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Stop Topping Trees – Tree Topping vs Crown Reduction

Customers often ask, what are safer trimming methods that can be used? In the following paragraphs, we will explain the differences between tree topping and crown reduction as well as their benefits and negative impacts they have. What is tree topping? Tree topping is the practice of cutting off the top of a tree’s trunk…

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Why You Shouldn’t Remove Live Tree Limbs

We often advise against removing live tree limbs; you may be wondering why. 

While removing dead and diseased tree limbs can keep your trees and property safe and healthy, it’s important to avoid removing limbs that are still healthy and living.

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When To Remove Live Tree Limbs

Wondering when to remove live tree limbs? Our certified arborists explain the basics to making this decision – which can have a significant impact on the longevity of your tree.

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Four Reasons to Have Your Trees Trimmed Every Winter

While you might hate doing any type of yard work during winter, your trees will love you for doing so at this critical time that could hinder their development. Trees go dormant and lose much of their foliage, making them prime candidates for pruning. Plus, pests are kept at bay, allowing you more leeway to…

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Five Tips for Hiring the Perfect Tree Service

People often turn to tree services once a tree looks like it needs to be removed, trimmed properly, or sick due to a disease. When you realize how rigorous a job tree removal or pruning is, in addition to the heavy machinery and heights involved, hiring a tree service becomes essential. When engaging Jackson Tree…

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Benefits of Tree Pruning to Raise Tree Canopy

While you may enjoy the lush canopy of your tree, along with the shade and other environmental benefits that those branches provide, there are circumstances in which they need to be removed. While full branches are a welcome respite in parks and pastoral areas, urban settings can be problematic. In urban neighborhoods, tree branches may…

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Tree Trimming Dos and Don’ts

Tree trimming is an important responsibility when you’re a property owner, but good and bad pruning practices don’t come naturally to most people. In fact, trimming a tree is just as much science as it is art, and it takes professional arborists years to learn all the dos and don’ts of tree trimming. To help…