Spotted Lanternflies

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Aug 23, 2024 | Seasonal Care, Gardening, News, Pennsylvania Specific, Plant and Tree Disease, Spotted Lanterfly, Tree Care, Tree Trends

Spotted lanternflies emerged as a significant pest in recent years, for Pennsylvania, they emerged as a large issue in 2014, causing concern among environmentalists, farmers, and homeowners. Every year homeowners all across Pennsylvania are warned about Spotted Lantern Flies, and when to kill them. The issue has gotten so bad, that many counties in Pennsylvania are quarantined, and the Department of Agriculture has created a phone number to call when you spot one. Here are some tips, tricks, and knowledge about the Spotted Lantern Fly to know so you can fight back.

Essential Tools For Caring For Your Garden and Trees in Pennsylvania

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Mar 21, 2024 | Yard Supplies, Caring for Environment, Equipment, Gardening, Pennsylvania Specific, Pruning, Seasonal Care, Tree Care, Uncategorized

With an abundance of tools in the world of gardening, it’s important to make sure you’re selecting the best ones for your space. To make it easy to find the best garden tools we’ve pulled together our Top 10 list.

Guidance for Properly Planting Balled and Burlapped Trees

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Mar 19, 2024 | Gardening, Pennsylvania Specific, Seasonal Care, Soil Care, Tree Care, Uncategorized

Cutting Edge Tree Professionals cares about your trees, even before they are planted. Follow our steps for properly planting your balled and burlapped trees.

Benefits of Shade Trees: Saving Money and Adding Value

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Jul 20, 2023 | Caring for Environment, Gardening, Tree Care, Tree Trends

In landscaping, homeowners often focus on the aesthetic appeal and curb appeal of their properties. However, there’s a hidden gem that can provide both beauty and practical benefits—shade trees. These giants beautify your yard and offer financial benefits. In this...

Trees and Drought: What you need to know

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Jun 8, 2023 | Caring for Environment, Gardening, News, Pennsylvania Specific, Plant and Tree Disease, Seasonal Care, Tree Care, Uncategorized

Pennsylvania drought My grass is brown, I haven’t cut it in two weeks now. I don’t mind too much. I’d rather not mow. But with the defoliation my trees experienced last summer from spongy moths (formerly gypsy moths) and the dry start to summer we...

Soil Management for Central Pennsylvania Homeowners: Enhancing Soil Quality for Healthy Tree Growth

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Apr 11, 2023 | Gardening, Pennsylvania Specific, Plant and Tree Disease, Soil Care, Tree Care, Uncategorized

Healthy trees begin with healthy soil. As a homeowner in Central Pennsylvania, you may be interested in improving your property’s soil quality and fertility to promote vigorous tree growth. Proper soil management is vital to creating a thriving landscape and...

The Intermediate Guide: Winterization of Trees

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Oct 13, 2022 | Caring for Environment, Gardening, News, Pruning, Seasonal Care

When your weekends consist of lounging in front of the fireplace, cozying up with a warm blanket, and watching holiday movies on marathon; don’t forget about the icon of the holiday season- trees. Winterization of trees should start now! It is essential to give trees...

One thing that can limit the growth of urban and community trees

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Sep 1, 2022 | Caring for Environment, Gardening, Soil Care, Tree Care, Uncategorized

Soil compaction: How it happens Soils are composed of individual particles (sand, silt, and clay) and aggregates or clumps of particles. Between these soil particles and aggregates are spaces or pores. These “pore spaces” hold air and water. Large-sized soil pore...

What is a “Feature Tree” and why you might want one for your yard!

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Apr 26, 2022 | Gardening, Pennsylvania Specific, Uncategorized

Scale the natural beauty Trees are functional by nature. Trees provide fruits and food, homes for critters and birds, and they recycle the air that we breathe. But trees are more than functional, they are also naturally beautiful. Planting a Feature Tree in your yard...

Upcycle Your Christmas Tree – 5 Creative Ideas

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Dec 27, 2021 | Caring for Environment, Gardening, Seasonal Care, Uncategorized

Taking care of the environment is one of the key reasons for why we do our work at Cutting Edge Tree Professionals. We’ve collected a few ideas of things you can do to upcycle your Christmas Tree. You too can care for the environment by getting rid of your tree in a...

Why Watering Matters Through the Fall Season

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Nov 22, 2021 | Gardening, Seasonal Care, Tree Care

With leaves pretty much gone from trees this time of the year in Pennsylvania, we know growing season is over and we may stop the gardening and watering. But, fallen leaves is not exactly the best gauge year-to-year for when it’s time to quit ourselves. If you take...

3 Things You Can Do To Help Pollinators This Fall

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Sep 23, 2021 | Caring for Environment, Gardening, Pennsylvania Specific, Seasonal Care

3 Things you can do in the fall to help pollinators We all know pollinators are important around the world, but how can we help the pollinators in our piece of the world in Pennsylvania? There are some specific actions that you can take this fall and moving forward to...

Shrubs: How They Help Your Property

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Aug 12, 2021 | Gardening, Pennsylvania Specific, Uncategorized

Closer Look at How Shrubs Help Your Property Shrubs are a useful plant for homeowners and landscape artists. At Cutting Edge Tree Professionals, we don’t just care for trees but plants of all kinds. From plant health care and disease prevention to even planting, we...

How Much Water is Enough In the Summer?

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Jun 30, 2021 | Gardening, Seasonal Care, Uncategorized

Summer heat, longer days, more sunlight, coupled with rain and storms—summertime we may want and need to take watering our plants and trees into our own hands. After all, we know plants and trees need properly maintained soil nutrients with water to grow healthy and...

The Best Flowering Trees to Plant in Pennsylvania

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | May 27, 2021 | Gardening, Pennsylvania Specific

Trees are important to yards and properties for lots of reasons. In an article we posted this past fall, we mentioned two ways that trees can save you money. Beyond the financial benefits for planting trees, there are also aesthetic and environmental benefits. We’ve...

Tree Trimming v Tree Pruning – What’s The Difference?

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Mar 11, 2021 | Caring for Environment, Gardening, Pruning, Tree Care

Though pruning and trimming don’t mean the same thing, the two words often get mixed up with each other. We wanted to bring some clarity on the difference, especially as it gets close to spring and summer seasons when many people call for trimming and pruning...

5 Creative Ideas to Upcycle Your Christmas Tree

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Dec 28, 2020 | Caring for Environment, Gardening, Seasonal Care, Uncategorized

Winter Planting – When It Works

by Cutting Edge Tree Professionals | Dec 15, 2020 | Gardening, Seasonal Care, Uncategorized

One job we’ve enjoyed this past week in December was a tree and shrub planting project. Though many people wouldn’t consider wintertime feasible for yard planting, we’ve come up with tips for how it can work! Soil When planting in the winter, our first consideration...

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