Seasonal Tree Tips: Summer
Summer is time for soaking up the sun — which is exactly what your trees are doing. Don't skip these summer services to keep them healthy!
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- Apr 27
- 3 min
The War on Weeds Could Kill your Trees
Spring is the time of year when homeowners all across Texas are waging their annual war on weeds, unaware they're also harming their trees.
- Mar 10
- 2 min
Seasonal Tree Tips: Spring
Spring has sprung! Now that your trees are leafy green once more check out this list of tree tasks that are great for springtime!
- Feb 17
- 3 min
Trees Deserve Doctors, Not Barbers
There’s a lot more to arboriculture than chainsaws and chippers. Read on to understand the full value a Tree Doctor can provide your trees.
- Dec 16, 2022
- 3 min
Seasonal Tree Tips: Winter
Winter -- a time of year when not much thought is spared for trees. But in fact there’s lots of tree work that should be done in the winter!
- Nov 18, 2022
- 3 min
Arboriculture at Home: CH.2, Tree ID - How & Why?
How can we identify the species of trees around us? And why should we bother?
- Sep 14, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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
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...
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