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Is that Leaning Tree Dangerous? Signs You Need Help

Trees provide a multitude of benefits to a property. You may enjoy them for their functionality or aesthetics. You certainly enjoy that they bring up property values as much as 19 percent. In addition to the property values, they contribute in other financial ways. A tree built on the wayward side of a house provide as much as 12 percent reduction to energy bills. Trees provide activities for children, homes for birds, and clean the air. But a leaning tree puts all of that at risk. Not all tree damage or leaning is the same. Read this guide to learn everything you need to separate a safe tree from one that requires you to call a tree service. Leaning Tree Red Flags It is rare that one single indicator provides conclusive evidence of a problem. Systems tend to be complicated and take higher levels of knowledge to sort and categorize. The more complex the system, the more knowledge required. Living organisms, especially the large ones, bring in a further complication of self-regulation. In other words, you need to both be able to identify damage to a tree and to know the limits of the tree's self-repair systems. To begin you need to identify a tree species if unknown using online guides. Not all tree species function the same. If you are in Englewood, FL coniferous pine trees native to Oregon won't self-repair like a palm or citrus tree. This guide will start at the bottom and work upwards. We'll indicate the bigger dangers from the slower growing concerns....

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Building Lots And Site Prep

We can clear and fill building lots for our customers. We do many residential lot clearing jobs as well as fill and grade house pads. We have multiple pieces of equipment able to perform the necessary tree and palmetto removal. Our large self loading dump truck can effectively haul away the vegetation debris. We have other cost effective options for removing vegetation, palmettos and trees from potential building lots and or acreage. We have equipment to grind, mulch or ecological mow the non building pad area then root rake the actual pad area to save on debris removal. Additionally we can clear investment lots to add value or enhance sale potential by mulching or grinding the underbrush providing a cleaner looking property. We do many lots in the North Port, Rotonda, Englewood, Venice and Gulf Cove Area.

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Golf Course Vegetation Control

We specialize in contracting plant and vegetation control to golf courses and golf course communities. Our customers are golf courses and superintendents from the Venice Florida area and throughout Sarasota, Charlotte and Manatee counties. We provide lake management wetland and preserve management as well as aquatic vegetation control for many courses. We also specialize in forestry mulching or commonly called ecological mowing or vegetation grinding. This mulching process provides the golf course and or homeowners association with a cost friendly option to grind or get rid of underbrush especially the hated Brazilian pepper as well as being an effective tool for the removal of invasive and exotic vegetation.

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Strangers in the Garden: A Scourge of Non Native Species

A suburban child runs across a perfectly manicured lawn. Instinctively, the sight of a billowy dandelion seed head is irresistible. It is a vivid contrast, a gem arising from the managed monoculture of grass otherwise known as a lawn. But the wonder and awe of discovering nature via chance encounters is often replaced in adulthood, by a need to control and manage our natural surroundings. The dandelion, once perhaps, a fascinating flower species, becomes a weed- an uninvited inconvenience that doesn’t fit into the planned symmetry of the divided parcels of land we inhabit. Nature then, becomes a series of management objectives. Management considerations affecting our environment are wide-reaching in scope. Even well intended science -based management often represents anthropocentric values. But there is a growing consensus among the various levels of environmental management that we have a problem of epic proportions, and it’s worsening by the year. It’s the problem of invasive and exotic species infestations. Commonly the argument is made that conservation is approached from a resource-based, special-interest perspective. This may offer insight as to why exotic infestations that occur on commercially undesirable lands tend to be left to fester. On the other hand, it is sometimes difficult to justify the excessive amount of "management" and intervention that takes place in other areas. Closer examination of the financial and political pressures that underlie many of the decisions that prompt these environmental modifications often reveal our priorities. I can think of no better example than South Florida. Healthy pine...

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Treating Invasive Vegetation with Aquatic Herbicides

The picture in this blog is duckweed, a very common problem we see in Lake management along the west coast of Florida. Duckweed along with hydrilla cattails algae and other exotic vegetation can be easily controlled through a solid lake management program. Our licensed aquatic herbicide applicators will determine what the unwanted vegetation is and then determine an appropriate treatment plan. In the case of cattails may require manual cutting. No matter what the exotic vegetation problem is or whether it is located in Sarasota, Manatee or Charlotte County we can provide an appropriate plan.

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Canal and Waterfront Clearing

Often times we meet customers who are not realizing the full potential of their waterfront property here in Southwest Florida. Many lots are overgrown with exotic species especially Brazilian peppers. In many cases when no mangrove trimming is required we do not need a state mangrove trimming permit. Regardless of the obstruction, Aquatic Consulting has solutions to open the view of the water and help any property realize it's full potential value. Let us pit our coastal and shoreline experience to work for you, we have many projects in our resume from South Gulf Cove to Manasota Key and beyond. We know the plants, the laws and the permitting agency regulations to help our customers see the water. Call Aquatic Consulting of Venice, FL today at 941-445-3027.

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Benefits of Forestry Mulching vs Traditional Land Clearing

We utilize forestry mulching to clear lots and acreage in numerous situations. The primary benefit is that mulching is economical, costing a fraction of traditional root rake and loader clearing. Mulching is beneficial in many applications including: areas of the property where no structure will be built, investment property for added value or to prepare for future development. By mulching the material on site we create a natural weed preventative and save money by not hauling large amounts of vegetation to a dump. In certain cases we can combine mulching with traditional clearing and prepare a lot for fill at a much lower cost than other purely land clearing contractors. Having both types of equipment allows us to offer the most cost effective lot and land clearing option to our customers. Call Aquatic Consulting of Venice, FL today at 941-445-3027 and tell us about your forestry mulching project.

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