When I was originally drafting this blog, I was going to put a lot of emotion into it. I wanted to show my readers that climbing spikes are harmful to trees, and that no tree guy should use them when
Last October northern New Jersey was devastated by a freak snow storm. It dumped about a foot of snow on trees in full leaf. It was a recipe for disaster. Tree limbs broke and fell everywhere. In fact, it’s over
Happy fourth of July! Today we celebrate our independence, and it got me thinking about our nations history. One thing I don’t remember from history class is having a national tree. So I did some research and found that we
A lot has been going on in my life recently. The business is growing, I’m getting married, and I’ve started the stressful task of finding a house. Looking for a house changed my outlook on a lot of things. It
Day in and day out, I fight with other tree companies about what tree practices are right and wrong. Everyone seems to have their own opinion on how to do tree work correctly. I understand that my profession is very
Recently I was handed and article from none other than Readers Digest. Skeptical as I was, reading this article made me smile ear to ear. The title was 13 Things your Arborist won’t tell you. This article made some great
Hurricane Irene came and went, but it did leave a large impact on the tri-state area. Damage was caused by flooding waters and toppling trees. Trees uprooted and took down wires, fell on houses, and shut down roads. In my
If you turn on any news channel you’ll see the updates on the upcoming hurricane. Hurricane Irene is heading this way and is bound to cause severe damage. That damage will be done to houses, cars, buildings and trees. Trees
It’s been awhile since I’ve written anything in this blog. Summer is my busy season and it keeps me away from my computer for most of the day. Usually I write about industry standards, or unique trees. Today I’m going
Last week happened to be one of the busiest weeks of my life. I ran around giving estimates, checking on job sites, and buying material for planting projects. On my errands I did notice a ubiquitous site. Tree after tree