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| Ralph
trimming a tree in front of the Brooklyn Bridge
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| Technical Tree & Shrub
Care for Commercial & Residential Clients
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| Let
me take care of all your tree and shrub care needs! |
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you choose my company to do your tree work I or my highly-trained
and closely supervised assistants perform the
climbing, pruning, removals and stump grinding which means the work will be done to my
exacting and obsessive standards!! As
an expert and award
winning tree climber with more than 20 years of experience in
horticulture and the tree care industry, I am committed to
providing my customers high-quality, dependable service and
advanced technical tree care expertise with a personal touch that
larger tree companies lack.
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Tree
& Shrub Care Consultations.
I
love to operate as a small company because I
never have to sell unnecessary work. Having lower overhead than
big companies affords me the
luxury of offering truly honest and practical advice about what
your trees and shrubs actually need. From time to time I even tell clients that
nothing
needs to be done to their trees. Wouldn't you like to
hear that?!
Do
you
think your trees or shrubs haven't been looking very good? Let me give you
expert advice and options for improving their health and
appearance. And let me inspect your trees to determine if they are
dead, irreversibly sick or hazardous.
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Tree
and Shrub Pruning. When
I prune trees I remove the absolute minimum of live growth
necessary because fertilizer
is not, as commonly thought, plant food! Only leaves make plant food.
Therefore, the more leaves a plant has, the more food it can make
for itself,
and the healthier the plant will be.
Good pruning
of live tree parts is not
measured by how much is removed, but by how little!
Dead
or hazardous parts are always removed.
Removing
dead parts encourages plants' vigor and health by stopping energy
from being wasted on resisting pathogen invaders that enter
through wounded areas. |
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Stump Grinding. Large roots and stumps are often
unwanted eye sores and can attract harmful pests such as carpenter
ants and termites. I use specialized equipment to grind unwanted
stumps or roots 6" to 12" inches below grade. The holes
are generally backfilled with the resulting debris. Usually there
is a mound of debris that is left behind which can be used as
mulch. Upon request excess debris can be removed to be flush with
the ground.
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| Tree
and Shrub Removals. I
specialize in low impact, highly technical, tree removals --
removing trees without damaging surrounding plants or property. I
have performed these kinds of operations in tiny brownstone
backyards and private gardens. In fact, other tree companies
sometimes hire me to perform their technically challenging and
precariously situated removal jobs. |
| Did you know?
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| Caring
for trees regularly is more cost effective than neglecting them and dealing with
subsequent damage. Studies published
in the Journal of Arboriculture have demonstrated that it is
actually cheaper to regularly prune trees rather than neglecting
them, and cleaning up the resulting damage! That is why many
cities have tree care crews, or they contract with tree companies,
to regularly prune and care for trees.
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| Trees
can increase the value of your property up to 25% percent or
more based on the location, species, and condition of the tree.
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| Trees also have
environmental and social benefits.
Various studies have shown that trees reduce pollution in many ways, as well
as help social behavior improve by raising the self-esteem of neighborhoods.
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