What is reforestation and forest restoration? - American Forests

Trees may be our salvation. Healthy forests make healthy ecosystems. More trees mean more carbon capture and lead to better mental health. In “Becoming Trees” at Concord Center for the Visual Arts, guest curator Fritz Horstman and 15 artists explore what trees mean to...

A new study involving more than 100 scientists from across the globe and the largest forest database yet assembled estimates that there are about 73,000 tree species on Earth, including about 9,200 species yet to be discovered.Source: Number of Earth's tree species...

When the Bootleg fire tore through a nature reserve in Oregon this summer, the destruction varied in different areas. Researchers say forest management methods, including controlled burns, were a big factor.Source: This Vast Wildfire Lab Is Helping Foresters Prepare...

The Bradford pear, hugely popular when suburbs were developed, contributed to an invasion of trees conquering nearly anywhere it lands. South Carolina is stepping up its fight against it.Source: Why the Bradford Pear Tree Is Plaguing the South - The New York Times

Trees communicate with each other, store memories and respond to attacks. They have a profoundly positive effect on our emotions … but can we know how they feel about us?Source: Branching out: is communication possible between trees and people? | Science and nature...

Avoid an overgrown mess with these tips!Source: How to Prune Common Evergreen Trees and Shrubs | Better Homes & Gardens

Spring is the season during which the natural world revives and reinvigorates after the colder winter months. During spring, dormant plants begin to grow again, new seedlings sprout out of the ground and hibernating animals awake. Source: Spring: The season of new...

Jumping into this trend isn't has hard as you might think.Source: Growing Bonsai Trees for Beginners | Better Homes & Gardens

Not all National Forests turn into a white “winter wonderland” during the colder months. In fact, many National Forests are the perfect getaway to escape frigid temperatures if a snowy adventure isn’t your favorite.Source: Escape Winter and Head to these Warmer...

Part of a blog series taken from "America's Great National Forests, Wildernesses & Grasslands", Char Miller looks at New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest.Source: Grassroots Movement Grows a Forest - National Forest Foundation

Sometimes reaching a height of more than 100 feet tall with trunk diameters often well over 10 feet, the American chestnut was the giant of the eastern U.S. forests. There were once billions of them and their range stretched from Georgia and Alabama to Michigan, but...

As a boy, I was too terrified to tackle the beautiful horse chestnut near my home. But I’ve changed a lot in four decadesSource: You’re never too old to climb a tree – and I should know | Adrian Chiles | The Guardian

Ecologists thought these trees had long been torn down in New England. Then Bob Leverett proved them wrong.Source: Old, Primeval Forests May Be a Powerful Tool to Fight Climate Change | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Watching your trees endure the cold winter can be grueling, especially if it is their first. In our attempts to save our trees we often do more harm than good. Here are a three tips in keeping your trees healthy this winter. Source: 3 Winter Precautions to Keep You...

A recent study from Rice University, the Houston Health Department’s environmental division and Houston Wilderness discovered the numerous benefits of planting “super trees” – native trees that benefit the environment in a particular area the most – and now,...

They may be vine-smothered ruins today, but the lost cities of the ancient tropics still have a lot to teach us about how to live alongside natureSource: The real urban jungle: how ancient societies reimagined what cities could be – podcast | News | The Guardian

The largest rainforests host a variety of unique plants and animals.Source: What are the largest rainforests in the world? | Live Science

Tropical forests can bounce back with surprising rapidity, a new study published today suggests.Source: Tropical forests can partially regenerate in just 20 years without human interference | Conservation | The Guardian Photograph: Morley Read/Alamy