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How to Maintain Your Garden with 5 Easy Steps

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 04:12:38 GMT

5 Easy Steps to Maintain Your Garden

Garden Maintenance in the Brisbane region has always been an incredibly popular hobby in Queensland with our beautiful and frequent sunshine helping backyards across the state flourish. In fact, The Australia Institute reports that 51% of households use their gardens to grow their own food. However, with all our busy schedules, we know that some gardeners feel they aren’t taking care of their garden as well as they could be. This could involve poor garden or tree maintenance, needing tree lopping or using incorrect fertilizer. That’s why we’ve provided four easy tips to keep your garden healthy. From proper lawn maintenance to using quality garden mulch, these simple garden maintenance tips can significantly increase the amount of food that you produce from your backyard.

Tip 1: Use Tree Lopping and Tree Removal

Tree lopping (or tree pruning) is the process of trimming tree limbs. There are many reasons tree lopping can be helpful for your garden maintenance. If you are reliant on your trees to produce fruit, lopping them may help them be more fertile. Tree pruning also decreases shade, so your garden will receive more sunlight. If a large tree is blocking sunlight to your garden, then using a tree removal service may be necessary. Tree removal will be more of an investment than simply pruning it, but it can make a big difference to your garden.

Using the right garden mulch can also change your garden entirely. Unfortunately, too many gardeners depend on plastic mulches. These mulchers may dehydrate your plants and even reduce your harvest because these types of mulches are not water permeable. It is important to understand the needs of your plants before choosing the right garden mulch.

Tip 2: Choose the right Garden Mulch

Here are some ideas to try:

Lawn trimmings - use lawn tripping after doing yard maintenance, grass clippings have loads of nutrients.
Stump grinding - tree stumps are a great way to get mulch as they have lots of vital nutrients that will enrich your soil.
Fertilisers – Cow manure is a great choice to enrich your garden.

Tip 3: Frequently Moisten Potting Soil

It is important to remember that exposing the roots of your plants to large pools of water isn’t a good thing. It actually encourages rot and attracts mosquitoes. Rather than putting plants in saucers of water, regularly moisten the potting soil. This method is better for your plants and keeps them fed.

Tip 4: Inspect Your Irrigation Systems Carefully

To keep your plants growing healthily, they obviously need to be frequently watered. Watering your plants is especially important in a Queensland climate where the average temperature is around 29°C. A fatal issue when keeping a garden is not checking your irrigation system frequently. If the system experiences any leaks, then your plants could be going hungry, which can put them at risk during the summer heat. Always remember to give your irrigation system a once over every month.

Tip 5: Get a Professional

Need some help to get your garden looking the best it can be? For garden and tree maintenance, and land and garden mulch services in Queensland and New South Wales, contact Arborspec today. We specialise in garden maintenance in Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Beaudesert, and Burleigh Heads.

How to Manage Your Yard Year Round

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 04:05:09 GMT

Managing Your Yard

Are you struggling to maintain your garden and keep it looking stunning all season long? Perhaps you're new to the Ipswich or Logan communities, and you inherited a large garden. Either way, proper garden maintenance and lawn maintenance is essential to having a safe and beautiful area to relax and entertain your family and friends. Our quick yard maintenance tips will help ensure you have a stunning area that will be the envy of all of your Brisbane or Burleigh Heads' neighbours.

Garden maintenance is essential for your garden's looks, but more importantly, for its health. If it's tangled, overgrown or neglected, the first step is clearing out any dead or dying plants, shrubs or trees. When you finish this, you can move on to adding new plants to the space, just make sure you pick plants that will do well in the climate and soils of Beaudesert or Logan.

When the plants are in, you want to apply garden mulch. A nice layer of garden mulch will help your plant's retain moisture, and it's also a good piece of lawn maintenance advice because you won't water as much. In the scorching Brisbane summers, garden mulch can save you money, and it can save your plants from drying out. Now you're ready to move on to other lawn maintenance steps.

Tree Maintenance and Stump Grinding for Safety in Brisbane and Ipswich

Your trees provide shade from the hot Australian summers, but dead or dying trees can present a hazard for anyone who happens to be around them. Routine tree maintenance can include tree lopping to get rid of any problem branches as well as tree removal to get rid of any infested or dead trees that can cause problems during storm season.

You may want to start scheduling annual inspections as part of your yard maintenance routine every spring, and you want to book a professional, knowledgeable and reliable company to do so like Arborspec.

Additionally, if you have any tree stumps in your yard in Beaudesert or Burleigh Heads, you want to get rid of them. Tree stumps are a haven for pests like termites that can quickly spread to other trees or into your home. They also present a danger to your lawn equipment when you're performing garden maintenance around them.

When it comes to east maintenance gardens, stump grinding should be on your list along with tree lopping and routine garden maintenance. If you don't have time to do this yourself, our staff at Arborspec are ready and willing to help.

Contact Arborspec for Garden Maintenance in Burleigh and Logan

Whether you need work on east maintenance gardens, tree lopping services, stump grinding or general lawn maintenance, contact Arborspec today. With years of industry experience and completed jobs all over Logan, Beaudesert, Brisbane and more, we have the tools and knowledge to help you with your tree maintenance, garden maintenance or lawn maintenance needs!

The Arborspec Difference

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 22:57:39 GMT

Our Mission

We believe that people who understand the benefits and vital role of native vegetation within their local habitat, see its intrinsic value, not just for them, but for everyone and everything, that is lucky enough to call that place home.

Our purpose is to enlighten those who cannot see the forest for the trees, sharing our passion for conservation with them, and creating a connection to their habitat that they never thought possible.

We achieve this by genuinely caring about the environment we're working in, having honest conversations about what our clients are looking to achieve with their space, being detailed and transparent to allow the best decisions to be made on the direction for the project, explaining any compromise or restrictions from the beginning, and finally having a passionate and highly skilled team complete the work to achieve and often exceed expectations.

We are not your average tree company, but one day we hope to be.

Does the above statement sound strange?

Let us explain, The Arboriculture industry has already come a long way in the last 10 years, however most people refer to us as tree loppers, with the difference between a 'Tree Lopper' and an arborist only recognised by those within our industry - in a nutshell, an arborist has been trained to understand the body language of trees, Prune trees in alignment with the Australian standard 4373-2007 and often have 100's hours of training under supervision for climbing techniques and chainsaw operation. Awesome, right? Easy pick over a Tree Lopper.

Now the industry is on the right track, but still not where it needs to be. We feel as though, even with more qualified workers out there, there is little passion for the health of trees and understanding of their vital roles within our environment, and clients aren't getting the honest advice they should be, rather it's what they want to hear, so the job goes ahead and companies profit from it.

Our approach is aimed at educating the client about why best industry practice is important. The Australian Standards 4373-2007 Pruning of Amenity Trees and Australian Standard 4970-2009 Protection of trees in development sites, are critical to the health of the trees, therefore the outcome of the project and ultimately the environment.

We want the entire industry filled with PASSIONATE environmental arborists, encouraging arboriculturally sound tree care and tree protection ideas to their clients. Without this, direction is given by someone (at no fault of their own) with no training or experience in how to care for trees long term. This can lead to irreversible damage due to improper pruning 'tree lopping' practices.

Our goal as a business is to promote environmental and ecological awareness to our clients, the custodians and caretakers of local eco-systems and their inhabitants, to promote a healthier environment that we can all co-exist within.

We are definitely not the only Arboricultural company pushing these environmentally friendly options, there are other amazing companies, local to you, with similar ideologies being created every year! Ensure any company you choose to assist you with you tree management projects are ethically minded and qualified Arborists.

Our Vision is to inspire tree protection and conservation through public education to achieve a global understanding of the importance of native ecosystems to the level that the value of the environment overshadows the value of money.

Why Use a Certified Arborist?

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 22:57:38 GMT

The Advantages of a Certified Arborist

When comparing a wide array of contracted work, arborists are the only oxymoron. On one hand, when you think about tree trimming and pruning it can sound like basic landscaping. Just remove some overhanging branches, rake up some excess debris and make piles to get rid of it. However, removing some overhanging branches is just the tip of the iceberg. Many trees are taller than apartment buildings, some even overhang housing and the roots of these trees can uproot heavy structures. This is why arborists are essential when it comes to tree clearing and they have the expertise as well as the equipment to undertake such tasks.

Who Are Arborists?

Arborists in simple terms are tree lovers. Arborists are much more than tree lovers as they garner multiple years of experience dealing with a range of tree species. Certified arborists are dedicated tree professionals that understand and can assist with the long term health of several trees. Arborists know how to check the health of any tree from the roots to its leaves, making sure the tree is provided with the right nutrients. They can also determine where particular tree types will be best suited to benefit the environment the most. Arborists are essential as they can increase a tree’s longevity by providing the necessary nutrients as well as being able to correctly trim the trees. This allows trees to grow with similar stability.

Services That Arborists Can Provide

Arborists are certified to tackle an array of services that can lead to improved health and wellbeing of your trees. Some of these arborist services include:

Tree Pruning
Tree Removal
Planting Recommendations

Tree Pruning

An arborist can determine and decide the type of pruning necessary to ensure the overall health and safety of the trees. To determine whether your tree needs pruning, arborists consider a range of factors. The first decision is whether the limbs of your tree interfere with essential utilities or structures. Another consideration is if the limbs overhang sidewalks or obstruct streets. If the limbs may be affected by wind or rainstorms and could cause damage, removal of the tree’s limbs is essential. Tree pruning can also be used to prune younger trees into the correct shape, reducing risks in the years to follow.

Tree Removal

Tree removal is a highly dangerous service that arborists conduct. Removing a tree is seen as the last resort when all other options have been exhausted. Arborists will determine when a tree needs to be removed if the tree is dead or dying, considered a major risk or could be replaced by a more suitable tree species. Other factors that could lead to the tree’s removal is if infrastructure developments need to take shape or the tree is causing significant obstruction.

Planting Recommendations

Arborists can also give recommendations on particular plants and trees that can thrive in a particular climate. If the wrong tree species are planted in an unfavourable climate, this can see cause problems in later years due to limited growing space, diseases or poor growth rates.

Looking to Conduct Tree Pruning or Tree Removal? Contact Arborspec

When you are looking to get expert advice on trees that will be best suited to your environment or looking to increase the health of your trees, get in contact with Arborspec. We have certified arborists that are willing to tackle any residential, commercial or government projects you require.

Storm Season Preparation

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 22:57:37 GMT

Preparing for Storm Season

With Storm Season in full swing, and regular rain drenching South East Queensland the fear that your yard might become the next target for strong winds and damaging hail will no doubt cross your mind.

What Can You Do to Prepare?

If you have any trees of corncern close to your house, driveway, shed or fences get us out for an obligation free quote, we can plan out what can be done e.g. pruning trees or complete tree removal to keep your property safe and put your mind at ease with more and more storms rolling in.

If Disaster Strikes?

If there is any chance power or electricity is involved, DO NOT TRY TO MOVE ANYTHING YOURSELF, call Energex Immediately on 13 19 62. If electricity is not involved, but it is still urgent, contact us.