Spring has sprung...!
(And there's work to be done)
As the saying goes "Summer bodies are made in Winter" - And yet here we are, it's Spring and things around the garden a looking a bit 'how ya going.' Winter seems to drag on forever, everything is dormant, the ground is wet, it's cold, my feet hurt...it can just wait for another day. All of a sudden it's 23 degrees, the trees are in leaf and Mother Nature is beating at the door with a stick.
It's a beautiful yet stressful time of year that has many of us scrambling to find some sense of order - get the mower fixed, get the trees tamed (shameless plug, we do trees )... and all before the family visits for Christmas. Let's see what's happening with your trees right now...
It's a very busy time of year for a tree - deciduous and evergreen trees are heavily investing in new growth to make the most of the rain and sunshine. In our South Gippsland climate, this is when most of a trees growth will be made. It's a great time of year to decide which trees should be kept or need prun ing and those that need to be removed before Summer. Besides all the rampant growth, Spring also means FLOWERS, and lots of them...
Did you prune your fruit trees this Winter? If not, bookmark our page and we'll come prune them next year. Most fruit trees have either already flowered (such as most stone fruits) or in flower right now (apples, pears, quince etc). If you're lucky enough to have some bees around then you will hopefully be blessed with a good crop of fruit this year.
Get out of here flowers! Be gone from me! A-choo!
Factoid: did you know you're more likely to be killed falling off a ladder than by a falling tree?! This Christmas give dad the gift of Life - put down the ladder and the Ozito, back away from the tree slowly, pick up the phone and contact us.
In conclusion - Spring is great, trees are great, but don't die doing it yourself. Leave the aerial acrobatics to these monkeys and let your partner enjoy living instead. If you have some tree work that needs to be done before Christmas, let's start up a conversation about it now. We're more than happy to talk-trees. Happy Spring!
