As the weather begins to turn…
Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by admin in Bay Area Tree Care, Pest Control Blog
This is the time of years when our focus on pest management begins to take a back seat to tree services and other landscape oriented services. We will be spending some time discussing what those services are and how we go about them. Tree Care Throughout the year we are called about tree trimming, tree [...]
Navigating Urban Environments
Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 by admin in Bay Area Tree Care, Pest Control Blog
Navigating the urban environment is what we deal with most often. Rarely do we ever get a call about a problem for a tree or pest that is not related or in some way caused by the urban context in which we live. There are several factors of the urban setting that significantly affect our [...]
Old Diseases, New Customers
Posted on 19. Sep, 2009 by admin in Bay Area Tree Care, Pest Control Blog, Tree Spraying Service
Got a call from a potential client the other day that was dealing with Elm Trees that were deteriorating and could not figure out why. Now having dealt with Elm Trees for many years we immediately knew the cause of the issue with certainty. Now, each tree is different so we of course went to [...]
Pest Control and Landscape Services
Posted on 25. Jun, 2009 by admin in Bay Area Tree Care, Landscape Service, Pest Control Blog, Pest Control Service, Uncategorized
Today in Atherton I finished a job on a large property that involved tree spraying (for insect and fungus control and fertilization as well), a garden spray (for the same reasons, exterminator services are very much part of what we do when required), an orchard spray (horticultural oil), pest management around the home, and weed [...]
Recent Events And A New Tree Care Service
Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by admin in Bay Area Tree Care, Landscape Service, Pest Control Blog
Today, fortuitously, as I happened to be in Saratoga at the time, I received a call to control powdery mildew fungus on a crepe myrtle. This is very commonly found on trees in ornamental landscapes. This season, due to unseasonably cold and damp weather, we are seeing it quite often. If your tree or plant [...]
Tree Care Services
Posted on 12. May, 2009 by admin in Bay Area Tree Care, Landscape Service, Pest Control Blog
We have been expanding our tree service offering on an on demand basis up to recently. Today we want to start letting people know about a few specific services that we offer. Also we are expanding beyond the tree spraying and pest control and are now offering a range of soil services from weed abatement [...]
Sudden Oak Death News
Posted on 09. May, 2009 by admin in Bay Area Tree Care, Oak Tree Care, Pest Control Blog
Sudden oak death is no longer a west coast, Bay Area problem only. While there are still thousands at risk in the greater Bay Area in California, sudden oak death has now been reportedly found in the United Kingdom as noted here: UK SOD. Also Los Altos Hills is taking a pro active approach to [...]
Ants, Bees, and Aphids
Posted on 08. May, 2009 by admin in Ant Extermination, Ant Pest Control, Aphid Pest Control, Bay Area Tree Care, Bee Pest Control, Pest Control Blog, Pest Control Service, Tree Spraying Service
We have been getting so many questions lately about what we can do to address ant infestations, bee problems and aphid’s that we decided to go ahead and update the website a bit with some new pages.
Sudden Oak Death Syndrome – SF Bay Area Tree Diseases
Posted on 08. Dec, 2008 by admin in Bay Area Tree Care, Oak Tree Care, Pest Control Blog, Tree Spraying Service
In 1995, a new disease of tan oaks, black oaks and coast live oaks appeared in Mill Valley, Marin County, California. Hundreds of trees appeared to be dying suddenly across the landscape, both in woodlands and in suburban properties around the San Francisco Bay Area, but most especially in cities in the Bay Area foothills, [...]
