Tag: Seasonal
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Hidden Tree Damage After a Storm: Long-Term Risks & Preventative Care
Not all damage caused to trees are visible. Like a bone fracture, it is hidden and extremely dangerous to the health and stability of the tree. In Flower Mound and the surrounding areas, our arborists are discovering hidden storm damage in trees. This includes root damage, internal cracks and compacted soil. Root Damage High winds,…
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How to Keep Your Trees Safe in a Storm
Are Your Trees Ready for Spring Storms? March through May can be a stormy time in North Texas. Thunderstorms, strong winds, hail and tornadoes. And while many of you know how damaging these weather events can be to roofs and, consequently, insurance premiums, have you considered the cost to other parts of your property, namely…
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Tree Care Fall Checklist
Promote Healthy Soil Activity Fertilize Fall fertilization is important to maintaining healthy trees. Tree Shepherds utilizes a specific formula for the fall, which promotes root growth. For more information on tree fertilization, please click here. Mulch Unprocessed mulch helps maintain moisture, add nutrients to the soil and maintain soil temperatures. It should be spread evenly…
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Why You Should Fertilize Your Trees
Healthy Soil Promotes Healthy Trees The Tree Shepherds fertilization program is built around the fact that healthy soil promotes the growth and maintenance of healthy trees. But what is healthy soil? For soil to be healthy it must be alive with microbial activity. In the forest, microbes in the soil break down organic matter and…
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Should You Water Your Trees in the Winter?
Trees in urban and suburban areas are susceptible to drought injury, even in the winter. To carry trees through the colder months and into the growing season, homeowners will need to water occasionally. This is especially critical for newly planted trees.
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Keep Your Christmas Tree Green Longer
Those Needles! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Neighborhoods are aglow with twinkling lights. Giant, inflatable Santas have been stationed in front yards. And of course, Christmas trees decked with lights and shiny ornaments have been put on display. Having a live Christmas tree can make the holidays extra special. But those needles!…
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The Best Way to Get Rid of Leaves
Bright Red, Orange and Yellow The turning of the leaves in the fall is not only a thing of beauty, it is also a matter of utility for the trees. Bright red, orange, and yellow—they all must fall for the tree to survive and thrive. Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a…
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Heavy Rainfalls Can Stress Trees
Basic Tree Care Tips for Above Normal Rainfalls When average rainfalls are up, tree owners need to be careful. Too much irrigation can stress trees. Follow these basic tree care tips to keep your trees healthy and thriving in any season. Know Your Trees While certain tree species handle excessive rainfalls better than others, some…
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Post Oaks and Hot Weather
In the summertime when the weather is hot… Mungo Jerry, “In the SummerTime” I was 16 when Mungo Jerry’s song, “In the Summertime” came out in 1970. What a great summer. I drove a combine that summer harvesting wheat from the Texas Panhandle to Nebraska and that song played on the AM radio all summer.…
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Water – Trees Can’t Live Without It, But It Can Kill Them
We are having a dry spring so far and the trees need water as they begin the spring flush of growth. It would be a good idea to give the trees in your landscape a good soaking during this period of dry weather. This brings up the topic of proper irrigation (or watering) of your…