There is nothing better than waking up to a beautiful birdsong in the morning. Creating a bird-friendly yard with certain trees and shrubs will encourage them onto your property. The experts at Martin’s Tree Service can help with selection and tree pruning services in Kitchener. It is important to remember that if you do invite birds onto your yard, you are providing nesting sites, insect food, and shelter from weather and predators. Having Martin’s Tree Service guide you will

  When you plant trees around your property, you are inviting beautiful living organisms into your space. Trees can be an excellent way to provide shade, lower stress, give oxygen, and accentuate our lives as well as our homes. But planting a tree can be a big commitment.  It will be growing on your property for a long time, so there are a few steps to think about before running to the store to purchase one.  First, think of the

Pruning a tree may not seem like an important task, but it can have many benefits in keeping your tree healthy. It is about a lot more than just the aesthetic appeal. While everyone seems to have different opinions on tree pruning, a few key points are known for sure. All types of trees can benefit from pruning to encourage new growth, prevent decay, and make it more structurally sound.  The Importance of Safety One of the top benefits of

  Tree fertilizer is a tool for bolstering the health of your trees. When applied correctly during appropriate times of the year, the fertilizer will encourage new growth, stave off pests and disease, and develop a robust root system. Fertilizer is not a cure-all for trees; owners will still need to rely on tree trimming Cambridge, but the nutritional boost to the system aids in the resilience of the tree. While the timing of fertilization matters – late April, early

  Winter is a time when animals hibernate or build cozy, warm dens and eat more food to keep warm. Many plants die off completely, and others lose above-ground growth while the root systems remain hunkered down underground for protection from the harsh elements.   Trees are different. Most conifers — or evergreens — keep their needles all year long. Even when the leaves of trees change colour and fall away, however, the trunk and branches remain above ground, exposed

  You have probably heard of the importance of tree pruning to maintain a tree's health and beauty. However, that does not mean that you can go after your tree with the clippers whenever the mood strikes you. Pruning is beneficial to trees when carried out correctly, but if you don't know what you are doing, it is potentially deadly. Therefore, it is essential that you prune your tree at the right time of the year. When Is the Right

  For yard work or lawn issues, you call a landscape company, but who do you call for concerns about trees on your property? The answer is an arborist, a trained and certified expert on all things related to trees and shrubs. Arborists can work in the public sector to keep power lines, roadways, and sidewalks clear, especially after a storm, but they can also work for or own a professional tree service to service private property. Let’s look more

  Spring is known for the colourful pastels of newly flowering trees and plants, but autumn paints the world in a splash of warm colours from an artist’s palette. The world’s deciduous trees put on a brilliant show, one for which leaf-peepers make pilgrimages hundreds of miles to see.   This year’s brutal summer temperatures in large areas of the country have many of us anxious for the arrival of cool breezes that signal a welcome change in the air.

  The parade of colours has passed and all of autumn's leaves have danced their way from limb to ground. This is the time many homeowners sigh at the monumental task set before them: Time to rake up mountains of leaves and figure out what on Earth to do with them. You could bag them all up and set them to the curb for your city’s lawn pickup service, but why do that when you can put those fallen leaves

  Autumn’s popularity is commonly attributed to the bold, beautiful colours of fall foliage. What was once green has now turned, sometimes shockingly quick, to gold, red, and orange. These colours not only call to mind the onset of the holiday season but also serve as a reminder of what is to come.   Winter is often hazardous to our trees. Its freezing temperatures, abrasive winds, and pounding snowfall can turn trees from sturdy, stoic forms of natural beauty to the source of fallen