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Flores Farm Tree Service
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Serving Richmond, MA and surrounding areas

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Super Service Award Winner

In business since 2002

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Michael was prompt, courteous and did a fabulous job! My neighbor was so impressed he hired him for more work! Flores Farm Tree Service will be my go to for all my future tree work !! 10 stars in my opinion and willing to travel!! Lisa M. Pittsfield MA"
Response time5 hrs
Response rate98%
1 neighbors recently requested a quote
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Behind The Grind
5.0(
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Serving Richmond, MA and surrounding areas

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Super Service Award Winner

In business since 2023

Free estimates

Offers commercial services

"Mike from Behind the Grind was excellent. I had a small stump in the front of my yard that we needed to grind. He was prompt, friendly, professional, and gave a fair price. I would highly recommend!"
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Response time4 hrs
7 neighbors recently requested a quote
Recommended by62%of homeowners
Kelley Brothers Enterprises, LLC
4.0(
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Serving Richmond, MA and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 2011

Free estimates

Customers say: Terrific value

"We were delighted with the work done by Kelly Brothers. Within three days of our initial contact with his company, Noah had come to our place, and walked our property with us to answer our questions, and make recommendations based on what we wanted. We had an estimate three days later, and and the amount was about half of what he had expected. The work was completed exactly as we had requested. Best of all, it was completed in less than three weeks from our first call to Kelly Brothers. We will certainly use this business for any future projects. We recommend these young men highly!"
Response time2 days
Recommended by83%of homeowners
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Taconic Tree
5.0(
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Serving Richmond, MA and surrounding areas

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In business since 2022

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Taconic Tree was very quick to come out and aid us on our dead branches hanging over our business. They were extremely fast, affordable/fair pricing, the clean-up was so precise that you could not even tell that they were there! We are looking forward to future business with Taconic Tree."
Response time50 mins
Recommended by100%of homeowners
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Southern Berskhire Tree & Land
4.8(
85
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Serving Richmond, MA and surrounding areas

In business since 2014

Free estimates

"Scottie was professional and reliable! Not only was the quality of the work top notch, he took the time to go over even the smallest things. A true a arborist!"
Response time1 day
Response rate89%
Recommended by93%of homeowners
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Arborists questions, answered by experts

How often and long you should water a tree depends on the species and if it is mature or newly planted. The amount of water is also based on the tree's size. A good rule of thumb is approximately 5 gallons per inch of the trunk's diameter.

Adjusting watering to the recommended suggestions for the tree type and weather conditions is vital. For instance, watering trees during a drought is necessary, and you may need to water more frequently than usual.

You may be looking to identify maple trees to use for home improvement projects. In that case, you can tell hard maples by looking at their leaves. Leaves will have a U-shaped dip, or sinus, between the points, or lobes, of the leaves. Leaves of soft maples tend to have V-shaped sinuses.

If you already have the cut wood in front of you, look for a light, uniform color to identify hard maple wood and check for variations of red, gray, or brown streaks and an overall darker color in soft maple wood.

It takes anywhere from three to seven years for a stump to decompose on its own. This timeframe can depend on the kind of tree and your climate. The lower to the ground the stump is, the faster it rots. If you kill a tree stump with salt, boiling water, herbicide, light deprivation, or burning, the tree stump decomposes faster. 

Any tree that needs to be pruned should be pruned to remove dead branches at least once a year. You may need to prune far more often if you’re trying to maintain a certain shape or to save a tree that suddenly becomes infected.

Your neighbor is not in a good position to know if your trees are truly dead or pose any kind of danger. That’s why hiring an arborist or tree service expert can be such an important part of the process. If the trees are still alive and don’t pose any threat, you’re in the clear (but you may want to document and photograph everything in case events turn sour down the road).

But if a tree is visibly dead and near the property line, you should remove it to be safe. If a dead tree falls on a neighbor’s property, they may have grounds to sue for negligence. If any branches on trees have died, it’s a good idea to cut them back for similar reasons.

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