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
How A tree Works
Quality Tree Surgery, Inc. October 21, 2009 9:54 pm Tree care, how a tree works, jones, Lawn care, leadership, middle tn, nashville, quality tree surgery, ruel, ruel jones, Tree care
Trees are much like a Company, each leaf is an employee of the company and each one makes money by means of photosynthesis, in short its making starches and sugars and sending them down to the company. The company in turn directs this energy we’ll call Money to where it’s needed most. There is also another group of employees under ground, these are the roots. Roots cannot live without support of the upper employees and the upper employees can’t live without the roots. These two groups work in a symbiotic relationship with each other. As the leaves are manufacturing sugars and starches and sweating like a horse they call for water and countless other nutrients from the roots. As the roots work profusely gathering up all these nutrients and water for their fellow companions they are calling for starches and sugars.The company (tree) is dealing with all kinds of other issues such as the chemical supply it uses to compartmentalize a wound or cavity. These wound areas harbor the most deadly enemy a tree has other than us humans, (funguses) a fungus will steadily eat away at the tree unless it is walled off by a chemical compound and the healthier a tree the more of this chemical it can make. Also the company is in charge of how much growth it puts on for the season and this is determined by how well the two groups of employees are doing making money. Not much money means not much growth, not to mention the fact that its defenses are low as well, making it more vulnerable for attack, not just by fungus but by insects as well. It’s not hard to see that by removing large numbers of employees on either side of the company can affect a tree dramatically. As in any large company there are slackers (I bet you have worked with a few) and branches that are not operating or growing in the best direction for the long term future of the company. This is one way large companies stay strong, they hire consultants to come in and evaluate the company and its employees and prune out the branches of employees that are slackers and hurting the overall long term growth.
Trees are extremely resilient and are able to tolerate unbelievable living conditions in most cases, although when we see a dead tree, basically what has happened, for what ever the reason, the company has gone bankrupt. Its savings account went empty and trees don’t operate on the welfare program, if you’re a tree you are all on your own.
Quality Tree Surgery, Inc.
