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How to ID Common Backyard Trees
You may find that you can stand in your backyard and easily identify the trees in your landscape. Alternatively, you may suffer from something botanists refer to as tree blindness – the lack of recognition and inability to identify the trees that occupy the space in...
What is the Wood Wide Web? • BBC Radio 4
How trees secretly talk to each other. ? Source: BBC Radio 4
Handle with Care: Tips for Trees Before Planting • Arbor Day Blog
You’ve done your homework. You found the right tree for the right place. Your planting site is ready, and you have all the tools you need. Now what? Planting a tree should be easy (and fun). Even though trees are hardy creatures, they still require care when taking...
8 Shade Trees To Help Cool Off In Summer – Turf
August heat can still be grueling even though the summer season is coming to an end. Now is the time to bring some shade to your backyard retreat that will benefit you now and for next season, too.Source: 8 Shade Trees To Help Cool Off In Summer - Turf
Scientists Map Old-Growth Redwoods’ Genome to Preserve Future Forests
Only a few old-growth redwoods remain. Now, researchers and conservationists from Save the Redwoods League are trying to bring these majestic trees back by studying their DNA.Source: Scientists Map Old-Growth Redwoods' Genome to Preserve Future Forests
How to Weed Your Garden | Better Homes & Gardens
Don't let weeds become the enemy of your garden.Source: How to Weed Your Garden | Better Homes & Gardens
Extreme tree pruning before the age of lift trucks. • The Unknown; But Not Hidden
Source: The Unknown; But Not Hidden
Ashes of an industry: A Pennsylvania tradition is dying, one baseball bat at a time – Philly
As ash bats fall out of favor - a trend that coincides with the ash trees' demise in places like northwestern Pennsylvania - the mills that long supplied them could disappear.Source: Ashes of an industry: A Pennsylvania tradition is dying, one baseball bat at a time -...
12 Fast-Growing Shade Trees • Arbor Day Blog
1. Quaking Aspen If there were a Guinness Book of World Records for trees, the quaking aspen would be in it – several times. […]Source: 12 Fast-Growing Shade Trees • Arbor Day Blog
Great work and Yard is Spotless…
Have used Bogan on a few occasions and the never disappoint…all workers great and professional…great work and yard is spotless… –Kieran M.
Ask an Arborist: Why do we Mulch? • Arbor Day Blog
Ask an Arborist is a video series that gives viewers insider knowledge on all things trees. This month’s question: Why do we Mulch?Source: Ask an Arborist: Why do we Mulch? • Arbor Day Blog
Want to help bees? Take a break from lawn mowing | US Forest Service
A study published this past March found that cutting the grass every two weeks resulted in significantly higher bee abundance. Source: Want to help bees? Take a break from lawn mowing | US Forest Service
7 reasons mosquitoes bite some people more than others | TreeHugger
Are you a magnet for mosquitoes? Understanding what lures the insidious insects can be useful in avoiding them.Source: 7 reasons mosquitoes bite some people more than others | TreeHugger
Saying Goodbye: When it’s Time to Remove Your Tree • Arbor Day Blog
Trees bring so much benefit and beauty to the landscape, it can be hard to part with them. But, while a tree may seem healthy to the untrained eye, it could be a disaster waiting to happen. Tree removal is usually a last resort, when no other safe management option,...
Do ticks live in trees?
Have you heard that ticks can fall from trees onto unsuspecting people and pets? This is a common misconception – ticks do not live in trees. However, here is some information about where ticks do live, and how you can reduce their presence on your property.Source: Do...
Europe’s Oldest Known Tree Discovered in Italy | Smart News | Smithsonian
On a cliff in Italy’s Pollino National Park stands a sparse pine tree with a dead crown and a decaying trunk. The tree has seen better days, but we can forgive its rough appearance; as Elizabeth Preston reports for Discovery, this craggy conifer was recently...
What Today’s Forests Mean To Homeowners – Tree Services
Many landowners with acreage are now showing more interest in the general health of their trees.Source: What Today's Forests Mean To Homeowners - Tree Services
Drip Drop, How do Trees Make Flooding Stop? • Arbor Day Blog
Natural disasters often strike without warning and wreak havoc wherever they land. A city can never be fully prepared for natural devastation, but there are measures they can put in place that will help reduce the impact. One of the easiest and cheapest tools a city...
Help Your Trees Resist Pests – Try IPM
On your property, insects and microorganisms abound. If this is news to you, don’t go running for the sprays and bug bombs. This is a natural and beneficial state. Insects and microorganisms are key components in plant-nutrient recycling and decomposition, natural...
Guide To Protecting Tree Roots – Tree Services
AAs humans, we protect that which is valuable. Trees have to be near the top of the list — or, at least, some trees. Source: Guide To Protecting Tree Roots - Tree Services
