By late July, a healthy-looking oak can start turning on itself: leaves curling at the edges, a canopy that looks thinner than it did in June, branch tips going brown days after a stretch with no rain. That’s usually heat stress, and in most cases it’s...
The crew is scheduled, the tree is coming down, and now a different worry creeps in: what is this going to do to the lawn. Removing a large tree does change the yard around it, but the damage most homeowners picture, deep ruts, torn-up grass, a crater where the trunk...
A homeowner spots a big oak crowding the driveway, or a dead pine they want gone before storm season, and they stall on one question: is it even legal to take it down? For most trees on your own Raleigh property, the answer is yes, and no city permit is required. The...
A bottle rocket arcs over the back fence and vanishes into the top of a tall, dry pine, and for a few seconds nobody is sure exactly where it landed or whether it is still burning up there. That moment is the real risk with fireworks and trees. The damage is rarely a...
A tree can look healthy one day and become a serious hazard after one summer storm. Heavy rain, high winds, and lightning can all change the way a tree stands, holds weight, and responds to pressure. Sometimes, the damage is obvious. Other times, cracks, root...
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