Buying a real Christmas tree for your home enhances the holiday experience. You get to select the tree that you want and can even opt to cut it down yourself! Once your tree is set up and decorated, your space begins to fill with the scent of fresh pine. But what happens to your tree once the holiday season is over?...Continue Reading
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
A winter storm in Wisconsin can have a negative impact on your trees. Discover the potential snowstorm effects on trees and how to protect your trees in Winter.Continue Reading
The layers of a tree that live below the ground, and sometimes even two feet of the trunk are covered and protected with a healthy layer of snow. The exposed part of a tree during winter experiences the brute of every storm. Continue Reading
During the spring, and summer we are often protecting those plants most susceptible in our gardens. We add wire around our hydrangeas and rose bushes to prevent deer from chomping on new growth, buds, and fully developed segments. Continue Reading
The large pine tree in your front yard has endured a steadfast fall and has been struck by winter right away. Covered in ice one day, then experiencing temperatures into the 50°s the next; your pine is facing strange winter weather. Continue Reading
WI winters challenge our trees which results in trees that lose their leaves while others retain them. Learn about the causes of leaf drop & winter leaf retention. Continue Reading
Have you ever wondered what a consultation from Wachtel Tree Science would entail? Well, when working as an arborist, we are commonly asked what processes we take when receiving a call, performing a consultation, and what choices we make regarding our tree treatment, seasonal practices, and the preservation of trees. Read more. Continue Reading
Our Executive Vice President, Ben Reince, was honored by receiving the M.F. Blair Award for Exceptional Contribution to Practical Arboriculture, granted by the ISA Board of Directors at the ISA Annual International Conference. He embodies each of the areas required to gain an award through the ISA.Continue Reading
The American Society of Consulting Arborists (ASCA) awards individuals in achieving Registered Consulting Arborist (RCA) status. In March 2021 one of our own was awarded this exemplary status – Nathan Schuettepelz. Continue Reading