Thursday, December 19, 2013

ROTTEN SPOTS IN TREES

Lots of parts of trees can start to rot. The most common part of a tree to start rotting is the crotch. Once the crotch starts to rot then the branch is now weakened. Half the tree will fall over since the fibers are weakened and cant hold up the big branches.

The middle of the tree will start rotting too, the tree basically rots from the inside out. This Kills the trees very quickly and its very dangerous since the outer 2 inches of the tree is all you need to have the top part of the tree live. The base of the tree will eventually get so thin that it will fall over and crush everything.

the final common way that trees rot in when squirrels and other little critters invade, Squirrels will find a rotten hole and live in it and scratch around and make it alot worse. If a raccoon gets into a hole of a tree its waste products will pile up so much in the rotten spot that it will rot the tree and kill it. even if a squirrel chews on a branch it will rot from the bark being ripped off of it. trees are good things but when they start to rot it messes alot of stuff up.
 

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

TUMP GRINDING

The art of stump grinding is a great thing. After you cut down a tree there is a stump that you have to grind and get rid of it. It cost money to get that done so dont think its free! Its a pretty fun time to grind stumps. After you grind stumps there is a lot of mulch and chips left. Its up to the homeowner to get rid of that unless they pay for it to get rid of.

Once you get the stump ground all you have to do is take all the mulch out of the hole. then you fill the hole up with dirt and put grass seed in and you call it done. its honestly an easy thing to do to get rid of a stump. its actually is pretty fun doing the work and getting the reward of doing work in your own yard.

there are so many different types of stump grinders out there in the world. the stump grinder has evolved so much over the past years and its amazing.


the tow behind stump grinder is the best route to go if your new into the tree company.

the self guided grinder is an even better way since it will go anywhere you want.

there are also grinders that go on the head of tractors and on excavators. they all in all do the same thing on no matter what you are trying to do.

types of trees

Oh man! There are so many different types of trees out there! But, not all trees can fit in certain places. Like you wouldn't want to plant a huge white oak tree right next to your driveway. The roots would go under the drive way and completely mess it up. To be on the safe side, never ever plant a tree next to a drive way or a house.

Also, planting any sort of tree next to a fence is a bad idea. If you do that the tree will end up grpwing into the fence and casuing alot of problems. pine trees seem to be the best thing to have as privacy if you dont want to put up a fence. these trees make it hard to see threw and it also looks pretty nice.

If you have a wet yard and you want to soak it up then you should pl;ant a willow tree or a cotton wood tree in the area. they suck up a lot of water as they grow so this will help dry the land up. these trees need a lot of room as well so dont put them near and pipe lines or near your house.

the best tree to plant in your yard would have to be a nice silver maple tree. they grow to be big and beautiful. you can manage them very easily and they will last forever if properly taken care off. the maple tree also is strong so it wont break and smash your house. the roots of this tree arent really invasive \.