May 5, 2017
While some people think that the really glamourous bit of tree surgery is done by the tree surgeons when they’re working at height, the bit that customers see first and often value most is the way that the job is cleared up afterwards. It’s what we receive most...
Apr 5, 2017
Today, it feels like Spring might be just round the corner. Apart from the snowdrops and crocuses making an appearance, there was that indefinable scent of new season and definitely a cooing of pidgeons to be heard in the early morning, a sure sign that winter...
Mar 5, 2017
In January we said goodbe to JB, who decided that tree surgery wasn’t for him in the long term. He came to us as a friend of a friend and followed a apprenticeship leading to a level 2 Diploma Trees and Timber, at Sparsholt College. At college for one day...
Feb 5, 2017
A new study shows that trees of different species can exchange large amounts of carbon via the fingal internet that connects their roots. In 1999, a team of scientists led by Christian Körner did what thousands of people do every Christmas: they wrapped...
Jan 5, 2017
We found this fabulous funghi just like this on dead wood at our yard this week. Called Coral Spot because after affected branches die they develop pinhead-sized coral-pink fungal pustules, is a disease caused by the fungus Nectria cinnabarina. It causes die-back of...
Dec 5, 2016
We have many, many repeat customers whose trees we have been looking after for nearly twenty years. Most of our customers love their trees and because of that, know when there have experienced a physical change that might need a little more investigation. ...
Nov 5, 2016
We’ve blogged about this before, but going into winter when the rougher weather might have an impact on your trees, now is a good time to do a simple, practical check on your trees to see whether there is a case for a further professional opinion. Prevention of tree...
Oct 5, 2016
If Ash Dieback (Chalara) wasn’t enough to make the tree-lovers amongst us feel concerned, it has now been reported that the Conker tree, is under attack. This, from The Independent on October 18th 2016:The horse chestnut leaf miner moth, which first...
Oct 5, 2016
It can be a tempting proposition when you’re “trapped” In an office to romanticise the realities of working outside. On a Spring day when the blossom is out, there’s a small cooling breeze and sunshine aplenty, it’s certainly the best job in the world. When it’s...
Sep 5, 2016
In this picture, we had been asked to fell a large Cupressus tree which had become loose in the ground at the root plate. This isn’t unusual in conifer species. They are not particularly deep-rooted, and sadly they are often poorly planted, with no proper...
