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The Real Cost of Ignoring a Dead Tree: Liability, Insurance, and Orlando Property Values
8 minute read
You’ve driven past it every day for two summers. That water oak in the back corner, half the canopy gone gray, a couple of dead tree limbs reaching out over the fence. Every time a storm lines up in the Gulf you think about it for a minute, and then ... more »
Termites, Carpenter Ants, and Borers: When Bugs Mean Your Orlando Tree Is in Trouble
7 minute read
You went out to drag the hose across the yard and there it is at the base of the oak. A little cone of what looks like sawdust, maybe the size of a saucer, sitting on the mulch where it was not last week. Or a thin line of black ants marching up the ... more »
Land Clearing for New Construction: What Orlando Developers and Homeowners Should Know
8 minute read
You closed on the wooded lot and you can already picture the house on it. The driveway comes in here, the garage sits there, and the only thing between you and a foundation is a stand of pines and scrub oak that a machine could flatten in an afternoon. ... more »
Tree Permits in Orlando: What You Need to Know Before Cutting Anything Down
7 minute read
A lot of homeowners find out about Orlando’s tree ordinances and tree permits the hard way. You own the property, the tree is in your yard, and it doesn’t occur to you that you’d need government permission to cut it down. But in many ... more »
Lightning-Struck Tree: Can It Be Saved or Must It Come Down?
6 minute read
Central Florida gets struck by lightning more than almost anywhere else in the country. The corridor between Tampa and Daytona ranks among the most lightning-prone regions in the United States, and Orlando sits right in the middle of it. Summer afternoons ... more »
Mulch Volcanoes and Other Tree Care Mistakes around Orlando
8 minute read
Most tree care mistakes come from good intentions. You mulch the tree, water it, prune it, stake it. You’re trying to help. And sometimes, without realizing it, you’re doing real damage. Worth saying upfront: some of this stuff is genuinely ... more »
Emergency Tree Removal When a Tree Falls on Your Orlando Home
10 minute read
Two in the morning. The wind howls for hours. Then, a noise you won’t forget: part crack, part freight train hitting your house. You sit up in bed. Your spouse reaches for the lamp that no longer turns on, since the power went out twenty minutes ... more »
Why the Laurel Oak is Orlando’s Most Hazardous Tree
10 minute read
You’ll find them in every Orlando neighborhood built between 1975 and 1995. The streets are lined with towering laurel oaks, the driveways shaded, and the canopy arching over rooftops. They look majestic. They look permanent. They appear to be the ... more »
Hurricane Season Begins June 1: How to Prepare Trees in Central Florida
9 minute read
Check out your current trees in your yard. Really look. Like that laurel oak above the master bedroom. That water oak you have always kind of ignored that has the co-dominant forks. The Bradford pear that has already split twice. Now the calendar is not ... more »
Tree Roots vs. Your Foundation: Eight Steps Orlando Homeowners Can Take to Protect Them Both
11 minute read
There’s a sound that no Orlando homeowner ever wants to hear. It isn’t the clap of thunder in hurricane season or a neighbor’s saw buzzing away at seven A.M. It’s quieter than that. More insidious. It’s the quiet, barely audible pop ... more »
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