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Living Tree Service Quoted in the Arizona Republic

March 11, 2013 By TreeAdmin 2 Comments

One of Dan’s quotes is below:

‘If the tree has no green foliage, you pretty much need to remove any branch that’s smaller than half an inch to three quarters of an inch in diameter,’ Dan Stevens says. ‘When you’re done, you’re left with all larger-diameter branches. The tree has an open structure to fill in all new, healthy growth.’

Thanks to Brian Kissinger of the Arizona Republic for a great article!
http://www.azcentral.com/home/articles/20130220ficus-frost-damage-pruning.html

Caring for Frost-damaged Ficus Trees

February 11, 2013 By TreeAdmin 9 Comments

With some very low temperatures in early January, this has been a tough year for Ficus trees. We recommend pruning out all dead limbs and foliage before the new growth occurs in late February to April.

ficus-dead-leaves-2 — Ficus tree following a bad frost in January of 2013

ficus-pruned — Same tree after pruning in early February of 2013

ficus-new-shoots — How the tree will look after a month or so when green shoots start coming back

Where Does Your Tree Waste Go?

November 24, 2012 By TreeAdmin Leave a Comment

urban-farm-dump — Living Tree Service contributing mulch to an urban farming project

Sustainability is an important aspect of business at Living Tree Service. In the picture above, you can see our contribution to a local urban farming project. We regularly provide free mulch to community projects and private individuals. Depending on how long the mulch has been in the back of the truck and how hot the temperature is, the mulch will often be already partially composted. On this particular day, steam could be seen rolling off of the mulch, showing that microbes are already hard at work in digesting it.

“We recycle about 95% of all tree waste. About the only thing that we’re not able to recycle right now is a palm tree that we’ve removed. Everything else can be chipped, mulched, composted, or used as fire wood.” -Dan Stevens, owner of Living Tree Service.

If you would like a free load of mulch, give us a call at 480-218-0826!