Why It’s Important to Prepare Your Trees and Gardens for Winter

Isaiah Smalt from Davey’s Rochester, New York, office talks about the best practices for preparing for winter, his Davey career and his favorite trees. In this episode we cover: The first thing that comes to mind when preparing your trees for winter (1:10) How watering plays into winter preparation (1:45) Looking up and down at trees (3:55) The importance of having a certified arborist look at your trees (4:40) Can winter be a good time to prune trees? (6:20) Is winter a good time for fertilization? (7:20) Should you mulch before winter? (8:10) When does tree planting stop? (9:00) Should you knock ice/snow off trees or leave it on? (10:40) How Isaiah started his Davey career and his passion for tree care (11:35) What working with clients means to Isaiah (14:48) Isaiah’s favorite tree (15:55) To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code. To learn more about keeping trees healthy in the winter, read our blog, Tree Care Checklist: How to Keep Trees Healthy This Winter. To learn more about winter tree pruning, read our blog, Winter Tree Pruning: Young Trees, Fruit Trees, Spring Flowering Trees. To learn more about prepping your trees for winter, read our blog, Worst Mistakes Prepping Trees for Winter. Connect with Davey Tree on social media: Twitter: @DaveyTree Facebook: @DaveyTree Instagram: @daveytree YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com . Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com . We want to hear from you! Click here to send Talking Trees Fan Mail!