Tree Care Advice From an Arborist

Most deciduous trees in this Valley should be pruned between January and March, and oaks especially. Here is the species by species timing, what the four techniques actually mean, the one month you should never make a fresh cut, and why we discount winter work.

A tree needs to come down when it has become a hazard or is too far gone to save. That is a shorter list than most homeowners expect. Here are the five signs, what actually makes a tree dangerous, and why size has almost nothing to do with it.

Three kinds of property, three different problems. What HOA boards, commercial property managers, and rural landowners actually need from a tree service, including the wind risk in new developments that almost nobody sees coming.

Most tree removals here run $1,500 to $4,500. Here is what actually drives that number, why we price by methodology instead of tree size, and what stump grinding, crane work, and emergency calls really cost.

The Valley grows tough trees in soil that has no business growing them. Here is what thrives here, what is dying right now, where to plant so you do not regret it in thirty years, and the one native tree almost nobody plants.

Most homeowners call about a tree the week it finally looks bad. By then it has been in trouble for a year. Here are the signs of a dying tree in the order they appear, how to tell dead from dormant, and what can still be reversed.