Your Cabling and Bracing Questions Answered
When your tree needs support to reduce chances of branch failure, cabling and bracing may be a good option for you. View our FAQs to learn more.Continue Reading
The Varying Types of Tree Cable Techniques & Bracing Techniques
Learn more about why tree cable techniques and tree bracing techniques are used, and if you need our services on your property. Continue Reading
Your Trees Are Dormant In Winter – Our Arborists Are Not
Wachtel Tree Science works throughout the winter months. In fact, during the winter we perform many of our services...Continue ReadingContinue Reading
Summer Tree Care Tips
There’s something about relaxing in the backyard with friends, family and food during a warm, summer day. Green grass and lively trees really set the stage for the perfect home outing. However, not preparing your trees and shrubs for the summer can result in a less-enjoyable scene. As summer approaches, there are a few maintenance steps that can be taken to meet the vision you have for your yard while ensuring proper health...Continue Reading
Tree Cabling and Bracing for Winter
The snow storms that we experience here in Wisconsin are both beautiful and hazardous. In the same regard, snow building up on trees is something that can cause serious issues to their structure. In addition, structural failure of branches, trunks and roots can lead to bigger problems like property damage and injuries to people...Continue Reading
How Trees React to Lightning and Wind During Thunderstorms
Trees may be sturdy, adaptive, and resilient, but they are not indestructible. Continually checking on your trees and taking preemptive measures before and after storms is one way to ensure your trees possibility of being indestructible. Continue Reading
Preparing Trees for Winter
Be sure to prepare and inspect one of the most crucial components of your property, your trees. Before Jack Frost can bite your trees, take preemptive steps, such as wrapping the trunk, mulching the base, recycling your leaves and many more, to ensure the safety of your trees in the harsh winter environment. Continue Reading
Could Cabling be an Option?
One or multiple cables installed in a tree could be the right solution when trying to preserve a tree.Continue Reading
Is My Tree or Shrub Too Big?
Is my tree or shrub too big? This is perhaps the question homeowners ask me most frequently when requesting pruning advice. The short answer is “no” – trees and shrubs are programmed to grow to their ultimate size and can do so with beauty, strength and grace if we allow them to. What follows gets more to the point of the request: “Can my tree or shrub be made smaller?”Continue Reading