Santa Rosa Tree Removal: Why Hire Professionals?
There are multiple reasons why you should hire a Santa Rose tree removal service. Not only can they help with the removal of trees, but they are also able to help with the maintenance, growth and overall well being of the surrounding trees in the yard. You need to protect this growth around your home, […]
Benefits of Removing Dead Trees from Your Yard
Santa Rosa tree care services can provide anyone with the removal of trees throughout their yard. Not only can they ensure that everything is done correctly, but you also have to know that the trees you’re removing can no longer be used. When removing trees from the yard, you’re removing shade, oxygen and a wide […]
Don’t Handle Big Trees Yourself
Removing a tree, whether straight out of the ground or toppled over into the street, is not an easy task. There are steps and hazards that your local Santa Rosa tree removal service team has to do to remove that tree as safely and quickly as possible. Trees are huge plants, and when they fall […]
Resource Publications for Helping Reduce Water Use During the Current Drought
The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources is featuring several books for the month of April to help us conserve water for trees, plants, lawns and other agricultural use. I recommend visiting the UC ANR website to get a look at their publications. You can find out more at anrcatalogpromos@ucanr.edu. Some of the topics […]
Tree Failures Caused by Heavy Rains in Sonoma County
On Saturday February 8th Image Tree Pros was contacted to help one of our clients in Bodega Bay who had experienced a major limb failure that landed on their garage. After a Pre-Job Safety Inspection we went to work to remove the limb so we could cover the garage with a tarp to protect the […]
Bee colony collapse linked to plant virus
Our early spring like weather may mean fruit trees will benefit from better bee activity. When temperatures are cold bees are less likely to be out pollinating early blooming fruit and nut trees like almonds and apricots. This year if our warm spell continues there should be plenty of bees available to pollinate early bloomers. […]
Caring for Your Trees During the Current Drought
With the Governor of California declaring a drought emergency and some Bay Area communities already starting to institute water rationing, our trees may be in trouble. Trees which depend on winter rains like our native oaks will likely be going into the summer months in a stressed state. In addition, if landscape trees are planted […]
How to Prune a Santa Rosa Plum Tree
The Santa Rosa Plum variety was developed by Luther Burbank in 1906. This plum variety is to this day one of the favorite of home orchardists and commercial growers. Learn how to correctly prune a Santa Rosa Plum Tree. The best time to start to prune your Santa Rosa Plum Tree is a year after […]
How to Prune a Japanese Maple
Japanese Maple trees growing in Santa Rosa require extra care when they are pruned. Our warm summers with hot winds can cause leaves to dry and become wind burned. It is best to prune trees during the cool season when trees are dormant. It is also a good idea to provide trees with extra irrigation […]
Trees Help Clean the Air During Spare the Air Days – San Francisco
Trees help to clean the air during spare the air days. The San Francisco Examiner reported two days ago that the Mission District proper has the poorest air quality of any San Francisco neighborhood. The reason cited by a report from MIT entitled “Health and Urbanism” found that surrounding neighborhoods had better air quality because […]