Preparing for Winter: A Fall Landscape Checklist
October is the perfect month to check off last-minute landscaping items from your to-do list. Just because the weather is cooling down doesn’t mean it’s time to give up on your garden or landscape! There are plenty of essential tasks required to ensure trees and shrubs are prepared to weather the winter months ahead. Combined […]
Prepare Your Trees Before The Freeze
The changing of seasons has a powerful way of triggering certain emotions and actions within people. Summer nears and we all tend to let loose a little bit; introducing more fun to our schedules with beach days and BBQs. Just the opposite tends to happen as the leaves start to change color and the majority […]
Most Popular Trees for Fall Color 🍁
As the weather cools down and the days get shorter, nature puts on a beautiful show. Trees burst into vibrant reds, oranges, golds, and purples—making fall one of the most colorful times of the year. If you’re looking to bring more fall color to your yard, choosing the right trees is key. In this post, we’ll cover some of the most popular […]
Plan Before You Plant
Start With A Plant Site Analysis Picking the right tree, or the right spot for your tree requires a great deal of thought and research. Many homeowners don’t realize all the factors that can contribute to a tree’s success or failure. When you enlist our certified arborists to conduct a plant site analysis, we carefully […]
Oak Wilt: What You Should Know
First off, why should you care about Oak Wilt? It’s a rapidly occurring, life threatening disease that has been identified in areas as local as Brooklyn and Long Island. Which Oaks does Oak Wilt effect? Examples of trees effected in the red oak group include those with pointed leaves: scarlet oaks, pin oaks, black oaks […]
Mushrooms Growing On My Trees, What Does It Mean?
Often times, after heavy periods of rain, some trees may sprout mushrooms at the base of the trunk. They grow fast, and are a very important sign that something could be wrong with your tree. Mushrooms are known as fruiting bodies; meaning they are a specimen that produces spore of a fungus. There are many […]
MOSQUITOS! – What to watch our for in the New York Area
Summer is approaching quickly, and in New York, that means that mosquito populations will be more active as the weather gets warmer. These annoying, buzzing insects can make it difficult to enjoy the outdoors or even commute comfortably from one place to another. On top of being loud, bothersome pests, mosquitos can expose both humans and […]
Get Rid of Ticks in Your Yard – Updated2022 Guide
Spring is here. Homeowners have plenty of opportunities to spend time outdoors, in their yards. Unfortunately, along with warm weather comes a severe boom in tick populations in pretty much all parts of the country. If your property is home to tall grass and wooded areas, you might need professional tick control services this summer. Ticks are tiny. They go unseen […]
Five Freaky Facts About Ticks
Ticks are very common in many parts of the United States. It’s not very pleasant to find one crawling on you, and even less pleasant to find one making a meal out of you! While ticks can be harmful to their hosts, and they can be quite creepy pests, they can also be very interesting. […]
Why Are My Boxwoods Turning Brown?
Why are my Boxwood’s Leaves Turning Brown?I have not done anything different to my front boxwood hedges, but this year they are not fully green and healthy looking. I tried fertilizer but that did not help, what is the problem? There are several different problems that could be affecting the health of your Boxwoods. For a true […]