Category: Employees
The Business of “Growing” Successfully
Quality Tree Surgery, Inc. February 16, 2011 12:58 pm Did You Know?, Employees, Misc., Tree care, employees, nashville, proper care, quality tree surgery, roots, ruel jones, spring, winter
The Business of “Growing” Successfully
Ruel Jones
While I always hoped I’d be in the international banking business, I found my niche in nature, though ironically there are similarities.
Understanding how a plant operates is the key component to providing proper year-round care, much the same as with operating a successful business.
A tree is like a company, which has employees both below ground (roots) and above ground (leaves), and both play vital roles. A tree stores money (energy) in its fibers and cells just like a company does with a savings or checking account. In the spring this living, breathing company uses last year’s stored savings to build new leaves, or what we might call next year’s “employees” for the growing season. All winter long this plant was spend-ing money on root development to support the group of employees that will soon be coming on. After the leaves are built, they are now ready to start making money for the company to use in a new growth development season, while at the same time, of course, refilling the savings account now low due to all the money the company spent developing the current roots and leaves.
That is basically how a plant works. The leaves support the roots and the roots sup-port the leaves in a symbiotic relationship. The margin or profit from these two groups of employees is what the company uses each year for new growth.
Improper pruning or care of your trees and plants can cause them to dig further down into their “savings account” and spend more money to create additional leaves to do necessary work. The plant knows that without the proper amount of leaves doing the job and making money, the company will soon be filling Chapter 7.
So in the end, though the company’s name is Quality Tree Surgery, some might con-sider us in the financial and banking business for trees!
Landscape Pros
Quality Tree Surgery, Inc. February 16, 2011 1:14 am Employees, Lawn care, curt watson, jesse ragan, Lawn care, leaf removal, mulching, quality tree surgery, shrubs, trees, turf program
Meet our Landscape Professionals!
Curt Watson and Jesse Ragan
Our Landscaping Division Offers:
Full Service Maintenance
Turf Programs
Leaf Removal
Installation of Trees and Shrubs
Mulching
And Landscaping Enhancements
Something you should know
Quality Tree Surgery, Inc. February 15, 2011 2:15 pm Did You Know?, Employees, Misc., property value, quality tree surgery, ruel, ruel jones
Something You Should Know…
Twenty seven years ago when I started this tree care company, I had no idea I was lined up for a roller coaster ride of Feast or Famine as a career. That’s right; a roller coaster job is putting it lightly because in the spring and summer, wonderful volumes of work come in like nobody’s business but then come the winter months where starvation and poverty-stricken days show up and surround us like buzzards on road kill.
Getting a tree job is like standing in a soup line with only enough food for half the people and everyone cutting corners to get in front. It’s too funny I’m telling you! I catch myself laughing at the irony of why in the world anyone would start a tree care company – “Just kidding”.
Anyhow, facts are, the best time of year for tree operations are the winter months when trees are in a kind of sleep mode or should I say, “taking a rest and gearing up for the next growing season.”
Not only is it better for the tree but winter pruning is easier because it’s easier to see limbs without leaves blocking the view of dead or unproductive branches. Pruning off undesirable live material is better because the tree hasn’t spent all that energy growing leaves. It’s almost always more cost effective because of factors like less debris to clean up and no delicate flowers growing up under the trees to work around, of course, there is less of a work load which means no over time hours.
Fact is, winter months are hands down the best time of year to have tree work performed regardless of what kind of maintenance it is, and, of course, above all other reasons, the best time to have any kind of work done is when you are ready. It’s not necessary to wait until spring or summer. If you have tree work to do and you are in a position to have it done, do it now; by doing so, you will probably save money, as well.
Ruel Jones
Steve Cooley
Quality Tree Surgery, Inc. February 14, 2011 8:49 pm Employees, Lawn care, Tree care, certified, horticultural, PLANET, Professional Landcare Network, quality tree surgery, steve cooley, Tree care
LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY CERTIFIED
Steve Cooley
The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) announces that Steve Cooley of Quality Tree Surgery, Inc., in Nashville, Tennessee, has earned the Landscape Industry Certified Horticultural Technician and is now nationally certified.
Candidates pass two extensive exams covering the care of trees and shrubs in residential and commercial landscapes. Those achieving this certification have expertise in a wide selection of plants used in area landscapes and can recognize pest problems and other factors that stress ornamental foliage. Successful candidates understand the need to carefully observe foliage for the subtle signs that signal a situation to be controlled before it becomes overwhelming or uncontrollable.
Certification enhances an individual’s professionalism, demonstrates a sense of personal achievement, and increases respect and recognition in the profession.
