De-icing Salts and Your Landscape
Our first winter weather event of the season turned out to be relatively mild. Icy conditions on roads, walkways, and parking areas did necessitate de-icing salts being spread for safety’s sake. Road salt formulations work by lowering the freezing point of...
Better Soil = Better Plants
The urban landscape has an earned reputation for poor soil quality. The standard development process involves stripping the original topsoil from the land; scraping, shaping, and compacting the subsoil during the building process; and top-dressing with a few inches of...
Why Does My Tree Have Yellow Leaves?
This time of year, we field a lot of calls about trees with yellow leaves. Drive around and you will see them scattered throughout the landscape. The bright yellow stands in contrast to the common shades of green of other trees. In the spring and early summer, the...
What are Brood X Periodical Cicadas Doing This Week?
Brood X (Roman numeral 10) of the 17-year cicada has been emerging in our region. For those of us who have been paying attention, it has felt like a process of fits and starts likely tied to the wild swings of temps and weather throughout the month of May. First...
Is the Snow Damaging Your Trees and Plants?
Snow can be a good thing for our woody plants, providing insulation against cold temperatures and desiccating winds, anchoring root systems on trees with large sails, and with a little luck, providing the requisite levels of soil moisture come bud break. But this...