Arboriculture at Home: CH.2, Tree ID - How & Why?
How can we identify the species of trees around us? And why should we bother?
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- Sep 14
- 2 min
SEASONAL TREE TIPS: AUTUMN
It’s finally fall! We made it through another long, hot summer. Here are some tree tasks you should consider having done this season...
- Aug 12
- 4 min
Climb a Mile: CH.2, A Gnarly Removal in Four Parts
PART ONE: THE SITCH The American Elm was somewhere between 70-80' tall. It's trunk was more than 4' in diameter and originated almost...
- Aug 12, 2020
- 6 min
A Handy-Dandy Guide to Choosing a Tree Care Provider
So your trees need some TLC but you're not sure what's important when it comes to tree care operations? Well you need look no further...
- Feb 21, 2020
- 7 min
The What, When, and How of Tree Planting
Spring is only a month away, and we're already gearing up for all our planting projects with this guide to tree planting...
- Dec 19, 2019
- 8 min
Climb a Mile: CH.1, June 2019
Sunday, June 9th, 2019 started much like any other day in Dallas, Texas. By mid-afternoon, the Dallas landscape was permanently changed...
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
Arboriculture at Home: CH.1, Stocking Your Arsenal
If tree trimming was a recipe, then your tools would be the ingredients. Would you add a moldy pepper to your pot of chili? Probably not...
- Aug 1, 2019
- 5 min
Chips & Dips: What we Learned in Year One
Since taking over operations, we've had a lot of ups and downs, we've learned a lot of lessons, and we've met a lot of new people...
- Jul 30, 2019
- 1 min
Arboriculture at Home: A DIY Guide to Tree Care, An Introduction
We want to empower homeowners when it comes to their urban forests. Arboriculture at Home is an educational guide to DIY tree care.
- Jul 29, 2019
- 2 min
Climb a Mile: A Day in the Life of an Arborist, An Introduction
Our new blog series, Climb a Mile, is my attempt to give you a peek behind the curtain and into the life of an arborist...
- Apr 3, 2019
- 5 min
Learn to Speak Tree
Have you ever noticed bark chipping off your tree's trunk and wondered if it was normal? Have you spotted beetles or bugs hanging out in...
- Feb 19, 2019
- 4 min
Don't Kiss Your Ash Goodbye
Team Blue Ox had the pleasure of attending this year's North Central Texas Urban Forestry Conference last week, where we learned a ton...
- Feb 6, 2019
- 3 min
Support Blue Ox, Win Free Stuff
Hi everyone, it's Laura, Blue Ox's (wo)man behind the curtain, and my keyboard-warmer, Bubbles. Some of you may already know that I'm...
- Jan 18, 2019
- 3 min
Cavity Fillings Are for Teeth, Not Trees
Typically caused by storm damage or poor pruning practices, we've all seen them: those gaping holes in tree trunks, perhaps home to a...
- Dec 17, 2018
- 2 min
'Tis the Season to Trim Your Trees
Do you, like many homeowners, consider winter a poor time to prune your trees? The leaves are off, so how can you tell between dead and...