As the temperature drops, getting outside and finishing the rest of your chores for the season can be challenging. As a result, it can be tempting to skip some of the tasks you have lined up to get ...

Trees benefit from fall trimming more than spring trimming. Trees experience less stress with fall trimming because they are entering dormancy. Spring tree trimming is better if the goal is to ...

Winter is a great time to prune deciduous trees. Once the leaves have fallen, it is easy to see the structure of the tree and determine what branches should be removed. There are easy targets for what ...

In last week’s article, we gave the description of “Structure” or “Structural Pruning” as targeted pruning to develop and ...

Eric Berg is Community Forestry and Sustainable Landscape Program Leader with the Nebraska Forest Service. Beyond properly selecting and planting trees, one of the best ways we can care for them is to ...

Winter is a great time for gardeners to plan for their next growing season. Many think that planning can only be done inside. Not so. Now is an ideal time to prune deciduous landscape trees. The ...

Trimming is done with shears and usually performed on shrubs. Pruning is more selective. More surgical. It’s what arborists ...