'Chip' your tree instead of chucking it, recyclers suggest

Monster Tree's Jim Parsons was recently featured in a segment on KSL titled, "'Chip' your tree instead of chucking it, recyclers suggest". The segment discusses the benefits from recycling your Christmas trees into mulch which in turns gives you the provides you a healthier environment for your other plants. Click here to view the segment or watch below.

Tim Parson from Monster Tree Service on KUTV

Our very own Tim Parsons from our Salt Lake City Monster Tree Service was recently featured in a great segment on KUTV discussing the proper care and treatment of Christmas trees. Check out the segment by clicking the image below.

How to Care for Your Living Christmas Tree

Now that Thanksgiving is over, all eyes are now focused on Christmas. We have found a great article on HGTV titled, "How to Care for Your Living Christmas Tree". The article describes in detail various hints and tips on how to keep your living Christmas tree alive and well. Click here to read the article or begin below.

"How to Care for Your Living Christmas Tree"

By HGTV

The best strategy for keeping your living Christmas tree alive and well is to keep it cool and well-watered and to limit the amount of time it spends indoors. Here's how to help ensure your Christmas tree will be around next year. 

Do your research

Select a tree that's right for your climate, soil and light conditions. If you plan on keeping it in a pot outdoors for more than a season, be sure to select a variety that's hardy to two zones colder than your climate.

Buy early

Most nurseries will tag and hold trees until you're ready to bring them home. 

Put the tree in a transition zone

Two weeks before Christmas, put the tree in a garage for about a week to allow for acclimation to an indoor environment. Keep it watered, but don't overdo it. 

Click here to read the entire article.

Monster Tree want to give away 50 MegaMillions tickets.

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Preparing Your Garden for Winter

Winter is coming and preparation for the cold weather is key. We found a great article on Better Homes and Gardens titled, "Preparing Your Garden for Winter" which offers up some expert advice on how to protect your gardens' plants, how to winterize your roses and making leaf mold. Click here to read the entire article or begin below.

"Preparing Your Garden for Winter"
By Better Homes and Gardens.

Putting the garden to bed for the winter is mostly a matter of cleaning up and covering up. As fall progresses and temperatures drop, those planes that aren't killed outright by frost prepare for dormancy. Clear out the blackened stems and foliage of annual flowers and vegetables to prevent the possibility of their harboring disease pathogens and insect eggs over the winter. The cool weather is good time to make a cold frame, dig and box raised beds, and make general repairs.

While it appears as if all activity in the garden has stopped, there's a lot going on under the soil until it freezes. Newly transplanted trees and shrubs, division of perennials, and hardy bulbs are all growing roots, drawing on soil nutrients and moisture around them. Earthworms and various microbes in the soil are still processing the organic material they're finding. Most likely, the organic mulch you spread to protect the soil during the summer months has substantially decomposed. It's important to spread new mulch now -- a thicker winter layer -- to protect plants and soil over the winter months. 

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"Fall Clean-Up: What to Do When Autumn Leaves Start to Fall "

Monster Tree Services was featured on HGTV Gardens. The article offers suggestions for easy and efficient leaf clean-up. It also discusses multiple ways to recycle leaves. Begin the article below or read full piece here.

"Fall Clean-Up: What to Do When Autumn Leaves Start to Fall "

By: Jeff Stafford

You know autumn is here when the evenings grow cooler and the leaves began to change from green to a dazzling array of colors. Then they begin to fall. That's when you reach for the rake. But there are other alternatives if you don't relish that task. Consider these other options instead along with some suggestions on ways to recycle leaves from ISA certified arborist Max Burton of Monster Tree Service.

LEAF REMOVAL TIPS

Mow Them

Use a lawn mower with a bag attachment to handle leaf debris on your yard. Disposal becomes a simple matter once the ground-up leaves are collected in the bag.

Vacuum Them

With a leaf vacuum, you can suck up all of the fallen leaves, twigs, acorns, pine cones and other debris into a bag and then grind them up for mulch or compost.

Read full article here. 

Brace Your Trees For The Winter

Like it or not the cold and snow of winter is quickly approaching. Just like you must wear a winter jacket and gloves, trees need a few necessities too in order to stay healthy too. The folks at How Stuff Works have provided us with some great tips about how to prepare our trees for the winter and keep them safe. See full article here or begin below.

"Preparing Evergreens and Shade Trees for Winter"

By: C. Colston Burrell





Wrap the trunk of thin-barked trees, most notably fruit trees, in winter to help keep the bark from splitting. Tree wraps and firmer plastic tree guards can also discourage rabbits and rodents from chewing on the bark and can prevent accidental damage from mowers.

Remove the tree wrap in the spring so it won't get too tight on the swelling trunk or provide a hiding place for pests.

Read full article here.