How to maintain your trees in Summer

We have found this great instructional video on about.com offering tips on how to maintain your trees during the hot Summer months. Michael Landers from Tagawa Gardens in Centennial, Colorado guides us through some very valuable tips to maintain your trees during the Summer months. Click here to view the video on the about website or view below.

Heat wave or no, Monster Tree Service is making cool millions

Monster Tree Service were recently featured in a great article on the Upstart Business Journal titled, "Heat wave or no, Monster Tree Service is making cool millions". The article features our CEO Josh Skolnick and Reporter Teresa Novellino discussing the importance of keeping employees cool during a heat wave. It also provides us with a recap of Josh's entire success story and how he started Monster Tree Service. The article also provides us with advice on running a profitable business and franchising plans for the brand. Click here to read the article or begin below.


"Heat wave or no, Monster Tree Service is making cool millions"
By Teresa Novellino



For the founder of Monster Tree Service, keeping his team cool in the heat is nothing. He turned a job known for shirtless teens and pickup trucks into a big money franchise.

For outdoor workers, the heat wave that is stretching from the East Coast into the Midwest sending temperatures into three digits is not something you duck into your office job to escape: it's inescapable. So what's an entrepreneurial company that specializes in outdoor work to do? A good person to ask is Josh Skolnick, founder of Monster Tree Service, a multimillion dollar tree removal business that he launched in 2008 and turned into a national franchise last year.

"We advise them to start earlier than usual, get out before the temperatures get really high," Skolnick says. "There should be a 5-gallon iced water jug on every crew and they should try to limit the manual labor work and schedule work that's more machine orientated (and thus less physically challenging in the heat)."

Click here to read the entire article. 

Caring for your storm-damaged trees

We found a fantastic article on echopress.com titled, "Caring for your storm-damaged trees" which offers advice on how to treat your trees after storm conditions. With the Summer in full swing, the great weather is here but along with the heat and humidity can come stormy weather. The article recognizes this and offers tips on how to deal with your trees in the aftermath of stormy conditions. Click here to read the article or begin below.

"Caring for your storm-damaged trees"
By Jessa Kokett





Enjoying the warm weather is one of they many perks of summer. These glory days bring many great opportunities to the people of Minnesota, such as spending time at the lakes, camping and gardening.

Unfortunately, heat and humidity often lead the way to severe weather. Summer storms have proved to be just as damaging as some of the blizzards we experience.

After a storm, you may find "old oaky" to have lost branches or even the whole tree to be completely uprooted. This sight may be very stressful for some.

Here are some instructions as to what to do next.

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Monster Tree Service launch 'Monster Hunt' Facebook contest

Monster Tree Service recently launched a Facebook contest called, Monster Hunt. Spot a Monster Tree crew in action or one of our trucks and submit a photo via our Facebook application to be entered for your chance to win a $250 Visa Gift Card. The contest will run quarterly, with it's 1st iteration running from July 1 - September 30. One lucky fan will be selected at random to win!

 

 

Click here to visit the application and/or enter your submission for your chance to win a $250 Visa Gift Card.