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How Arborists Make Pruning Decisions

How Arborists Make Pruning Decisions

Understanding Pruning Decisions from an Arborist Perspective As a whole the practice of pruning is often misunderstood by homeowners. The act of trimming a tree is typically done for the purposes of making the tree more visually appealing and enhancing the appearance....

Restoring Trees After Storm Damage

Restoring Trees After Storm Damage

Trees are incredibly important and provide a wide range of benefits, such as improving air quality, providing a natural habitat for wildlife, and making urban environments healthier places to live. Unfortunately, storms can wreak havoc on landscaping and damage trees....

What Kind Of Maintenance Does A Tree Need?

What Kind Of Maintenance Does A Tree Need?

The Importance of Tree Maintenance While plants and trees can do a great job adapting to their environment and the seasons, in urban environments they can still struggle finding regular access to water, properly enriched soil, space for roots to thrive, and can...

How Do You Grow A Healthy Root System?

How Do You Grow A Healthy Root System?

A Healthy Environment for Healthy Roots A healthy environment is a crucial part of a healthy root system. In many areas proper soil, an appropriate amount of water, and oxygen are all a tree needs to thrive. However, in some circumstances and urban environments tree...

What Does Disease On A Tree Look Like?

What Does Disease On A Tree Look Like?

Trees are an important part of our environment, providing shade, oxygen, and beauty to our landscapes. However, they are also susceptible to a variety of diseases that can weaken or even kill them. So what does disease on a tree look like? From leaf discoloration and...

Team Member Spotlight – April 2023

Team Member Spotlight – April 2023

Name: Jose What is your favorite part of working at Joseph Tree? My favorite thing about Joseph Tree is the environment, they have a work environment that motivates you to be a better arborist and feel like you are a part of a family! Shout out to Ames too best sensei...

How Do You Identify A Hazardous Tree

How Do You Identify A Hazardous Tree

Understanding Tree Damage Joseph Tree has been removing trees marked as hazards since we began our journey of revolutionizing professional tree removal and tree care in 2004. While our team of accomplished and respected arborists have created a strong reputation with...

How Much Does It Cost To Remove A Tree In Columbus Ohio

How Much Does It Cost To Remove A Tree In Columbus Ohio

Types of Tree Removal & Cost Our tree removal services began in 2004 and since then we have been enjoying working to provide Columbus Ohio with high quality arborist services including removing trees, tree trimming, stump removal, and other general tree health...

Modern Organic Amendments: A Practical Approach to Urban Soil Health

Modern Organic Amendments: A Practical Approach to Urban Soil Health

In my December 2022 article in TCI Magazine, “The Plight of Urban Soils,” a majority of the content focused on the issues with urban soils and how they are notably different from natural forest and prairie soils. There is mention of modern organic-matter (OM) products...

The Plight of Urban Soils

The Plight of Urban Soils

A Combination of Stress Factors by Zack Shier   What is Soil? There are few things I always try to keep in the back of my head when I think about soil. One of the most important characteristics that is often overlooked with soil, is the fact that soil is alive....